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Name: Brizziite RRUFF ID: R220041 Ideal Chemistry: NaSbO3 Locality: Pereta mine, Tuscany, Italy Source: Erica Bittarello Owner: Erica Bittarello Description: Flattened, sometimes elongated, colourless aggregate, associated with ottensite and mopungite. Described in Bittarello et al (2015) Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined by Raman spectroscopy and chemical analysis |
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Mineral Group: [ Corundum (38) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Brizziite samples (2) ] |
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REFERENCES for Brizziite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Schrewelius N (1938) Röntgenuntersuchung der verbindungen NaSb(OH)6, NaSb6, NaSbO3 und gleichartiger stoffe, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 238, 241-254 [view file] |
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Olmi F, Sabelli C (1994) Brizziite, NaSbO3, a new mineral from the Cetine mine (Tuscany, Italy): description and crystal structure, European Journal of Mineralogy, 6, 667-672 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Kovalenker V A, Roberts A C (1995) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 80, 630-635 [view file] |
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Bittarello E, Cámara F, Ciriotti M E, Marengo A (2015) Ottensite, brizziite and mopungite from Pereta mine (Tuscany, Italy): new occurrences and crystal structure refinement of mopungite, Mineralogy and Petrology, 109, 431-442 |
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Roper A J, Leverett P, Murphy T D, Williams P A (2018) The stability of the rare sodium antimonate, brizziite, and it's role in Sb mobility, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 89-93 |
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