It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across
Hard, brittle, and lustrous, it has a distinctive gray-white colour with a reddish tinge. It is often found free in nature and also occurs in compounds and in mixed ores. Bismuth alloys are used (because of their low melting points) in making metal castings, special solders, automatic sprinkler heads, fuses, and many fire-detection devices. Bismuth phosphomolybdate is a catalyst in the production of acrylonitrile, an important raw material for fibres and plastics. Salts of bismuth are used in making soothing agents for digestive disorders (especially bismuth subsalicylate), in treating skin infections and injuries, and in lipstick, nail polish, and eye shadow, to which they impart a pearlescent quality
a grey-white metal that is often used in medicines. It is a chemical element : symbol Bi. (Early bismut, from wismut, probably from wise + mut ). Semimetallic to metallic chemical element, chemical symbol Bi, atomic number
a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals
When I got my first bismuth (photo) I walked to it a few times, observing and undecided about it Each time I felt the "call", each time I was drawn to it I felt such a strong and powerful energy that I felt I was fainting! That day I spent almost two hours at the crystal shop, just trying to figure out what kind of energy was that I was feeling from this crystal
One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons