BISMUTH
color : silver white sometimes reddish hue oxidizes yellowish to dark grey
steak: silver white
hardness : 21/2
Crystal forms:(Hexagonal) crystal are rare, and are usually flat occuring in parallel grouping. BISMUTH also occurs massive.
Transparency:opaque
Luster: metallic
Cleavage: 2,1 prismatic; 3,1 basal
Fracture:hackly to uneven
Uses: an ore ofof the element. Poor quality bismuth specimens are artificicially reggrown to produce interestingly shape hopper like Bismuth is similar to water , it expanding when it is solidified