Tripuhyite

(repeating unit)FeSbO4IMA symbolTpy[1]Strunz classification4.DB.05Crystal systemTetragonalCrystal classDitetragonal dipyramidal (4/mmm)
H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m)Space groupP41/mnmUnit cella = 4.63, c = 9.14 [Å]; Z = 2IdentificationColorYellowish brown, lemon-yellow, brown-blackCrystal habitFibrous to fine-grained aggregatesMohs scale hardness6 - 7LusterDull to earthyStreakCanary-yellow to dark brown with a greenish tingeDiaphaneityTranslucentSpecific gravity5.82Optical propertiesUniaxial (+), canary-yellow color (transmitted light)Refractive indexnω = 2.190 nε = 2.330Birefringenceδ = 0.140PleochroismNoneSolubilityInsoluble in acidsOther characteristicsAntiferromagneticReferences[2][3][4]

Tripuhyite is an iron antimonate mineral with composition FeSbO4.

Nomenclature

The name of the mineral comes from the locality of Tripuhy, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil, where it was discovered. Hussak and Prior[5] first described the mineral tripuhyite as an oxide of iron and antimony, and assigned it the composition Fe2Sb2O7. When a mineral with composition FeSbO4 was later discovered in Squaw Creek, New Mexico (US), it was considered erroneously as a new mineral and it was given the name squawcreekite.[6] However, other studies had shown that the original tripuhyite was also FeSbO4.[7] In 2002, the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), approved the redefinition of tripuhyite as FeSbO4 and the discreditation of squawcreekite.[8]

Crystal Structure

FeSbO4 exhibits the rutile structure, with a tetragonal unit cell. The cations are octahedrally coordinated to oxygen anions, with the octahedra sharing edges along the c-direction. Fe(III) and Sb(V) cations are distributed in a disordered way over the octahedral sites.

References

  1. ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
  2. ^ Mindat.org
  3. ^ Handbook of Mineralogy
  4. ^ Webmineral data
  5. ^ Hussak, E.; Prior, G. T. (1897). "On Tripuhyite, a New Antimonate of Iron, from Tripuhy, Brazil". Mineralogical Magazine. 11 (53): 302–303. Bibcode:1897MinM...11..302H. doi:10.1180/minmag.1897.011.53.04.
  6. ^ Foord, E. E.; P. F. Hlava; J. J. Fitzpatrick; R. C. Erd; R. W. Hinton (1991). Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte. 8: 363–384. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ Tavora, E. (1955). "X-ray diffraction powder data for some minerals from Brazilian localities". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 27: 7–27.
  8. ^ Berlepsch, P.; T. Armbruster; J. Brugger; A. J. Criddle; S. Graeser (2003). "Tripuhyite, FeSbO4, revisited". Mineralogical Magazine. 67 (1): 31–46. Bibcode:2003MinM...67...31B. doi:10.1180/0026461036710082. S2CID 54551345.

Bibliography

  • Palache, P.; Berman H.; Frondel, C. (1960). "Dana's System of Mineralogy, Volume II: Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. (Seventh Edition)" John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, pp. 1024.


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