Mineral Species containing Antimony (Sb)

Element Properties, Isotopic Compositions for Antimony

**Antimony (Sb) Element Properties**
Atomic Mass	121.75
Atomic Number	51
Name Origins	Greek, anti + monos = "not alone", Latin, "stibium."
Year Discovered	Prehistoric
Discovery Credits	Probably known to the ancients and certainly to the alchemists.
Remarks	Metalloid element with various allotropes, of which metal is bright, silvery, hard, and brittle. Stable in dry air and not attacked by dilute acids of alkalis. Used to harden other metals, in storage batteries, bearings, etc. Diagnostic tests: Antimony is usually detected by the coating of oxide formed by roasting on charcoal or the open tube. Antimonides, antimony, etc. (As^2-): A sample of the powdered mineral gives off a dense sublimate of Sb₂O₃ when roasted on charcoal without the arsenic odor. In the open tube test, they give a white, volatile, crystalline sublimate of Sb₂O₃ at a much higher temperature than arsenic. In the closed tube test with sulfur, they yield a black sublimate when hot and red or reddish brown when cold. Antimonates (SbO₄): can be detected by lack of a garlic odor (arsenic) and the white sublimate yielded when a mixture of the powdered mineral with charcoal dust and Na₂CO₃ is heated with a reducing flame on a charcoal block. The pale green flame test for Antimony is not very decisive.
References	Emsley, J., 1991; THE ELEMENTS : Sec. Ed., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 251 p.
See Also	WebElements, ChemiCool

**Naturally Occurring Isotopes**
Symbol	Isotope Mass	Isotope Nuclide Number	Isotope Number	Natural Abundance	Half-life	Half-life Units	Decay Mode	Decay Mode MeV	Decay Mode %
Sb	120.903821	121	51	57.3000%		Stable
Sb	121.905179	122	51	0.0000%	2.71	Days	beta - EC	1.982
Sb	122.904216	123	51	42.7000%		Stable
Sb	123.905038	124	51	0.0000%	60.4	Days	beta -	2.905	100.00%
Sb	124.905252	125	51	0.0000%	2.76	Days	beta -	0.0767	100.00%

