Stibivanite Mineral Data

General Stibivanite Information

Chemical Formula:

Sb+++2V++++O5

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 374.44 gm

Vanadium 13.60 % V 24.29 % V₂O₅

Antimony 65.03 % Sb 77.85 % Sb₂O₃

Oxygen 21.36 % O

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100.00 % 102.14 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Sb₂V⁵⁺O₅

Environment:

In late veins in a hydrothermal antimony deposit.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1981

Locality:

Lake George antimony deposit, 40 km west of Fredricton, New Brunswick, Canada. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named from the Latin for antimony, STIBIum, and VANadium in the composition.

Name Pronunciation:

Stibivanite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

IMA1980-021

Stibivanite Image

Images:

Stibivanite

Comments: Green crystals of stibivanite on matrix.
Location: Buca della Vena Mine, Stazzema (Ponte Stazzemese), Versilia, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Stibivanite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =3.7536:1:1.1476

Cell Dimensions:

a = 17.989, b = 4.7924, c = 5.5, Z = 4; beta = 95.15° V = 472.24 Den(Calc)= 5.27

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - Prismatic H-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/c

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.996(1), 3.173(0.7), 3.502(0.7),

Physical Properties of Stibivanite

Cleavage:

{???} Good

Color:

Yellow green, Dark yellow green, Emerald green.

Density:

5.12

Diaphaneity:

Transparent to Translucent

Hardness:

4 - Fluorite

Luster:

Adamantine

Streak:

green

Optical Properties of Stibivanite

Optical Data:

NCalc= 2.27 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.2406) where Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1
NCalc= 2.23 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.2406) where Ncalc=Dmeas*KC+1

Calculated Properties of Stibivanite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.64 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Stibivanite =5.27 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.000442669
Boson Index = 0.999557331

Photoelectric:

PE_Stibivanite= 219.81 barns/electron
U=PE_Stibivanite x rElectron Density=1,020.94 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Stibivanite Classification

Dana Class:

45.01.11.01 (45)Acid and normal Antimonites, Arsenites and Phosphites

(45.01)with miscellaneous formulae

(45.01.11)Dana Group

45.01.11.01 Stibivanite Sb2VO5 C 2/c 2/m

Strunz Class:

04.JA.55 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.J - Arsenites, Antimonites, Bismuthites, Sulfites,

04.JA -Arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites; without additional anions, without H2O

04.JA.55 Stibivanite Sb2VO5 C 2/c 2/m

Other Stibivanite Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic4) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Stibivanite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - GeoScienceWorld
4 - Google Images
5 - Google Scholar
6 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
8 - MinDAT
9 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
10 - Online Mineral Museum
11 - QUT Mineral Atlas
12 - Ruff.Info
13 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Sb+++2V++++O5
Dana No: 45.01.11.01 Strunz No: 04.JA.55
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