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Bismuthinite from
Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


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Bismuthinite

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Bismuthinite

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Bismuthinite

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Bismuthinite, etc.

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Bismuthinite

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Bismuthinite

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Bismuthinite

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Bismuthinite, etc.

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Bismuthinite

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Bismuthinite

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Bismuthinite

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Bismuthinite, etc.

Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bismuthinite
Formula:Bi2S3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz2
Fluorite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bismuthinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:76158
Long-form Identifier:1:3:76158:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bismuthinite
36.6km (22.7 miles) ⓘMüllenbach U deposit, Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
42.3km (26.3 miles) ⓘSilbergrube, Kälbelberg, Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
58.6km (36.4 miles) ⓘDreikönigstern Mine, Reinerzau mining district, Alpirsbach, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
62.8km (39.0 miles) ⓘFriedrich-Christian Mine, Wildschapbach valley, Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach, Freudenstadt, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
64.9km (40.3 miles) ⓘJohann Mine, Burgfelsen, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
64.9km (40.3 miles) ⓘSchmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
65.4km (40.6 miles) ⓘClara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
65.4km (40.6 miles) ⓘDaniel Mine, Gallenbach valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
65.5km (40.7 miles) ⓘSophia Mine, Böckelsbach valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
65.7km (40.8 miles) ⓘNeuglück Mine, Böckelsbach valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
References
Joachim, Hermann; Paap, Andreas (1993) Die Grube Käfersteige im Würmtal südlich Pforzheim (Baden-Württemberg) [The Käfersteige mine in the Würmtal valley south of Pforzheim (Baden-Württemberg)]. Lapis, 18 (2). 13-24; 50
Meyer, M., Brockamp, O., Clauer, N., Renk, A., Zuther, M. (2000) Further evidence for a Jurassic mineralizing event in central Europe: K-Ar dating of hydrothermal alteration and fluid inclusion systematics in wall rocks of the Käfersteige fluorite vein deposit in the northern Black Forest, Germany. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (8) 754-761 doi:10.1007/s001260050277
 
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