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Natanite

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Potosí Mine (El Potosí Mine), Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
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Formula:
Fe
2+
 
[Sn(OH)
 
6
]
Hardness:5
This page provides mineralogical data about Natanite.

Classification of Natanite

IMA status:Approved 1980
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/F.16-40
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:4.FC.10

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
F : Hydroxides (without V or U)
C : Hydroxides with OH, without H2O; corner-sharing octahedra
Dana 8th edition ID:6.3.6.3

6 : HYDROXIDES AND OXIDES CONTAINING HYDROXYL
3 : X(OH)3
Hey's CIM Ref.:7.11.10

7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
11 : Oxides of Sn and Pb
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Type Occurrence of Natanite

Co-type Localities:Trudovoe tin deposit, Inyl'chek Range, Issyk-Kul'skaya Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
Mushiston Deposit, Pendzhikent, Kaznok Valley, Zeravshan Range, Viloyati Sogd (Viloyati Sughd; Viloyati Khodzhent; Viloyati Leninabad), Tajikistan
Year of Discovery:1981

Physical Properties of Natanite

Hardness (Mohs):5

Chemical Properties of Natanite

Formula:
Fe
2+
 
[Sn(OH)
 
6
]
Essential elements:Fe, H, O, Sn
All elements listed in formula:Fe, H, O, Sn

Relationship of Natanite to other Species

Related to:
  • Schoenfliesite Group
    • Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
    4.FC.05Bernalite
    Fe(OH)
     
    3
    		 · nH
     
    2
    		O (n = 0.0 to 0.25)
    4.FC.05Dzhalindite
    In(OH)
     
    3
    4.FC.05Söhngeite
    Ga(OH)
     
    3
    4.FC.10Burtite
    Ca[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.10Mushistonite
    (Cu,Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.10Schoenfliesite
    Mg[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.10Vismirnovite
    Zn[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.10Wickmanite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.15Jeanbandyite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		)[Sn
    4+
     
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.15Mopungite
    Na[Sb
    5+
     
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.15Stottite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		[Ge
    4+
     
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.15Tetrawickmanite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		[Sn
    4+
     
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    4.FC.20Ferronigerite-2N1S
    Sn(Fe,Mg)Al
     
    6
    		O
     
    11
    		(OH)
    4.FC.20Magnesionigerite-6N6S
    Sn(Mg,Fe)
     
    2
    		Al
     
    8
    		O
     
    15
    		(OH)
    4.FC.20Magnesionigerite-2N1S
    Sn(Mg,Fe)Al
     
    6
    		O
     
    11
    		(OH)
    4.FC.20Ferronigerite-6N6S
    Sn(Fe,Mg)
     
    2
    		Al
     
    8
    		O
     
    15
    		(OH)
    4.FC.20Zinconigerite-2N1S
    Sn(Zn,Fe,Mg)Al
     
    6
    		O
     
    11
    		(OH)
    4.FC.20Zinconigerite-6N6S
    4.FC.25Magnesiotaaffeite-6N’3S
    (Mg,Fe,Zn)
     
    2
    		Al
     
    6
    		BeO
     
    12
    4.FC.25Magnesiotaaffeite-2N’2S
    Mg
     
    3
    		Al
     
    8
    		BeO
     
    16
    Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
    7.11.1Romarchite
    SnO
    7.11.2Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    7.11.4Schoenfliesite
    Mg[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    7.11.5Burtite
    Ca[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    7.11.6Vismirnovite
    Zn[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    7.11.7Wickmanite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    7.11.8Tetrawickmanite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		[Sn
    4+
     
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    7.11.9Jeanbandyite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		)[Sn
    4+
     
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    7.11.11Mushistonite
    (Cu,Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)[Sn(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    7.11.12Ferronigerite-2N1S
    Sn(Fe,Mg)Al
     
    6
    		O
     
    11
    		(OH)
    7.11.13Magnesionigerite
    7.11.14Argutite
    GeO
     
    2
    7.11.15Brunogeierite
    (Ge,Fe)Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    7.11.16Stottite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		[Ge
    4+
     
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    7.11.17Carboirite
    FeAl
     
    2
    		GeO
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    2
    7.11.18Otjisumeite
    PbGe
     
    4
    		O
     
    9
    7.11.19Bartelkeite
    PbFe
    2+
     
    		Ge
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    7.11.20Massicot
    PbO
    7.11.21Litharge
    PbO
    7.11.22Minium
    Pb
     
    3
    		O
     
    4
    7.11.23Plattnerite
    PbO
     
    2
    7.11.24Scrutinyite
    alpha-PbO
     
    2
    7.11.25Murdochite
    PbCu
     
    6
    		O
     
    8-x
    		(Cl,Br)
     
    2x
    		 x<=0.5
    7.11.26Macedonite
    PbTiO
     
    3
    7.11.27Cesàrolite
    PbH
     
    2
    		Mn
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    7.11.28Coronadite
    Pb(Mn,Mn)
     
    8
    		O
     
    16
    7.11.29Quenselite
    PbMnO
     
    2
    		(OH)
    7.11.30Plumboferrite
    PbFe
     
    4
    		O
     
    7
    7.11.31Magnetoplumbite
    (Pb,Mn)(Fe,Mn)
     
    12
    		O
     
    19
    7.11.32Senaite
    Pb(Ti,Fe,Mn)
     
    21
    		O
     
    38

    Other Names for Natanite

    Synonyms:
    IMA1980-028
    German names:
    Natanit
    Russian names:
    Натанит
    Spanish names:
    Natanita

    Other Information

    Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

    References for Natanite

    Reference List:American Mineralogist (1982): 67: 1077.

    Mneralogical Magazine (1998): 62: 707-712.

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    Localities for Natanite

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    Bolivia
     
    • Potosí Department
      • Bustillos Province
        • Llallagua
    		Min Rec (2006) 37:117-162
    Kyrgyzstan
     
    • Issyk-Kul'skaya Oblast
      • Inyl'chek Range
    		ZVMO,(1981) 110, 492-500
    Mexico
     
    • Chihuahua
      • Mun. de Aquiles Serdán
        • Santa Eulalia District
          • East Camp
    		http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/natanite.pdf.
          • West Camp
            • Francisco Portillo
    		Panczner (1987):94-366.
    Russia
     
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Magadanskaya Oblast'
        • Omsukchan
    		http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/natanite.pdf.
      • Primorskiy Kray
        • Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk)
          • Kavalerovo Mining District
    		N.V., Gorelikova analytical data
    Tajikistan
     
    • Viloyati Sogd (Viloyati Sughd; Viloyati Khodzhent; Viloyati Leninabad)
      • Zeravshan Range
        • Kaznok Valley
          • Pendzhikent
    		ZVMO,(1981) 110, 492-500
    UK
     
    • England
      • Cornwall
        • Callington District
          • Gunnislake Area
    		[C.Jewson, pers. comm.]; Weiss, S., Green, D.H., Hooper, J.J. & Elton, N. (2007): Erzgänge und "alpine " klüfte: Die Mineralien des Hingston Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall. LAPIS 32 (11), 13-25
        • Mount's Bay District
          • Penzance - Ludgvan Area
            • Paul
    		G. Curtis collection (Uwe Kolitsch SXRD and EDS analyses)
          • St Hilary
    		[UKJMM 20:7-37]
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