Stibiotantalite R050232 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Stibiotantalite R050232

Name: Stibiotantalite
RRUFF ID: R050232
Ideal Chemistry: Sb³⁺TaO₄
Locality: Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brown crystal fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050232.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	lighter and darker phases: Sb_1.00(Ta_0.72Nb_0.28)_Σ=1O₄
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050232

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050232.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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RRUFF ID:

R050232.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050232.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 4.9222(1)Å b: 5.5463(1)Å c: 11.8193(2)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 322.678(9)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Stibiotantalite
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]
Goyder G A (1893) On a new mineral (stibiotantalite), Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia, 17, 127-128 [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]
Skapski A c,Rogers D (1965) The stucture of SbNbO₄, α-SbNbO₄, and SbTaO₄, Chemical Communications, 1965, 611-613
Černý P, Harris D C (1973) Tapiolite, stibiotantalite, and antimonian microlite from the Odd West pegmatite, southeastern Manitoba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 76-78 [view file]
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Zubkova N V, Pushcharovsky D Y, Giester G, Smolin A S, Tillmanns E, Brandstätter F, Hammer V, Peretyazhko I S, Sapozhnikov A N, Kashaev A A (2002) Bismutocolumbite, Bi(Nb_0.79Ta_0.21)O₄, stibiocolumbite, Sb(Nb_0.67Ta_0.33)O₄, and their structural relation to other ABO₄ minerals with stibiotantalite (SbTaO₄) structure, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2002, 145-159
Novák M, Černý P, Cempírek J, Srein V, Filip J (2004) Ferrotapiolite as a pseudomorph of stibiotantalite from the Laštovičky lepidolite pegmatite, Czech Republic: an example of hydrothermal alteration at constant Ta/(Ta + Nb), The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1117-1128 [view file]
Qu K, Ni P, Fan G, Li G, Wang Y (2023) Stibiotantalite from the Nanyangshan LCT Pegmatite, North Qinling Orogen, Central China: Occurrence and new data on its crystal chemistry, The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, 61, 965-977

REFERENCES for Stibiotantalite

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]

Goyder G A (1893) On a new mineral (stibiotantalite), Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia, 17, 127-128 [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]

Skapski A c,Rogers D (1965) The stucture of SbNbO₄, α-SbNbO₄, and SbTaO₄, Chemical Communications, 1965, 611-613

Černý P, Harris D C (1973) Tapiolite, stibiotantalite, and antimonian microlite from the Odd West pegmatite, southeastern Manitoba, The Canadian Mineralogist, 12, 76-78 [view file]

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Zubkova N V, Pushcharovsky D Y, Giester G, Smolin A S, Tillmanns E, Brandstätter F, Hammer V, Peretyazhko I S, Sapozhnikov A N, Kashaev A A (2002) Bismutocolumbite, Bi(Nb_0.79Ta_0.21)O₄, stibiocolumbite, Sb(Nb_0.67Ta_0.33)O₄, and their structural relation to other ABO₄ minerals with stibiotantalite (SbTaO₄) structure, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2002, 145-159

Novák M, Černý P, Cempírek J, Srein V, Filip J (2004) Ferrotapiolite as a pseudomorph of stibiotantalite from the Laštovičky lepidolite pegmatite, Czech Republic: an example of hydrothermal alteration at constant Ta/(Ta + Nb), The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1117-1128 [view file]

Qu K, Ni P, Fan G, Li G, Wang Y (2023) Stibiotantalite from the Nanyangshan LCT Pegmatite, North Qinling Orogen, Central China: Occurrence and new data on its crystal chemistry, The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, 61, 965-977