Stistaite Mineral Data

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General Stistaite Information

Chemical Formula:

SnSb

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 240.46 gm

Tin 49.37 % Sn

Antimony 50.63 % Sb

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

SnSb

Environment:

In heavy mineral concentrates from placer deposits.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1970

Locality:

Elkiaidan River, Uzbekistan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for the composition of stibium (antimony) and stannum (tin).

Synonym:

ICSD 52294

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Stistaite Image

Images:

Stistaite

Comments: Minute stistaite crystal.
Location: Edjej River, Kyrgyzstan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Images:

Stistaite Sorosite Tin

Comments: Back-scattered electron image of large sorosite crystal (So=partly skeletal) adjacent to stistaite (St). Tn=native tin. Note abundant microcrystals of sorosite isolated within native tin. (AmMin 83:903).
Location: Baimka gold-platinum group mineral placer deposit, Chukotka, Russian Far East. Scale: Image Size 1.5 cm.
© American Mineralogist

Stistaite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:1.23438

Cell Dimensions:

a = 8.648, c = 10.675, Z = 12; V = 691.40 Den(Calc)= 6.93

Crystal System:

Trigonal - Hexagonal ScalenohedralH-M Symbol (3 2/m) Space Group: R 3m

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.07(1), 2.16(0.3), 2.18(0.3),1.37(0.1), 1.38(0.1), 1.53(0.1), 1.77(0.1), 1.78(0.1),

Physical Properties of Stistaite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Light gray.

Density:

6.91

Diaphaniety:

Opaque

Fracture:

Elastic - Fragments which spring back after bending.

Habit:

Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes.

Habit:

Pseudo Cubic - Crystals show a cubic outline.

Hardness:

3 - Calcite

Luster:

Metallic

Optical Properties of Stistaite

RL Color:

Creamy white.

Reflectivity

**Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Stistaite in Air**
λ	R	∑ R(λ)
460 nm	78.00
480 nm	79.30
500 nm	80.50
520 nm	81.20
540 nm	81.60
560 nm	81.50
580 nm	81.30
600 nm	81.50
620 nm	81.80
640 nm	82.00
660 nm	82.50

**Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Stistaite in Air**
Relative Intensity	0%	20%	40%	60%	80%	100%	120%
R

Calculated Properties of Stistaite

Electron Density:

r_electron=5.82 gm/cc
note: r_Stistaite=6.93 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.08204
Boson Index = 0.91796

Photoelectric:

PE_Stistaite= 338.95 barns/electron
U=PE_Stistaite x r_electron=1,973.25 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Stistaite is Not Radioactive

Stistaite Classification

Dana Class:

1.3.1.5 (1)Native Elements

(1.3)with semi-metallic and non-metallic elements

(1.3.1)Arsenic group

1.3.1.1 Arsenic As R 3m 3 2/m

1.3.1.2 Antimony Sb R 3m 3 2/m

1.3.1.3 Stibarsen SbAs R 3m 3 2/m

1.3.1.4 Bismuth Bi R 3m 3 2/m

1.3.1.5 Stistaite SnSb R 3m 3 2/m

Strunz Class:

II/C.17-20 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts

II/C - Sulfides with metal: sulfur, selenium and tellurium = 1:1

II/C.17 - Hertzenbergite - Kylindrite series

II/C.17-10 Herzenbergite SnS Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

II/C.17-20 Stistaite SnSb R 3m 3 2/m

II/C.17-30 Mohite Cu2SnS3 P1 1

II/C.17-40 Teallite PbSnS2 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m

II/C.17-45 Suredaite! PbSnS3 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m

II/C.17-50 Potosiite Pb6Sn2FeSb2S14 P 1 ? 1

II/C.17-55 Levyclaudite Pb8Sn7Cu3(Bi,Sb)3S28 A2 ? 2

II/C.17-60 Incaite Pb4Sn4FeSb2S15 P1 ? 1

II/C.17-70 Franckeite (Pb,Sn)6FeSn2Sb2S14 P1 1

II/C.17-80 Cylindrite Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14 P1 1

Other Stistaite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Stistaite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 - WWW-MINCRYST 13 -École des Mines de Paris

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Stistaite

SnSb
Dana No: 1.3.1.5 Strunz No: II/C.17-20
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