Bismuth glance

The most important ores are bismuthinite or bismuth glance and bismite. Peru, Japan, Mexico, Bolivia, and Canada are major bismuth producers. Much of the bismuth produced in the U.S. is obtained as a by-product in refining lead, copper, tin, silver, and gold ores. 

Bismuth sulfide occurs in nature as the mineral bismuthinite (bismuth glance). It is used as a starting material to produce many other bismuth compounds. 

Bismuthimte is a rather rare mineral although somewhat widely distributed. European localities are in Norway, Sweden, Saxony, Rumania, and England. It is found also in Bolivia, Australia, and in the United States in Utah. It is used as an ore of bismuth. Bismuthimte also is known as bismuth glance. 

Bi203, bismuth glance, Bi2S3, or in a few other minerals. The name of the element is thought to be derived from a German word meaning white matter. ... 

Bismuth 2.0 Bismite (Bi203), bismuth glance (Bi2S3) Roasting Bi2S3 in air to form Bi203 and then reduction with carbon... 

Bismuth is seldom found in its elemental state (as a pure metal) in the earth. Its compounds are generally found along with ores of other metals, such as lead, silver, gold, and cobalt. The most important mineral of bismuth is bismuthinite, also known as bismuth glance (Bi2S3). 

Bismuth is a relatively rare element and ranks 64th in abundance in the earth s crust, which is estimated to contain 0.17-0.2 ppm of bismuth. This is comparable in abundance to silver and cadmium. Bismuth content increases from ultrabasic (1 X 10 %) to acid magmatic rock (1 X 10 %) and is not concentrated in the magmatic phase. Native bismuth is rarely found in nature in cobalt and silver veins, but usually occurs as the compounds, mostly sulfide (bismuthinite or bismuth glance, Bi2S3) together with complex minerals asso-... 

Bismuth ore, often called bismuth glance, contains an ionic compound consisting of the elements bismuth and sulfur. A sample of the pure compound is found to contain 32.516 g Bi and 7.484 g S. What is the empirical formula for this compound What is its name ... 

Bismuth — (Ger. Weisse Masse, white mass later Wisuth and Bisemutum), Bi at. wt. 208.98040(1) at. no. 83 m.p. 271.4°C b.p. 1564°C sp. gr. 9.79 (20°C) valence 3 or 5. In early times bismuth was confused with tin and lead. Claude Geoffroy the Younger showed it to be distinct fromlead in 1753. It is a white crystalline, brittle metal with a pinkish tinge. It occurs native. The most important ores are bismuthinite or bismuth glance (BijSj,) and bismite (Bi O, ). Peru, Japan, Mexico, Bolivia, and Canada are major bismuth producers. Much of the bismuth produced in the U.S. is obtained as a by-product in refining... 

The metal bismuth is most often found as the ores bismite (bismuth oxide, a yellow pigment in cosmetics) and bismuth glance (bismuth sulfide). It is commonly combined with lead, tin, and copper and so is extracted along with these metals. Bismuth is used in the treatment of ulcers by acting as an antacid. Like water, bismuth expands when it changes from a liquid to a solid. 

Most important mineral Bismuthinite, bismuth glance BijSj. 

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