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 Descending Weight Percent

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**265 Minerals containing Antimony (Sb) sorted by Descending Weight Percent**
% Sb	Mineral Name	Chemical Formula	MW
33.20 % Sb	Stibiotantalite #	SbTaO4	366.70
33.20 % Sb	Auroantimonate *	AuSbO3	366.71
32.91 % Sb	Aramayoite #	Ag3Sb2(Sb,Bi)S6	924.87
32.70 % Sb	Launayite	Pb22Sb26S61	9,679.93
32.11 % Sb	Heteromorphite #	Pb7Sb8S19	3,033.65
31.95 % Sb	Bernardite	Tl(As,Sb)5S8	952.59
31.83 % Sb	Playfairite	Pb16Sb18S43	6,885.54
31.62 % Sb	Bindheimite #	Pb2Sb2O6(O,OH)	770.15
31.47 % Sb	Rouxelite !	Cu2HgPb22Sb28S64(O,S)2	10,485.87
31.40 % Sb	Stibiopalladinite #	Pd5Sb2	775.60
31.29 % Sb	Dadsonite	Pb21Sb23S55Cl	8,950.53
31.27 % Sb	Pellouxite !	(Cu,Ag)Pb10Sb12S27(Cl,S)0.6O	4,532.07
31.20 % Sb	Weissbergite	TlSbS2	390.27
30.71 % Sb	Nadorite #	PbSbO2Cl	396.40
30.52 % Sb	Pillaite !	Pb9Sb10S23ClO0.5	3,909.56
30.18 % Sb	Cyanophyllite	Cu++5Al2(SbO4)3(OH)7·9(H2O)	1,210.12
29.80 % Sb	Skinnerite	Cu3SbS3	408.59
29.80 % Sb	Marrucciite !	Hg3Pb16Sb18S46	7,534.96
29.76 % Sb	Plumosite *	Pb2Sb2S5	818.23
29.64 % Sb	Tetrahedrite #	(Cu,Fe)12Sb4S13	1,643.31
29.13 % Sb	Mertieite-II	Pd8(Sb,As)3	1,211.93
29.00 % Sb	Moeloite !	Pb6Sb6S14(S3)	2,518.82
28.52 % Sb	Horobetsuite *	(Bi,Sb)2S3	426.93
28.01 % Sb	Chapmanite #	Sb+++Fe+++2(SiO4)2(OH)	434.62
27.92 % Sb	Zoubekite	AgPb4Sb4S10	1,744.33
27.78 % Sb	Tegengrenite !	(Mg,Mn++)2Sb+++++0.5(Mn+++,Si,Ti)0.5O4	219.12
27.73 % Sb	Semseyite #	Pb9Sb8S21	3,512.19
27.63 % Sb	Famatinite #	Cu3SbS4	440.65
27.34 % Sb	Dyscrasite #	Ag3Sb	445.35
27.29 % Sb	Rayite	(Ag,Tl)2Pb8Sb8S21	3,568.98
27.22 % Sb	Rinmanite !	(Zn,Mn)2Sb2Mg2Fe4O14(OH)2	894.42
26.96 % Sb	Stumpflite	Pt(Sb,Bi)	338.64
26.86 % Sb	Diaphorite #	Pb2Ag3Sb3S8	1,359.78
26.44 % Sb	Boulangerite #	Pb5Sb4S11	1,887.90
26.40 % Sb	Samsonite #	Ag4MnSb2S6	922.31
26.26 % Sb	Gruzdevite	Cu6Hg3Sb4S12	1,854.84
25.77 % Sb	Falkmanite #	Pb5Sb4S11	1,842.83
25.61 % Sb	Filipstadite	(Mn++,Mg)4Sb+++++Fe+++O8	475.43
25.56 % Sb	Testibiopalladite	PdTe(Sb,Te)	357.23
25.39 % Sb	Stenhuggarite	CaFe+++(As+++O2)(As+++Sb+++O5)	479.51
25.37 % Sb	Cualstibite	Cu++6Al3Sb3(OH)36	1,439.73
25.18 % Sb	Zincalstibite !	Zn2AlSb(OH)12	483.60
24.95 % Sb	Guettardite	Pb(Sb,As)2S4	536.82
24.91 % Sb	Madocite	Pb17(Sb,As)16S41	6,841.29
24.91 % Sb	Bournonite #	PbCuSbS3	488.69
24.20 % Sb	Horsfordite ?	Cu5Sb	503.03
24.15 % Sb	Sterryite	Ag2Pb10(Sb,As)12S29	4,538.17
23.80 % Sb	Vavrinite !	Ni2SbTe2	491.04
23.68 % Sb	Tucekite	Ni9Sb2S8	1,028.24
23.65 % Sb	Garavellite	FeSbBiS4	514.84
22.97 % Sb	Ardaite	Pb19Sb13S35Cl7	6,890.03
22.84 % Sb	Freieslebenite #	AgPbSbS3	533.02
