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General Bottinoite Information

Chemical Formula:

NiSb+++++2(OH)12·6(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 614.37 gm

Nickel 9.55 % Ni 12.16 % NiO

Antimony 39.63 % Sb 52.66 % Sb₂O₅

Hydrogen 3.94 % H 35.19 % H₂O

Oxygen 46.88 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

NiSb₂(OH)₁₂·6(H₂O)

Environment:

Adjacent to and incrusting ullmannite in oxidized hydrothermal base-metal deposits.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1992

Locality:

In the Bottino mine, near Seravezza, Tuscany, Italy. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

For its occurrence in the Bottino mine, Italy.

Synonym:

ICSD 82741

IMA1991-029

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Bottinoite Image

Images:

Bottinoite

Comments: Pale blue botryoidal bottinoite on calcite.
Location: Dornberg, Ramsbeck, Sauerland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Bottinoite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.60978

Cell Dimensions:

a = 16.045, c = 9.784, Z = 6; V = 2,181.36 Den(Calc)= 2.81

Crystal System:

Trigonal - PyramidalH-M Symbol (3) Space Group: P 3

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.36(1), 4.62(1), 2.34(0.8),

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Bonazzi P , Mazzi F , American Mineralogist , 81 (1996) p.1494-1500, Bottinoite, Ni(H2O)6[Sb(OH)6]2: Crystal structure, twinning and hydrogen-bond, model, Sample: BS2, synthetic, Note: U(1,2) for Sb1 and Sb3 changed to match symmetry constraints.

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Physical Properties of Bottinoite

Cleavage:

[???] Perfect

Color:

Greenish blue, Light blue, Green.

Density:

2.83

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Hardness:

3.5 - Copper Penny

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

bluish white

Optical Properties of Bottinoite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.039 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.032 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2144,KPDmeas= 0.2129,KC= 0.2216

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (+), w=1.6, e=1.605, bire=0.0050.

Calculated Properties of Bottinoite

Electron Density:

r_electron=2.73 gm/cc
note: r_Bottinoite=2.81 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00131
Boson Index = 0.99869

Photoelectric:

PE_Bottinoite= 124.13 barns/electron
U=PE_Bottinoite x r_electron= 338.38 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Bottinoite is Not Radioactive

Bottinoite Classification

Dana Class:

6.3.9.1 (6)Hydroxides and Oxides Containing Hydroxyl

(6.3)with (OH)3 or (OH)6 groups

(6.3.9)Dana Group

6.3.9.1 Bottinoite NiSb2(OH)12·6(H2O) P 3 3

6.3.9.2 Brandholzite! Mg[Sb(OH)6]2·6(H2O) P 3 3

Strunz Class:

IV/F.04-20 IV - Oxides

IV/F - Hydroxides and oxidic hydrates, water-bearing oxides with layered structure

IV/F.04 - Jamborite - Bottinoite series

IV/F.04-10 Jamborite (Ni,Ni,Fe)(OH)2(OH,S,(H2O)) Unk Hex

IV/F.04-15 Brandholzite! Mg[Sb(OH)6]2·6(H2O) P 3 3

IV/F.04-20 Bottinoite NiSb2(OH)12·6(H2O) P 3 3

Other Bottinoite Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic3) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.77,p1301-1304,1992) OPTIC PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.77,p1301-1304,1992)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Bottinoite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 - WWW-MINCRYST 13 -École des Mines de Paris

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Bottinoite

NiSb+++++2(OH)12·6(H2O)
Dana No: 6.3.9.1 Strunz No: IV/F.04-20
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