stibiconite
Sign in to saveStibiconite, also formerly known as stiblite or antimony ochre is an antimony oxide mineral with formula: Sb3O6(OH). Its name originates from Greek (), 'antimony' and (), 'powder', alluding to its composition and habit. It is a member of the pyrochlore super group.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Stibiconite
- Mineral.category
- Oxide minerals
- Mineral.image
- Stibiconite-24369.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Stibiconite. From Catorce, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- Mineral.formula
- Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Sbc
- Mineral.molweight
- 478.25 g/mol
- Mineral.strunz
- 4.DH.20
- Mineral.system
- Isometric
- Mineral.class
- Hexoctahedral (mm) H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Fd3m
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 10.27 Å; Z = 8
- Mineral.color
- Pale yellow to yellowish white, reddish white, orange; gray, brown, black when impure
- Mineral.habit
- Massive, botryoidal, as incrustations, powdery
- Mineral.cleavage
- None
- Mineral.fracture
- Uneven
- Mineral.mohs
- 4–5
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous to dull
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Stibiconite, also formerly known as stiblite or antimony ochre is an antimony oxide mineral with formula: Sb3O6(OH). Its name originates from Greek (), 'antimony' and (), 'powder', alluding to its composition and habit. 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.
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