Pucherite (dark crystals) is a bismuth-vanadate mineral that occurs as an alteration product of other bismuth minerals in the oxidised zones of some h

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Pucherite (dark crystals) is a bismuth-vanadate mineral that occurs as an alteration product of other bismuth minerals in the oxidised zones of some hydrothermal ore deposits or in zoned granitic pegmatite rocks. Sample from the Pucher shaft of the Wolfgang Mine, Schneeburg, Germany.

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