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| Colour: | Lead-gray; blood-red in ... | Hardness: | 4 |
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| Name: | From the Greek λαμπρός for "shining" and antimony (Latin = STIBIum), in allusion to its lustre and composition. | ||
An ill-defined substance. Inferred to be an anhydrous antimonate of divalent iron and manganese. | |||
Classification of Lamprostibian | |
| IMA status: | Not Approved |
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Physical Properties of Lamprostibian | |
| Diaphaneity (Transparency): | Translucent on thin edges, Opaque |
| Comment: | Lustre brilliant |
| Colour: | Lead-gray; blood-red in very thin splinters |
| Streak: | Red |
| Hardness (Mohs): | 4 |
| Tenacity: | Brittle |
Crystallography of Lamprostibian | |
| Morphology: | Foliated and scaly masses. |
Other Information | |
| Other Information: | Soluble with difficulty in hot concentrated HCl, without evolution of Cl. |
| 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 Lamprostibian | |
| Reference List: | Igelström (1893) Geologiska Föeningens I Stockholm. Förhandlinger, Stockholm: 15: 471. Igelström (1893) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 22: 467. Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 1030. |
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