Cosalite - Pb2Bi2S5

Sulfosalts

Habit: Prismatic crystals often Acicular, flexible capillary fibers; commonly massive in aggregates of radiating prismatic, fibrous, or feathery forms.


Environment: In Hydrothermal deposits formed at medium temperatures but also found in contact metasomatic replacements, and epithermal replacements, as well as in Pegmatites


Etymology: For the locality at Cosalá, Mexico