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Pucherite

Pucherite is a rare bismuth vanadate and a polymorph of clinobisvanite and dreyerite. It forms orthorhombic crystals which are equant to tabular {001}, red-brown to brown, vitreous to adamantine, often exhibiting curved faces. It may be acicular {111} and striated parallel to crystal edge. It often occurs as coatings of minute crystals, or massive ocherous. It is an uncommon secondary mineral occurring as an alteration product of other bismuth minerals in the oxidized zones of some hydrothermal ore deposits or in zoned granitic pegmatites. Pucherite was named in 1871 for the mine shaft near which it was discovered at the type locality: Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen mine field, Schneeberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Pucherite occurs with native bismuth in pegmatites near Pala, San Diego Co., California, USA. Other notable localities include: Mt. Bity and Ampangabe, Madagascar; Brejatuba, Minas Gerais, Brazil; and Londonderry pegmatite, Coolgardie, Western Australia.

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

Excellent Pucherite With Native Bismuth
RARE15-029
Excellent Pucherite With Native Bismuth
Miniature, 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm
Itabira de Mata Dentra, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Pucherite (Type Locality) and Bismite
FIOR14-18
Pucherite (Type Locality) and Bismite
Small Cabinet, 5.9 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Pucher Shaft, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany (TL)
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Pucherite, Bismite
MD-34728
Pucherite, Bismite
Thumbnail, 2.0 x 3.5 x 1.6 cm
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaben Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
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Pucherite on Bismite
SF39
Pucherite on Bismite
Miniature, 4.2 x 3.5 x 1.6 cm
Pucher Mine, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany (TYPE LOCALITY)
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Pucherite on Bismutite
TUC8-121
Pucherite on Bismutite
Small Cabinet, 6.7 x 4.6 x 2.7 cm
Brejauba, Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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