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Cannizzarite

Cannizzarite is a rare lead bismuth sulfide. It forms white to silver-gray, metallic, opaque, prismatic, needle-like crystals; it also occurs as thin laths, felted masses, and stellate groups. It was named in 1925 for the Italian chemist Stanislao Cannizzaro. Cannizzarite forms in volcanic fumaroles and in sulfide veinlets in greisen. The type locality is: La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy. Other localities include: Felbertal tungsten mine, Salzburg, Austria; Mittal-Hohtenn tunnel, Valais, Switzerland; Shumilovsk Sn–W deposit, west Transbaikal, and the Vysokogorsk deposit, Far Eastern Region, Russia; and Hobenzan granitic complex, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan; Landsman Camp, Graham Co., Arizona, USA.

You can buy these pale metallicrare crystals online from The Arkenstone, www.iRocks.com to add fine mineral specimens to your collection.

Cannizzarite From The Type Locality
RARE15-025
Cannizzarite From The Type Locality
$350.00
Miniature, 4.0 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
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Cannizzarite, Bismuthinite
MD-23139
Cannizzarite, Bismuthinite
Thumbnail, 2.5 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Vulcano Island, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Lipari, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
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Cannizzarite
D06-31
Cannizzarite
Small Cabinet, 7.4 x 4.0 x 3.9 cm
Kudriavy Volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Pacific Coast of Russia
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