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Stenhuggarite

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Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
© Knut Eldjarn

Formula:
CaFeSbO(AsO
 
3
)
 
2
System:TetragonalColour:Orange
Name:From Swedish "stenhuggar", stone mason, for Brian Harold Mason (b. 1917), mineralogist and geochemist, US National Museum (Washington).
This page provides mineralogical data about Stenhuggarite.

Classification of Stenhuggarite

IMA status:Approved 1966
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/J.09-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:4.JB.35

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
J : Arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites; iodates
B : Arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites; with additional anions, without H2O
Dana 8th edition ID:46.1.4.1

46 : ANTIMONITES AND ARSENITES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
1 : (AB)m(XO3)pZq
Hey's CIM Ref.:23.21

23 : Arsenites
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Type Occurrence of Stenhuggarite

Type Locality:Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
Year of Discovery:1967

Physical Properties of Stenhuggarite

Colour:Orange
Streak:Bright yellow

Crystallography of Stenhuggarite

Crystal System:Tetragonal
Cell Parameters:a = 16.07Å, c = 10.65Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 0.663
Unit Cell Volume:V 2,750.31 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Chemical Properties of Stenhuggarite

Formula:
CaFeSbO(AsO
 
3
)
 
2
Essential elements:As, Ca, Fe, O, Sb
All elements listed in formula:As, Ca, Fe, O, Sb

Relationship of Stenhuggarite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
4.JB.05Fetiasite
(Fe
3+
 
,Fe
2+
 
,Ti)
 
3
[O
 
2
|As
 
2
O
 
5
]
4.JB.10Manganarsite
Mn
 
3
[(OH)
 
4
|As
 
2
O
 
4
]
4.JB.15Magnussonite
Mn
 
10
As
 
6
O
 
18
(OH,Cl)
 
2
4.JB.15UM1984-09-AsO:ClHMn
Mn
 
10
As
 
6
O
 
18
(OH)Cl
4.JB.20Armangite
Mn
2+
26
[CO
 
3
|(HAsO
 
3
)
 
4
|(AsO
 
3
)
 
14
]
4.JB.25Nanlingite
NaCa
 
6
(Mg,Fe,Li)
 
12
(AsO
 
3
)
 
2
[Fe(AsO
 
3
)
 
6
]F
 
14
·
4.JB.30Asbecasite
Ca
 
3
(Ti,Sn
4+
 
)Be
 
2
[(AsO
 
3
)
 
3
|SiO
 
4
]
 
2
4.JB.40Trigonite
Pb
 
3
Mn
2+
 
[HAsO
 
3
|(AsO
 
3
)
 
2
]
4.JB.45Finnemanite
Pb
 
5
[Cl|(AsO
 
3
)
 
3
]
4.JB.50Gebhardite
Pb
 
8
[O|Cl
 
6
|(As
 
2
O
 
5
)
 
2
]
4.JB.55Derbylite
(Fe,Fe,Ti)
 
7
SbO
 
13
(OH)
4.JB.55Tomichite
(V,Fe)
 
4
Ti
 
3
AsO
 
13
OH
4.JB.55Graeserite
(Fe
3+
 
,Ti)
 
4
Ti
 
3
AsO
 
13
(OH)
4.JB.60Hemloite
(As,Sb)
 
2
(Ti,V,Fe,Al)
 
12
O
 
23
(OH)
4.JB.65Freedite
Pb
 
15
(Cu,Fe
2+
 
)
 
3
[O
 
7
|Cl
 
10
|(AsO
 
3
)
 
4
]
4.JB.70Georgiadèsite
Pb
 
16
[(OH)
 
6
|Cl
 
14
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
4
]
4.JB.75Ekatite
(Fe
3+
 
,Fe
2+
 
,Zn)
 
12
(OH)
 
6
(AsO
 
3
)
 
6
[AsO
 
3
,HOSiO
 
3
]
 
2
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
23.2Nanlingite
NaCa
 
6
(Mg,Fe,Li)
 
12
(AsO
 
3
)
 
2
[Fe(AsO
 
3
)
 
6
]F
 
14
·
23.3Leiteite
Zn[As
 
2
O
 
4
]
23.5Kuznetsovite
(Hg-Hg)Hg
2+
 
[Cl|AsO
 
4
]
23.6Paulmooreite
Pb
 
2
[As
 
2
O
 
5
]
23.7Ecdemite
Pb
 
6
[As
 
2
O
 
7
|Cl
 
4
]
23.8Heliophyllite
Pb
 
3
AsO
 
4-n
Cl
 
2n+1
23.9Finnemanite
Pb
 
5
[Cl|(AsO
 
3
)
 
3
]
23.10Gebhardite
Pb
 
8
[O|Cl
 
6
|(As
 
2
O
 
5
)
 
2
]
23.11Zimbabweite
(Na,K)
 
2
PbAs
 
4
(Ta,Nb,Ti)
 
4
O
 
18
23.13Rouseite
Pb
 
2
Mn
2+
 
[AsO
 
3
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
23.14Freedite
Pb
 
15
(Cu,Fe
2+
 
)
 
3
[O
 
7
|Cl
 
10
|(AsO
 
3
)
 
4
]
23.15Manganarsite
Mn
 
3
[(OH)
 
4
|As
 
2
O
 
4
]
23.17Armangite
Mn
2+
26
[CO
 
3
|(HAsO
 
3
)
 
4
|(AsO
 
3
)
 
14
]
23.18Karibibite
Fe
 
2
As
 
4
O
 
9
23.19Schneiderhöhnite
Fe
2+
 
Fe
3+
3
[As
 
5
O
 
13
]
23.20Lazarenkoite
(Ca,Fe)FeAs
 
3
O
 
7
·3H
 
2
O
23.22Tomichite
(V,Fe)
 
4
Ti
 
3
AsO
 
13
OH

Other Names for Stenhuggarite

Synonyms:
IMA1966-037
Other Languages:
German:Stenhuggarit
Russian:Стенхуггарит
Spanish:Stenhuggarita

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 Stenhuggarite

Reference List:Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi: (1970): 5: 55-62.

American Mineralogist (1971): 56: 636.

Acta Crystallographica (1977): B33: 1807-1811.

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    • Värmland
      • Filipstad
    		Arkiv Min.Geol.(1970) 5, 55-62; Nysten, P., Holtstam, D. and Jonsson, E. (1999) The Långban minerals. In Långban - The mines,their minerals, geology and explorers (D. Holtstam and J. Langhof, eds.), Swedish Museum of Natural History and Raster Förlag, Stockholm & Chr. Weise Verlag, Munich, pp. 89-183.
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