Bismuth
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Native element
- Crystal system
- Trigonal
- Hardness
- Soft (Mohs under 3)
- Density
- Very heavy (over 5)
- Occurs in
- Ore veins
- Foliation
- Not layered
- Colour
- Grey, Pink, Metallic
- Lustre
- Metallic
- Use
- Industry
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Lab-grown bismuth crystals form colourful stair-step shapes covered by a thin oxide film that shimmers like a rainbow.
- Bismuth is one of the few substances that expands when it freezes, just like water.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q942 · All stones · All entries