Antimony (Sb) Minerals sorted by Mineral Name

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**265 Minerals containing Antimony (Sb) sorted by Mineral Name**
% Sb	Mineral Name	Chemical Formula	MW
11.90 % Sb	Shakhovite	Hg+4Sb+++++O3(OH)3	1,023.13
11.09 % Sb	Sicherite !	TlAg2(As,Sb)3S6	878.49
29.80 % Sb	Skinnerite	Cu3SbS3	408.59
3.61 % Sb	Sorbyite	Pb19(Sb,As)20S49	5,737.49
16.63 % Sb	Sorosite !	Cu(Sn,Sb)	183.02
0.24 % Sb	Sosedkoite	(K,Na)5Al2(Ta,Nb)22O60	5,030.82
41.81 % Sb	Squawcreekite ?	(Fe+++,Sb+++++,W++++++)O4·(H2O)	262.07
25.39 % Sb	Stenhuggarite	CaFe+++(As+++O2)(As+++Sb+++O5)	479.51
15.42 % Sb	Stephanite #	Ag5SbS4	789.36
24.15 % Sb	Sterryite	Ag2Pb10(Sb,As)12S29	4,538.17
42.59 % Sb	Stetefeldtite #	Ag2Sb2O6(O,OH)	571.74
61.91 % Sb	Stibarsen #	SbAs	196.67
76.37 % Sb	Stibiconite #	Sb+++Sb+++++2O6(OH)	478.25
19.64 % Sb	Stibiobetafite	(Sb+++,Ca)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2(O,OH)7	433.88
46.16 % Sb	Stibioclaudetite !	AsSbO3	240.55
43.69 % Sb	Stibiocolumbite #	SbNbO4	278.65
9.04 % Sb	Stibiocolusite	Cu13V(Sb,As,Sn)3S16	1,616.76
15.28 % Sb	Stibioenargite *	Cu3(Sb,As)S4	597.52
15.84 % Sb	Stibiomicrolite #	(Sb,Ca,Na)2(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7	538.04
31.40 % Sb	Stibiopalladinite #	Pd5Sb2	775.60
33.20 % Sb	Stibiotantalite #	SbTaO4	366.70
65.03 % Sb	Stibivanite	Sb+++2V++++O5	374.44
71.68 % Sb	Stibnite #	Sb2S3	339.70
50.63 % Sb	Stistaite	SnSb	240.46
26.96 % Sb	Stumpflite	Pt(Sb,Bi)	338.64
56.30 % Sb	Sudburyite	(Pd,Ni)Sb	216.24
41.58 % Sb	Swedenborgite #	NaBe4SbO7	292.78
27.78 % Sb	Tegengrenite !	(Mg,Mn++)2Sb+++++0.5(Mn+++,Si,Ti)0.5O4	219.12
38.88 % Sb	Tellurantimony	Sb2Te3	626.30
25.56 % Sb	Testibiopalladite	PdTe(Sb,Te)	357.23
29.64 % Sb	Tetrahedrite #	(Cu,Fe)12Sb4S13	1,643.31
5.14 % Sb	Theisite	Cu5Zn5[(As+++++,Sb+++++)O4]2(OH)14	1,184.04
10.53 % Sb	Thorikosite	Pb3(Sb+++,As+++)O3(OH)Cl2	867.55
34.42 % Sb	Tintinaite	Pb22Cu+4(Sb,Bi)30S69	5,345.18
35.18 % Sb	Tolovkite	IrSbS	346.04
50.39 % Sb	Tripuhyite #	Fe++Sb+++++O4	241.59
7.63 % Sb	Tsnigriite	Ag9SbTe3(S,Se)3	1,595.01
23.68 % Sb	Tucekite	Ni9Sb2S8	1,028.24
46.53 % Sb	Tungstibite	Sb2O3·WO3	523.35
13.87 % Sb	Tvalchrelidzeite	Hg3SbAsS3	904.31
40.28 % Sb	Twinnite #	Pb(Sb,As)2S4	574.28
34.24 % Sb	Uchucchacuaite	AgPb3MnSb5S12	1,777.95
57.29 % Sb	Ullmannite #	NiSbS	212.51
44.52 % Sb	Ungavaite !	Pd4Sb3	790.08
3.50 % Sb	Ustarasite #	Pb(Bi,Sb)6S10	1,738.13
83.53 % Sb	Valentinite #	Sb2O3	291.50
43.62 % Sb	Vaughanite	TlHgSb4S7	1,116.44
23.80 % Sb	Vavrinite !	Ni2SbTe2	491.04
17.26 % Sb	Veenite	Pb2(Sb,As)2S5	776.08
57.00 % Sb	Versiliaite	Fe++4Fe+++8Sb+++12O23S2	2,563.28
7.82 % Sb	Vincentite	(Pd,Pt)3(As,Sb,Te)	466.99
3.83 % Sb	Vinciennite	Cu10Fe4Sn(As,Sb)S16	1,588.95
12.40 % Sb	Vozhminite	(Ni,Co)4(As,Sb)S2	392.79
8.39 % Sb	Vrbaite #	Tl4Hg3Sb2As8S20	2,903.50
18.85 % Sb	Wakabayashilite	(As,Sb)6As4S14	1,291.80
12.33 % Sb	Watanabeite	Cu4(As,Sb)2S5	592.45
31.20 % Sb	Weissbergite	TlSbS2	390.27
21.12 % Sb	Welshite	Ca4Mg9Sb3O4[Si6Be3AlFe2O36]	1,746.53
57.24 % Sb	Willyamite #	(Co,Ni)SbS	212.69
14.40 % Sb	Yeatmanite #	Mn++9Zn6Sb+++++2Si4O28	1,690.61
25.18 % Sb	Zincalstibite !	Zn2AlSb(OH)12	483.60
45.47 % Sb	Zinkenite #	Pb9Sb22S42	5,890.07
66.58 % Sb	Zlatogorite !	CuNiSb2	365.74
27.92 % Sb	Zoubekite	AgPb4Sb4S10	1,744.33

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