Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrous carbonate of bismuth.
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- noun Alternative form of
bismuthite .
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The principal minerals of bismuth are bismuthinite (bismuth sulphide), bismutite (hydrated carbonate), bismite or bismuth ocher (hydrated oxide), and native bismuth.
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Bismuth is nearly always found in nature in the metallic state; but occasionally it is met with as sulphide in bismuthine and as carbonate in bismutite.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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