Stenhuggarite Mineral Data

General Stenhuggarite Information

Chemical Formula:

CaFe+++(As+++O2)(As+++Sb+++O5)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 479.51 gm

Calcium 8.36 % Ca 11.69 % CaO

Iron 11.65 % Fe 16.65 % Fe₂O₃

Antimony 25.39 % Sb 30.40 % Sb₂O₃

Arsenic 31.25 % As 41.26 % As₂O₃

Oxygen 23.36 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

CaFe³⁺As₂SbO₇

Environment:

Very rare in hematite ore from a metamorphosed Fe-Mn orebody.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1968

Locality:

Långban mine, Bergslagen ore distr., Filipstad, Värmland (Wermland), Sweden. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named from the Swedish for "stonemason", in honor of Brian Harold Mason (1917-), U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., USA for his Langban deposit studies.

Name Pronunciation:

Stenhuggarite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 965

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Stenhuggarite Image

Images:

Stenhuggarite

Comments: Aggregate of reddish orange granular stenhuggarite crystals in matrix of black hematite.
Location: Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: See Image.
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Stenhuggarite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.66301

Cell Dimensions:

a = 16.075, c = 10.658, Z = 16; V = 2,754.09 Den(Calc)= 4.63

Crystal System:

Tetragonal - PyramidalH-M Symbol (4) Space Group: I 4₁

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.985(1), 1.845(0.4), 2.548(0.35),

Crystal Structure:

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Coda A , Dal Negro A , Sabelli C , Tazzoli V , Acta Crystallographica, Section B , 33 (1977) p.1807-1811, The crystal structure of stenhuggarite

Physical Properties of Stenhuggarite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Bright reddish orange.

Density:

4.63

Diaphaneity:

Transparent to Translucent

Fracture:

Conchoidal - Fractures developed in brittle materials characterized by smoothly curving surfaces, (e.g. quartz).

Habit:

Equant Grains - Granular material with equel dimensions in x, y, and z.

Habit:

Pseudo Octohedral - Crystals show an octohedral outline.

Hardness:

4.5 - Between Fluorite and Apatite

Streak:

light yellow

Optical Properties of Stenhuggarite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.084 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.084 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.216,KPDmeas= 0.216,KC= 0.2357
Ncalc = 2.09

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (?), a=2.

Calculated Properties of Stenhuggarite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.23 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Stenhuggarite =4.63 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0026940187
Boson Index = 0.9973059813

Photoelectric:

PE_{Stenhuggarite}= 108.68 barns/electron
U=PE_{Stenhuggarite} x rElectron Density= 459.64 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Stenhuggarite Classification

Dana Class:

46.01.04.01 (46)Basic or Halogen-Containing Antimonites, Arsenites and Phosphites

(46.01)where (A B)m (XO3)p Zq

(46.01.04)Dana Group

46.01.04.01 Stenhuggarite CaFe(AsO2)(AsSbO5) I 4₁ 4

Strunz Class:

04.JB.35 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

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

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

04.JB.35 Stenhuggarite CaFe(AsO2)(AsSbO5) I 4₁ 4

Other Stenhuggarite Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic3) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic3)

See Also:

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

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Stenhuggarite

CaFe+++(As+++O2)(As+++Sb+++O5)
Dana No: 46.01.04.01 Strunz No: 04.JB.35
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