| Cervantite Mineral Data |
General Cervantite Information |
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| Sb+++Sb+++++O4 | |||
| Molecular Weight = 307.50 gm | |||
| Antimony 79.19 % Sb 47.40 % Sb2O3 / 52.60 % Sb2O5 | |||
| Oxygen 20.81 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| SbSbO4 | |||
| Alteration product of stibnite. | |||
| Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1850 | |||
| Cervantes, Spain. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named after its locality. | |||
| ICSD 63271 | |||
| PDF Nov-45 | |||
Cervantite Image | |||
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Cervantite Crystallography |
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| a:b:c =1.1301:1:2.4449 | |||
| a = 5.436, b = 4.81, c = 11.76, Z = 4; V = 307.49 Den(Calc)= 6.64 | |||
| Orthorhombic - PyramidalH-M Symbol (mm2) Space Group: Pbn21 | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 3.06(1), 1.854(0.7), 2.91(0.7), | |||
Physical Properties of Cervantite |
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| [001] Perfect | |||
| Yellow, Yellowish orange, White, Cream. | |||
| 6.4 - 6.6, Average = 6.5 | |||
| Transparent to translucent | |||
| Conchoidal - Fractures developed in brittle materials characterized by smoothly curving surfaces, (e.g. quartz). | |||
| Acicular - Occurs as needle-like crystals. | |||
| Earthy - Dull, clay-like texture with no visible crystalline affinities, (e.g. howlite). | |||
| Reniform - "Kidney like" in shape (e.g.. hematite). | |||
| 4-5 - Fluorite-Apatite | |||
| Vitreous - Pearly | |||
| light yellow | |||
Optical Properties of Cervantite |
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| Biaxial (?), a=2, g=2.1, bire=0.1000 | |||
Calculated Properties of Cervantite |
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relectron=5.79 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.00009 Boson Index = 0.99991 |
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PECervantite = 267.22 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Cervantite is Not Radioactive |
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Cervantite Classification |
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| 4.4.16.1 (4)Simple Oxides | |||
| (4.4)with a cation charge of 4+ (A++++ O2) | |||
| (4.4.16)Dana Group | |||
| IV/D.25-10 IV - Oxides | |||
| IV/D - Oxides with metal : oxygen = 1:2 (MO2 and related compounds) | |||
| IV/D.25 - Cervantite - Chiluite series | |||
Other Cervantite Information |
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| NAME( Duda&Rejl90) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8) | |||
| Links to other databases for Cervantite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 4 - EUROmin Project 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 7 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas 13 - WWW-MINCRYST 14 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Cervantite using: Visit our Advertisers for Cervantite : Translate Cervantite Mineral Data : Ask about Cervantite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Cervantite Specimen Label here :
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