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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 08:15 AM
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15. Those colorful bismuth crystal clusters are man-made, and are not
natural minerals. Native bismuth is vanishingly rare in nature.

They're very attractive, though, so they're pretty popular, especially with people who don't really collect minerals. That iridescence is fascinating.
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  -Minerals, Rocks, and Geology Thread MineralMan  Jul-09-10 02:36 PM   #0 
  - Watch out for the third shelf from the bottom in the second photo.  MineralMan   Jul-09-10 02:44 PM   #1 
  - two things  lazarus   Jul-09-10 03:13 PM   #2 
  - Probably your best bet is to haunt ebay for them.  MineralMan   Jul-09-10 03:21 PM   #3 
     - woo woo new age shops  conscious evolution   Jul-09-10 04:41 PM   #4 
     - That's true, but you do have to watch their prices. There's a tendency  MineralMan   Jul-09-10 07:01 PM   #8 
     - thanks, MM!  lazarus   Jul-09-10 05:24 PM   #7 
        - The crystals at CBlue  conscious evolution   Jul-09-10 07:54 PM   #11 
           - It's a complicated marketplace. I've seen specimens you might not  MineralMan   Jul-09-10 08:04 PM   #12 
  - I love Geology!  AlecBGreen   Jul-09-10 04:42 PM   #5 
  - That's a great area, with some wonderful mineral resources.  MineralMan   Jul-09-10 07:07 PM   #10 
  - Here's a question.  Igel   Jul-09-10 05:01 PM   #6 
  - Hard to say, really, what that was. A lot would depend on where it  MineralMan   Jul-09-10 07:05 PM   #9 
  - Bismuth, how does it work?  HiFructosePronSyrup   Jul-09-10 08:14 PM   #13 
  - Two things to note..  Geostudent   Jul-09-10 10:18 PM   #14 
  - Those colorful bismuth crystal clusters are man-made, and are not  MineralMan   Jul-10-10 08:15 AM   #15 
  - That is so cool!  Odin2005   Jul-10-10 03:46 PM   #16 
  - Rocks and minerals are great! Thanks!  MineralMan   Jul-10-10 07:04 PM   #17 
  - I also greatly enjoy geology and collecting minerals  chemenger   Jul-11-10 09:16 PM   #18 
  - Thanks for the thread MM.  Nihil   Jul-13-10 11:08 AM   #19 
  - just went to the rocks and gems exhibit  lazarus   Aug-08-10 01:54 PM   #20 
 

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