Formula: Bi2TeO5
Origin of name: for Vladimir Smirnov, Russian economic geologist
Crystal system: orthorhombic
Crystal class: mm2
Twinning:
Unit cell:
Colour: colourless, light gray, light yellow
Diaphaneity: transparent or translucent
Luster:
Habit: crystals tabular to 2 mm, intergrowths or crusts
Hardness: 3.5 to 4.5
Specific gravity: 7.78
Cleavage: 1; {001} perfect, a few distinct
Tenacity:
Streak:
Synonyms/varieties:
Comments:
| Back to Alphabetical list | Colour photos | Thin sections | SEM images | TEM images | vibrational spectra description | IR spectra | Raman spectra | N-IR spectra | F-IR spectra | IES spectra |