Chemistry:Stibiconite
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Short description: Antimony oxide mineral
| Stibiconite | |
|---|---|
 Stibiconite. From Catorce, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | |
| General | |
| Category | Oxide minerals |
| Formula (repeating unit) | Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) |
| Strunz classification | 4.DH.20 |
| Crystal system | Isometric |
| Crystal class | Hexoctahedral (m3m) H-M symbol: (4/m 3 2/m) |
| Space group | Fd3m |
| Unit cell | a = 10.27 Å; Z = 8 |
| Identification | |
| Formula mass | 478.25 g/mol |
| Color | Pale yellow to yellowish white, reddish white, orange; gray, brown, black when impure |
| Crystal habit | Massive, botryoidal, as incrustations, powdery |
| Cleavage | None |
| Fracture | Uneven |
| Mohs scale hardness | 4–5 |
| |re|er}} | Vitreous to dull |
| Streak | light yellow |
| Diaphaneity | Transparent to translucent |
| Specific gravity | 4.1 – 5.8, Average = 4.94 |
| Optical properties | Isotropic |
| Refractive index | n = 1.6–1.97 |
| References | [1][2][3] |
Stibiconite is an antimony oxide mineral with formula: Sb3O6(OH). Its name originates from Greek stíbi (στίβι), 'antimony' and kónis (κόνις), 'powder', alluding to its composition and habit.[1][2][3] It is a member of the pyrochlore super group.
Discovery and occurrence
It was first described in 1862 for an occurrence in the Brandholz – Goldkronach District, Fichtel Mountains, Bavaria, Germany.[2]
It occurs as a secondary alteration product of other hydrothermal antimony minerals such as stibnite. It occurs in association with cervantite, valentinite, kermesite, native antimony and stibnite.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Barthelmy, David (2014). "Stibiconite Mineral Data". http://webmineral.com/data/Stibiconite.shtml.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Stibiconite, MinDat.org, http://www.mindat.org/show.php?id=3776.html, retrieved 2009-06-06
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Anthony, John W.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Bladh, Kenneth W.; Nichols, Monte C. (2005). "Stibiconite". Mineral Data Publishing. http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/stibiconite.pdf.
- ↑ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine 85 (3): 291–320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. Bibcode: 2021MinM...85..291W.
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