22.48 % Sb	Pyrostilpnite #	Ag3SbS3	541.55
22.48 % Sb	Pyrargyrite #	Ag3SbS3	541.55
21.14 % Sb	Owyheeite #	Pb7Ag2(Sb,Bi)8S20	3,455.92
21.12 % Sb	Welshite	Ca4Mg9Sb3O4[Si6Be3AlFe2O36]	1,746.53
20.74 % Sb	Rebulite	Tl5Sb5As8S22	2,935.49
19.64 % Sb	Stibiobetafite	(Sb+++,Ca)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2(O,OH)7	433.88
19.46 % Sb	Meneghinite #	Pb13CuSb7S24	4,378.98
19.38 % Sb	Permingeatite	Cu3SbSe4	628.23
18.93 % Sb	Freibergite #	(Ag,Cu,Fe)12(Sb,As)4S13	1,929.46
18.85 % Sb	Wakabayashilite	(As,Sb)6As4S14	1,291.80
18.41 % Sb	Florensovite	Cu(Cr1.5Sb0.5)S4	330.68
17.26 % Sb	Veenite	Pb2(Sb,As)2S5	776.08
17.20 % Sb	Rohaite	TlCu5SbS2	708.00
16.87 % Sb	Derbylite #	(Fe+++,Fe++,Ti)7Sb+++O13(OH)	721.74
16.63 % Sb	Sorosite !	Cu(Sn,Sb)	183.02
16.53 % Sb	Parwelite	(Mn,Mg)5Sb(As,Si)2O12	662.77
16.46 % Sb	Katoptrite #	(Mn,Mg)13(Al,Fe+++)4Sb+++++2Si2O28	1,553.59
16.23 % Sb	Jaskolskiite	Pb2+xCux(Sb,Bi)2-xS5, x=0.2	900.37
16.05 % Sb	Hakite	(Cu,Hg)3(Sb,As)(Se,S)3	606.78
16.03 % Sb	Gillulyite	Tl2(As,Sb)8S13	1,518.65
15.94 % Sb	Hiarneite !	(Ca,Mn,Na)2(Zr,Mn+++)5(Sb,Ti,Fe)2O16	916.77
15.93 % Sb	Manganostibite #	(Mn++,Fe++)7(SbO4)(AsO4,SiO4)O4	764.25
15.84 % Sb	Stibiomicrolite #	(Sb,Ca,Na)2(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7	538.04
15.57 % Sb	Isomertieite	Pd11Sb2As2	1,563.96
15.47 % Sb	Hexatestibiopanickelite	(Ni,Pd)(Te,Sb)	196.76
15.42 % Sb	Stephanite #	Ag5SbS4	789.36
15.28 % Sb	Stibioenargite *	Cu3(Sb,As)S4	597.52
14.40 % Sb	Yeatmanite #	Mn++9Zn6Sb+++++2Si4O28	1,690.61
14.08 % Sb	Geocronite #	Pb14(Sb,As)6S23	4,321.99
14.03 % Sb	Mertieite-I	Pd11(Sb,As)4	1,474.99
13.91 % Sb	Jentschite !	TlPbAs2SbS6	875.57
13.87 % Sb	Tvalchrelidzeite	Hg3SbAsS3	904.31
13.20 % Sb	Cylindrite #	Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14	1,844.71
13.09 % Sb	Selenostephanite	Ag5Sb(Se,S)4	930.04
12.99 % Sb	Sakharovaite ?	(Pb,Fe)(Bi,Sb)2S4	656.33
12.80 % Sb	Borovskite	Pd3SbTe4	951.41
12.71 % Sb	Orebroite-VIII	Mn++3(Sb+++++,Fe+++)SiO4(O,OH)3	383.03
12.69 % Sb	Izoklakeite	Pb27(Cu,Fe)2(Sb,Bi)19S57	10,557.27
12.60 % Sb	Cesstibtantite	(Cs,Na)SbTa4O12	579.81
12.40 % Sb	Vozhminite	(Ni,Co)4(As,Sb)S2	392.79
12.37 % Sb	Camerolaite	Cu4Al2[HSbO4,SO4](OH)10(CO3)·2(H2O)	738.34
12.33 % Sb	Watanabeite	Cu4(As,Sb)2S5	592.45
12.20 % Sb	Franckeite #	(Pb,Sn)6Fe++Sn2Sb2S14	1,995.14
12.10 % Sb	Cupropolybasite !	[Cu6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]	2,011.86
11.97 % Sb	Chalcothallite	(Cu,Fe)6Tl2SbS4	1,016.96
11.90 % Sb	Shakhovite	Hg+4Sb+++++O3(OH)3	1,023.13
11.68 % Sb	Incaite	Pb4Sn4FeSb2S15	2,083.98
11.60 % Sb	Braithwaiteite	NaCu5(Ti,Sb)2O2(AsO4)4[AsO3(OH)]2·8H2O	1,574.79

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