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Ordoñezite

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Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico
© Ł Kruszewski 2007

Formula:
ZnSb
 
2
O
 
6
System:TetragonalHardness:6½


Tapiolite Group.

Classification of Ordoñezite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/D.04-60
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:4.DB.10

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
D : Metal: Oxygen = 1:2 and similar
B : With medium-sized cations; chains of edge-sharing octahedra
Dana 8th edition ID:44.2.1.2

44 : ANTIMONATES
2 : AX2O6
Hey's CIM Ref.:24.2.4

24 : Antimonates and Antimonites
2 : Antimonates of Be, Mg, Ca, Zn or Hg
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Type Occurrence of Ordoñezite

Co-type Localities:Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
Santín Mine, Cerro de las Fajas, Santa Catarina, Mun. de Santa Catarina, Guanajuato, Mexico
Year of Discovery:1953

Physical Properties of Ordoñezite

Hardness (Mohs):6½

Crystallography of Ordoñezite

Crystal System:Tetragonal
Cell Parameters:a = 4.66Å, c = 9.26Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 1.987
Unit Cell Volume:V 201.09 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
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Chemical Properties of Ordoñezite

Formula:
ZnSb
 
2
O
 
6
Essential elements:O, Sb, Zn
All elements listed in formula:O, Sb, Zn

Relationship of Ordoñezite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
4.DB.05Argutite
GeO
 
2
4.DB.05Cassiterite
SnO
 
2
4.DB.05Plattnerite
PbO
 
2
4.DB.05Pyrolusite
MnO
 
2
4.DB.05Rutile
TiO
 
2
4.DB.05Tripuhyite
Fe
3+
 
Sb
5+
 
O
 
4
4.DB.05Tugarinovite
MoO
 
2
4.DB.05Varlamoffite
(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)
 
2
4.DB.10Byströmite
MgSb
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.10Tapiolite-(Fe)
(Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.10Tapiolite-(Mn)
(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.15Akhtenskite
ε-Mn
4+
 
O
 
2
4.DB.15Nsutite
(Mn
4+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)(O,OH)
 
2
4.DB.15Paramontroseite
VO
 
2
4.DB.15Ramsdellite
Mn
4+
 
O
 
2
4.DB.20Scrutinyite
alpha-PbO
 
2
4.DB.25Ishikawaite
U
4+
 
Fe
2+
 
Nb
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.25Ixiolite
(Ta,Nb,Sn,Fe,Mn)
 
4
O
 
8
4.DB.25Samarskite-(Y)
(Y,Fe
3+
 
,Fe
2+
 
,U,Th,Ca)
 
2
(Nb,Ta)
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.25Srilankite
Ti
 
2
ZrO
 
6
4.DB.25Yttrocolumbite-(Y)
Y(U
4+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)Nb
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.25Calciosamarskite
(Ca,Fe
3+
 
,Y)
 
2
(Nb,Ta,Ti)
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.25Iwashiroite-(Y)
Y(Ta,Nb)O
 
4
4.DB.25Samarskite-(Yb)
(Yb,Fe
3+
 
)
 
2
(Nb,Ta)
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.25Písekite-(Y)
4.DB.30Ferberite
FeWO
 
4
4.DB.30Hübnerite
MnWO
 
4
4.DB.30Sanmartinite
(Zn,Fe)WO
 
4
4.DB.30Krasnoselskite
CoWO
 
4
4.DB.35Columbite-(Fe)
FeNb
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.35Tantalite-(Fe)
FeTa
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.35Columbite-(Mn)
(Mn,Fe)(Nb,Ta)
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.35Tantalite-(Mn)
MnTa
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.35Columbite-(Mg)
(Mg,Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.35Qitianlingite
(Fe,Mn)
 
2
(Nb,Ta)
 
2
WO
 
10
4.DB.35Magnocolumbite
4.DB.35Tantalite-(Mg)
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)(Ta,Nb)
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.40Ferrowodginite
FeSnTa
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.40Lithiotantite
Li(Ta,Nb)
 
3
O
 
8
4.DB.40Lithiowodginite
LiTa
 
3
O
 
8
4.DB.40Titanowodginite
MnTiTa
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.40Wodginite
Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.40Ferrotitanowodginite
Fe
2+
 
TiTa
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.45Tivanite
VTiO
 
3
(OH)
4.DB.50Carmichaelite
(Ti,Cr,Fe)[O
 
2-x
(OH)
 
x
]
4.DB.55Alumotantite
AlTaO
 
4
4.DB.60Biehlite
((Sb,As)O)
 
2
[MoO
 
4
]
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
24.2.1Swedenborgite
NaBe
 
4
SbO
 
7
24.2.2Byströmite
MgSb
 
2
O
 
6
24.2.3Roméite
(Ca,Fe,Mn,Na)
 
2
(Sb,Ti)
 
2
O
 
6
(O,OH,F)
24.2.5Theisite
Cu
 
5
Zn
 
5
[(OH)
 
7
|(AsO
 
4
,SbO
 
4
)]
 
2
24.2.6Shakhovite
Hg
 
4
SbO
 
3
(OH)
 
3

Other Names for Ordoñezite

German names:
Ordonezit
Russian names:
Ордоньезит
Spanish names:
Ordonezita

Other Information

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References for Ordoñezite

Reference List:American Mineralogist (1955): 40: 64-69.

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    Localities for Ordoñezite

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    Germany
     
    • North Rhine-Westphalia
      • Sauerland
        • Iserlohn
          • Letmathe
    Mexico
     
    • Durango
      • Mun. de Coneto de Comonfort
        • América-Sapioris (Potrillos) District
          • Sapioris
    		Can Min 40, 4, (2002), 1207-1210
    • Guanajuato
      • Mun. de Guanajuato
    		[Am Min (1955) 40 (1-2), 64-69; Clark, 1993 - "Hey's Mineral Index"]
      • Mun. de Santa Catarina
        • Santa Catarina
          • Cerro de las Fajas
    		Panczner (1987): 289.
    Switzerland
     
    • Ticino (Tessin)
      • Malcantone
    		Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. und Stuker, P. (1998): Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz. Wepf Verlag, Basel, 579 pp.
    USA
     
    • New Mexico
      • Socorro Co.
    		Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
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