Vismirnovite Mineral Data

General Vismirnovite Information

Chemical Formula:

ZnSn++++(OH)6

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 286.14 gm

Zinc 22.85 % Zn 28.44 % ZnO

Tin 41.49 % Sn 52.67 % SnO₂

Hydrogen 2.11 % H 18.89 % H₂O

Oxygen 33.55 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

ZnSn(OH)₆

Environment:

Oxidation of earlier tin sulfides in tin deposits.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1981

Locality:

Trudovoye tin deposit, Inyl’chek Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Vladimir Ivanovich Smirnov (1910-1988), Moscow University, Moscow, Russia

Name Pronunciation:

Vismirnovite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 24961

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Vismirnovite

Comments: Vismirnovite, yellow brown, intermixed with darker brown natanite, as replacements after stannite, with blue azurite..
Location: Mushiston Deposit, Kaznok Valley, Tajikistan. Scale: Picture Size 4 mm.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Vismirnovite Crystallography

Cell Dimensions:

a = 7.69, Z = 4; V = 454.76 Den(Calc)= 4.18

Crystal System:

Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: P n3m

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.84(1), 1.72(0.9), 1.57(0.8),

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Cohen-Addad C , Bulletin de la Societe Francaise de Mineralogie et de Cristallographie , 90 (1967) p.32-35, Etude des hydroxystannates CaSn(OH)6 et ZnSn(OH)6 par, diffraction des rayons X et resonance magnetique nucleaire, Locality: synthetic, Note: schoenfliesite group

Physical Properties of Vismirnovite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Light yellow.

Density:

4.073

Diaphaneity:

Transparent

Hardness:

4 - Fluorite

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Vismirnovite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.022 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.047 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1758,KPDmeas= 0.1805,KC= 0.1845
Ncalc = 1.75 - 1.77

Optical Data:

Isotropic, n=1.735.

Calculated Properties of Vismirnovite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.81 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Vismirnovite =4.07 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.07
Boson Index = 0.93

Photoelectric:

PE_Vismirnovite= 133.72 barns/electron
U=PE_Vismirnovite x rElectron Density= 510.09 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Vismirnovite Classification

Dana Class:

06.03.06.04 (06)Hydroxides and Oxides Containing Hydroxyl

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

(06.03.06)Wickmanite group (Cubic or Trigonal, 2+ cations containing Sn)

06.03.06.01 Wickmanite MnSn(OH)6 P n3m 4/m 3 2/m

06.03.06.02 Schoenfliesite MgSn(OH)6 P n3 2/m 3

06.03.06.03 Natanite FeSn(OH)6 P n3m 4/m 3 2/m

06.03.06.04 Vismirnovite ZnSn(OH)6 P n3m 4/m 3 2/m

06.03.06.05 Burtite CaSn(OH)6 R 3 3

06.03.06.06 Mushistonite (Cu,Zn,Fe)Sn(OH)6 P n3m 4/m 3 2/m

Strunz Class:

04.FC.10 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.F - Hydroxides (without V or U)

04.FC -Hydroxides with OH, without H2O; corner-sharing octahedra

04.FC.10 Burtite CaSn(OH)6 R 3 3

04.FC.10 Mushistonite (Cu,Zn,Fe)Sn(OH)6 P n3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.FC.10 Natanite FeSn(OH)6 P n3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.FC.10 Vismirnovite ZnSn(OH)6 P n3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.FC.10 Schoenfliesite MgSn(OH)6 P n3 2/m 3

04.FC.10 Wickmanite MnSn(OH)6 P n3m 4/m 3 2/m

Other Vismirnovite Information

References:

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

See Also:

Links to other databases for Vismirnovite :
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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Vismirnovite

ZnSn++++(OH)6
Dana No: 06.03.06.04 Strunz No: 04.FC.10
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