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Stistaite

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Elkiaidai Stream, North Nuratau Range, Sidaryo (Syrdar'ya) Viloyati, Uzbekistan
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Formula:
SnSb
Colour:Light grayHardness:3
Name:The name reflects its composition, containing antimony (Latin = STIbium) and tin (Latin "STAnnum").
This page provides mineralogical data about Stistaite.

Classification of Stistaite

IMA status:Approved 1969
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/C.17-20
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.AA.45

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
A : Alloys
A : Alloys of metalloids with Cu, Ag, Au
Dana 7th edition ID:1.3.2.1
Dana 8th edition ID:1.3.1.5

1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
3 : Semi-metals and non-metals
Hey's CIM Ref.:3.6.4

3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
6 : Sulphides etc. of Sb and Pb
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Type Occurrence of Stistaite

Type Locality:Elkiaidai Stream, North Nuratau Range, Sidaryo (Syrdar'ya) Viloyati, Uzbekistan
Year of Discovery:1970

Physical Properties of Stistaite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Light gray
Hardness (Mohs):3

Chemical Properties of Stistaite

Formula:
SnSb
Essential elements:Sb, Sn
All elements listed in formula:Sb, Sn
Common Impurities:Cu

Relationship of Stistaite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
2.AA.05Algodonite
(Cu
 
1-x
As
 
x
)
2.AA.10Domeykite
Cu
 
3
As
2.AA.10Koutekite
Cu
 
5
As
 
2
2.AA.15Novakite
Cu
 
20
AgAs
 
10
2.AA.20Cuprostibite
Cu
 
2
(Sb,Tl)
2.AA.20Horsfordite
2.AA.25Kutinaite
Cu
 
2
AgAs
2.AA.30Allargentum
(Ag
 
1-x
Sb
 
x
)
2.AA.35Dyscrasite
Ag
 
3
Sb
2.AA.40Maldonite
Au
 
2
Bi
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
3.6.1Herzenbergite
SnS
3.6.2Ottemannite
beta Sn
 
2
S
 
3
3.6.3Berndtite
SnS
 
2
3.6.5Galena
PbS
3.6.6Clausthalite
PbSe
3.6.7Altaite
PbTe
3.6.8Furutobeite
(Cu,Ag)
 
6
PbS
 
4
3.6.9Aschamalmite
Pb
 
6
Bi
 
2
S
 
9
3.6.10Betekhtinite
Cu
 
10
(Fe,Pb)S
 
6
3.6.11Shadlunite
(Pb,Cd)(Fe,Cu)
 
8
S
 
8

Other Names for Stistaite

Synonyms:
IMA1969-039
German names:
Stistait
Russian names:
Стистаит
Spanish names:
Stistaita

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 Stistaite

Reference List:American Mineralogist (1971): 56: 358.

Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte (1981): 3: 120.

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    Localities for Stistaite

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    Colombia
     
    • Chocó Department
      • Cauca
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia)
    		[World of Stones 12:49]
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Chukot Peninsula
        • Chukotka (Tchukotka) Okrug
          • Okhost-Chukotka belt
    		[AmMin 82:821]
        • Magadanskaya Oblast'
          • Kolyma area
            • Bol'shoi Anyui River Basin
              • Baimka River
                • Aluchinskii Massif (Aluchin horst)
    		No reference listed
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
    Uzbekistan
     
    • Sidaryo (Syrdar'ya) Viloyati
      • North Nuratau Range
    		NJMM (1981), 117
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