Auroantimonate Mineral Data

General Auroantimonate Information

Chemical Formula:

AuSbO3

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 366.71 gm

Antimony 33.20 % Sb 39.74 % Sb₂O₃

Gold 53.71 % Au 60.26 % Au₂O₃

Oxygen 13.09 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

AuSbO₃

Environment:

An inadequately described species.

IMA Status:

Not Approved IMA

Locality:

Saha (Sakha) Republic (Yakutia), Siberia, Russia Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for the composition (AUROium ANTIMONATE).

Auroantimonate Crystallography

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic Space Group: Ortho ?

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 4.18(1), 2.35(0.9), 1.434(0.5),

Physical Properties of Auroantimonate

Color:

Gray, Brown gray.

Diaphaneity:

Opaque

Hardness:

4 - Fluorite

Luster:

Metallic

Optical Properties of Auroantimonate

Optical Data:

Calculated Properties of Auroantimonate

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0000628258
Boson Index = 0.9999371742

Photoelectric:

PE_{Auroantimonate}= 986.25 barns/electron
U=PE_{Auroantimonate} x rElectron Density= . barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Auroantimonate is Not Radioactive

Auroantimonate Classification

Dana Class:

37.00.00.00 (37)Phosphate Minerals

(37.00)Without Dana Classification Numbers

(37.00.00)Antimonate

37.00.00.00 Arnhemite* (K,Na)2Mg2(P2O7)•5(H2O) Unk Hex

37.00.00.00 Arsenowaylandite* BiAl3(AsO4)2(OH)6 R 3m 3 2/m

37.00.00.00 Auroantimonate* AuSbO3 Ortho ? Ortho

37.00.00.00 Barium-zinc-alumopharmacosiderite* (Ba,K)0.5(Zn,Cu)0.5(Al,Fe)4(AsO4)3•5(H2O) I 42m 4 2m

37.00.00.00 Chernovite-(Ce)* (Ce,Y)(AsO4) I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

37.00.00.00 Churchite-(Dy)* (Dy,Sm,Gd,Nd)(PO4)•2(H2O) Mono

37.00.00.00 Gengenbachite KFe3(H2PO4)2(HPO4)4•6H2OorKFe3H8(PO4)6•6H2O P 6₃mc 6mm

37.00.00.00 IMA2008-063 Pb[Zn0.25,[]0.75]Fe3H(AsO4)2(OH)6 C 2/c 2/m

37.00.00.00 IMA2009-005 (Y,Ca,REE)5[(Si,P)O4]3F P 6₃/m 6/m 2/m 2/m

37.00.00.00 IMA2009-016 Cu4H(AsO4)2(OH)3•H2O P1 1

37.00.00.00 Kerstenite? PbSeO4(?) P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m

37.00.00.00 Krasnoselskite* CoWO4 P 2/c 2/m

37.00.00.00 Laubmannite? Fe3Fe6(PO4)4(OH)12 Unk Ortho

37.00.00.00 Oxiberaunite* (Fe,Mn)Fe5(PO4)4O(OH)4•6(H2O) Mono

37.00.00.00 Parwanite (Na,K)(Mg,Ca)4Al8(PO4)8(CO3)(OH)7•30H2O P 2, Pm, P 2/m, P 2₁, Mono

37.00.00.00 Pyrocoproite* (Mg(K,Na))2P2O7 Unk Mono

37.00.00.00 Pyrophosphite* K2CaP2O7 P 2₁/n 2/m

37.00.00.00 Zinclavendulan? NaCa(Zn,Cu)5(AsO4)4Cl•4-5(H2O) Unk Ortho

Strunz Class:

04.CB.05 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.C - Metal:Oxygen = 2:3, 3:5, and Similar

04.CB -With medium-sized cations

04.CB.05 Auroantimonate* AuSbO3 Ortho ? Ortho

04.CB.05 Geikielite MgTiO3 R 3 3

04.CB.05 Brizziite-III NaSbO3 R 3 3

04.CB.05 Brizziite-VII NaSbO3 R 3 3

04.CB.05 Ecandrewsite (Zn,Fe,Mn)TiO3 R 3 3

04.CB.05 Corundum Al2O3 R 3c 3 2/m

04.CB.05 Eskolaite Cr2O3 R 3c 3 2/m

04.CB.05 Hematite Fe2O3 R 3c 3 2/m

04.CB.05 Karelianite V2O3 R 3c 3 2/m

04.CB.05 Ilmenite FeTiO3 R 3 3

04.CB.05 Melanostibite Mn(Sb,Fe)O3 R 3 3

04.CB.05 Pyrophanite MnTiO3 R 3 3

04.CB.05 Romanite* (Fe,U,Pb)2(Ti,Fe)O4 Trig ? Trig

04.CB.05 Tistarite! Ti2O3 R 3c 3 2/m

Other Auroantimonate Information

References:

PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.75,p931,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Auroantimonate :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - GeoScienceWorld
5 - Google Images
6 - Google Scholar
7 - MinDAT
8 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
9 - Online Mineral Museum
10 - QUT Mineral Atlas
11 - Ruff.Info

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Auroantimonate

AuSbO3
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