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Ejei (Edzhei), Kuraminskie Mts, Chatkal-Kuraminskii Range, Angren Region, Tashkent (Toshkent) Viloyati, Uzbekistan
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Formula:
SnSb
System:TrigonalColour:Light gray
Hardness: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

Crystallography of Stistaite

Crystal System:Trigonal
Class (H-M):3m (3 2/m) - Hexagonal Scalenohedral
Space Group:R3m {R3 2/m}
Cell Parameters:a = 4.3251(4) Å, c = 5.3376(6) Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 1.234
Unit Cell Volume:V 86.47 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Comment:Incommensurately modulated structure.

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.10aAlgodonite
(Cu
 
1-x
As
 
x
)
2.AA.10bDomeykite
Cu
 
3
As
2.AA.10dKoutekite
Cu
 
5
As
 
2
2.AA.15Novakite
Cu
 
20
AgAs
 
10
2.AA.20Cuprostibite
Cu
 
2
(Sb,Tl)
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
(Sn,Pb)SnS
 
2
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
Pb
 
2
(Cu,Fe)
 
21
S
 
15
3.6.11Shadlunite
(Pb,Cd)(Fe,Cu)
 
8
S
 
8

Other Names for Stistaite

Synonyms:
IMA1969-039
Other Languages:
German:Stistait
Russian:Стистаит
Simplified Chinese:锑锡矿
Spanish:Stistaita
Traditional Chinese:銻錫礦

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.

Noren, Lasse; Withers, Ray L.; Schmid, Siegbert; Brink, Frank J.; Ting, Valeska (2006): Old friends in a new light: "SnSb" revisited. Journal of Solid State Chemistry 179, 404-412.

Lidin, S.; Christensen, J.; Jansson, K.; Fredrickson, D.; Withers, R.; Noren, L.; Schmid, S. (2009: Incommensurate stistaite--Order made to order. Inorganic Chemistry 48, 5497-5503.

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    • Localities for Stistaite

    The map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.
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    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Colombia
     
    • Chocó Department
      • Mun. de Novita
        • San Juan Basin
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    Kyrgyzstan
     
    • Jalal-Abad Oblast
      • Chatkal Range
        • Kasan ore field
    		Sabir K. Mustafin data
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia)
    		[World of Stones 12:49]
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Chukotskii Autonomous Okrug
        • Kolyma area
          • Bol'shoi Anyui River Basin
            • Baimka River
              • Aluchinskii Massif (Aluchin horst)
    		American Mineralogist, Volume 83, pages 901–906, 1998
        • Okhotsk-Chukotka belt
    		[AmMin 82:821]
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
    USA
     
    • Minnesota
      • Lake Co.
        • Beaver Bay
          • Beaver Bay Complex
    		Chusi Li, Ripley, E.M., Oberthür, T., Miller, Jr., J.D., and Joslin, G.D. (2008): Mineralium Deposita 43, 97-110.
    Uzbekistan
     
    • Sidaryo (Syrdar'ya) Viloyati
      • North Nuratau Range
    		NJMM (1981), 117; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
    • Tashkent (Toshkent) Viloyati
      • Angren Region
        • Chatkal-Kuraminskii Range
          • Kuraminskie Mts
    		Sabir K. Mustafin data
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