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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Native bismuth sulphide; -- sometimes called
bismuthite .
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- noun chemistry any
hydrocarbyl derivative ofbismuthane
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Bismuth is nearly always found in nature in the metallic state; but occasionally it is met with as sulphide in bismuthine and as carbonate in bismutite.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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