Metastibnite Mineral Data + 
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- 2.11.3.1 Metastibnite Sb2S3 None
- II/D.08-10 Paakkonenite Sb2AsS2 C 2/m 2/m
- II/D.08-20 Stibnite Sb2S3 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
- II/D.08-25 Antimonselite Sb2Se3 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
- II/D.08-30 Metastibnite Sb2S3 None
- II/D.08-40 Bismuthinite Bi2S3 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
- II/D.08-50 Guanajuatite Bi2Se3 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
- II/D.08-60 Ottemannite Sn2S3 Pnam 2/m 2/m 2/m
General Metastibnite Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
Sb2S3 | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 339.70 gm | ||
| Antimony 71.68 % Sb | |||
| Sulfur 28.32 % S | |||
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| 100.00 % | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
Sb2S3 | ||
| Environment: |
Primary hydrothermal origin around fumarolic centers and as the result of stibnite oxidation. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1888 | ||
| Locality: |
Steamboat Springs, Washoe County, Nevada, USA Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
From the Greek for "with" and stibnite, in allusion to its composition. | ||
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Metastibnite Crystallography |
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| Crystal System: |
Amorphous- No Crystals | ||
Physical Properties of Metastibnite |
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| Cleavage: |
None | ||
| Color: |
Purple, Purple gray, Red, Reddish gray. | ||
| Diaphaniety: |
Translucent to Subopaque | ||
| Habit: |
Encrustations - Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix. | ||
| Habit: |
Mammillary - Larger "breast-like" rounded forms resembling botryoidal (e.g. malachite). | ||
| Habit: |
Powdery - Forms a loose, poorly-coherent pulverulent mass. | ||
| Hardness: |
2-3 - Gypsum-Calcite | ||
| Luminescence: |
Non-fluorescent. | ||
| Luster: |
Sub Metallic | ||
| Magnetism: |
Nonmagnetic | ||
| Streak: |
red | ||
Optical Properties of Metastibnite |
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| Optical Data: |
Isotropic. | ||
| RL Anisotrophism: |
Moderate in air. | ||
| RL Color: |
Bluish white with intense red internal reflections in oil. | ||
Calculated Properties of Metastibnite |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.00212 Boson Index = 0.99788 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PEMetastibnite = 240.35 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Metastibnite is Not Radioactive |
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Metastibnite Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
2.11.3.1 (2)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides | ||
| (2.11)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=2:3 | |||
| (2.11.3)Dana Group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
II/D.08-30 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts | ||
| II/D - Sulfides with metal: sulfur, selenium and tellurium < 1:1, Tellurides with Copper, Silver, Gold | |||
| II/D.08 - Stibnite - Bismuthinite series | |||
Other Metastibnite Information |
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| References: |
NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Dana) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Metastibnite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Applied Mineralogy 3 -Athena 4 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 5 - EUROmin Project 6 -Google Images 7 -Google Scholar 8 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 9 -MinDAT 10 -MinMax(Deutsch) 11 -MinMax(English) 12 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 -QUT Mineral Atlas 14 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Metastibnite using: Visit our Advertisers for Metastibnite : Translate Metastibnite Mineral Data : Ask about Metastibnite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Metastibnite Specimen Label here :
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