Clinocervantite R070385
Name: Clinocervantite
RRUFF ID: R070385
Ideal Chemistry: Sb3+Sb5+O4
Locality: Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Le Cetine Mine; Cetine Mine; Rosia), Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
Source: Michael Scott S104750 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White acicular crystals in vug associated with valentinite, tripuhyite, R070383, and rosiaite, R070384. Co-type specimen
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Clinocervantite (1) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070385.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Sb3+1.00(Sb5+0.99As5+0.01)Σ=1O4; Sb5+ and Sb3+ splitted by charge balance
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070385
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R070385.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 12.060(8)Å    b: 4.828(3)Å    c: 5.382(4)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 104.60(4)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 303.2(1)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Clinocervantite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Amador J, Gutierrez-Puebla E, Monge M A, Rasines I, Ruiz-Valero C (1988) Diantimony tetraoxides revisited, Inorganic Chemistry, 27, 1367-1370

Basso R, Lucchetti G, Zefiro L, Palenzona A (1999) Clinocervantite, β-Sb2O4, the natural monoclinic polymorph of cervantite from the Cetine mine, Siena, Italy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 95-100   [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1999) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 84, 1464-1468   [view file]