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Cervantite R070420

Name: Cervantite
RRUFF ID: R070420
Ideal Chemistry: Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄
Locality: Wadley District, Catorce Mountains, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Source: Rafael Barboza [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Light yellow massive pseudomorph after stibnite
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R070420

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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REFERENCES for Cervantite
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]
Dana J D (1850) Cervantite, in A System of Mineralogy, Third Edition George P Putnam New York and London 417-417 [view file]
Dihlström K (1938) Über den bau des wahren antimontetroxyds und des damit isomorphen stibiotantalits, SbTaO₄, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 239, 57-64 [view file]
Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 1216-1223 [view file]
Gopalakrishnan P S, Manohar H (1975) Cervantite, α-Sb₂O₄, Crystal Structure Communications, 4, 203-206
Thornton G (1977) A neutron diffraction study of α-Sb₂O₄, Acta Crystallographica, B33, 1271-1273
Amador J, Gutierrez-Puebla E, Monge M A, Rasines I, Ruiz-Valero C (1988) Diantimony tetraoxides revisited, Inorganic Chemistry, 27, 1367-1370
Garcia-Guinea J, Gervilla F, Garrido F, Correcher V, Marco J F, Tormo L (2023) A re-investigation on the historical cervantite-type antimony ochres, Estudios Geológicos, 79, e150 [view file]

REFERENCES for Cervantite

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]

Dana J D (1850) Cervantite, in A System of Mineralogy, Third Edition George P Putnam New York and London 417-417 [view file]

Dihlström K (1938) Über den bau des wahren antimontetroxyds und des damit isomorphen stibiotantalits, SbTaO₄, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 239, 57-64 [view file]

Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 1216-1223 [view file]

Gopalakrishnan P S, Manohar H (1975) Cervantite, α-Sb₂O₄, Crystal Structure Communications, 4, 203-206

Thornton G (1977) A neutron diffraction study of α-Sb₂O₄, Acta Crystallographica, B33, 1271-1273

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

Garcia-Guinea J, Gervilla F, Garrido F, Correcher V, Marco J F, Tormo L (2023) A re-investigation on the historical cervantite-type antimony ochres, Estudios Geológicos, 79, e150 [view file]