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Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
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Formula:
Sb
 
2
VO
 
5
System:OrthorhombicColour:Yellow-green.
Lustre:Adamantine, MetallicHardness:4 - 4½
Name:The name reflects its composition: antimony (Greek "stibi") and vanadium.
This page provides mineralogical data about Stibivanite.

Classification of Stibivanite

IMA status:Approved 1980
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/C.26-50
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:4.JA.55

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
J : Arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites; iodates
A : Arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites; without additional anions, without H2O
Dana 8th edition ID:45.1.11.2

45 : ACID AND NORMAL ANTIMONITES AND ARSENITES
1 : Miscellaneous
Hey's CIM Ref.:7.13.107.13.11

7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
13 : Oxides of As, Sb and Bi
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Type Occurrence of Stibivanite

Co-type Localities:Lake George Antimony mine (Consolidated Durham mines; Resources Ltd. mine; Prince William mine; Brunswick mine), Lake George, Prince William Parish, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada
Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

Physical Properties of Stibivanite

Lustre:Adamantine, Metallic
Colour:Yellow-green.
Streak:Green
Hardness (Mohs):4 - 4½

Crystallography of Stibivanite

Crystal System:Orthorhombic

Chemical Properties of Stibivanite

Formula:
Sb
 
2
VO
 
5
Essential elements:O, Sb, V
All elements listed in formula:O, Sb, V

Relationship of Stibivanite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
4.JA.05Leiteite
Zn(As
 
2
O
 
4
)
4.JA.10Reinerite
Zn
 
3
(AsO
 
3
)
 
2
4.JA.15Karibibite
Fe
 
2
As
 
4
O
 
9
4.JA.20Kusachiite
CuBi
 
2
O
 
4
4.JA.20Schafarzikite
Fe
2+
 
Sb
3+
2
O
 
4
4.JA.20Trippkeite
Cu[As
 
2
O
 
4
]
4.JA.25Apuanite
Fe
2+
 
Fe
3+
4
Sb
3+
4
O
 
12
S
4.JA.30Versiliaite
Fe
 
2
Fe
 
4
Sb
 
6
O
 
16
S
4.JA.35Schneiderhöhnite
Fe
2+
 
Fe
3+
3
[As
 
5
O
 
13
]
4.JA.40Zimbabweite
(Na,K)
 
2
PbAs
 
4
(Ta,Nb,Ti)
 
4
O
 
18
4.JA.45Ludlockite
PbFe
3+
4
As
3+
10
O
 
22
4.JA.50Paulmooreite
Pb
 
2
[As
 
2
O
 
5
]
4.JA.60Chadwickite
(UO
 
2
)[HAsO
 
3
]

Other Names for Stibivanite

Synonyms:
IMA1980-020IMA1980-021
Other Languages:
German:Stibivanit
Russian:Стибиванит
Spanish:Stibivanita

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 Stibivanite

Reference List:

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KAIMAN, S., HARRIS, D.C. & DUTRIZAC, J.E. (1980): Stibivanite, a new mineral from the Lake George antimony deposit, New Brunswick. Canadian Mineralogist 18, 329-332.

SZYMAŃSKI, J.T. (1980): A redetermination of the structure of Sb2VO5, stibivanite, a new mineral. Canadian Mineralogist 18, 333-337.

MERLINO, S., ORLANDI, P., PERCHIAZZI, N., BASSO, R. & PALENZONA, A. (1989): Polytypism in stibivanite. Canadian Mineralogist 27, 625-632.

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    Canada
     
    • New Brunswick
      • York Co.
        • Prince William Parish
          • Lake George
    		KAIMAN, S., HARRIS, D.C. & DUTRIZAC, J.E. (1980): Stibivanite, a new mineral from the Lake George antimony deposit, New Brunswick. Canadian Mineralogist 18, 329-332. SZYMAŃSKI, J.T. (1980): A redetermination of the structure of Sb2VO5, stibivanite, a new mineral. Canadian Mineralogist 18, 333-337. MERLINO, S., ORLANDI, P., PERCHIAZZI, N., BASSO, R. & PALENZONA, A. (1989): Polytypism in stibivanite. Canadian Mineralogist 27, 625-632.
    Italy
     
    • Tuscany
      • Lucca Province
        • Apuan Alps
          • Stazzema
            • Ponte Stazzemese
    		Orlandi P., Dini A., 2004. Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis, 1: 11-24; Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 21, pp. 159-160 (1983)
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