what color is bismuth
It usually forms in ugly masses, though occasionally does form in aesthetic lustrous crystals. Bismuth has a metallic-white color with a slight reddish or pinkish hue. This pure color will only be present on an un tarnish ed (i.e. freshly broken) surface, since Bismuth tarnishes yellow to dark-gray.Most marketed Bismuth specimens are laboratory grown, and exhibit a very interesting shape.They have hopper-like growths in pseudocubic crystals, and are usually coated with chemicals to prevent tarnish, thus maintaining the silver-white color. Sometimes the coating gives a colorful effect on the bismuth.ismuth is an ore of the element bismuth. lab-grown crystals are widely available in the mineral market.Bismuth has a unique property where it expands while it solidifies, unlike other matter which contracts.