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Mopungite (Mopungit)

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Mopungit
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Mopungit
Italien/Toskana (Toscana)/Siena, Provinz/Chiusdino/Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine; BB-2cm
Copyright: derhesse; Contribution: anatase2
Collection: anatase2
Location: Italien/Toskana (Toscana)/Siena, Provinz/Chiusdino/Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine
Mineral: Mopungite
Image: 1520625523
Rating: 9 (votes: 1)
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Mopungit

Italien/Toskana (Toscana)/Siena, Provinz/Chiusdino/Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine; BB-2cm
Collection: anatase2
Copyright: derhesse
Contribution: anatase2 2018-03-09
Locality: Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine / Chiusdino / Siena, Provinz / Toskana (Toscana) / Italien
Mopungit
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Mopungit
Kristallgröße: 0,8 mm, Fundort: Le Cetine, Toskana, Italien
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato; Contribution: thdun5
Collection: Domenico Preite
Location: Italien/Toskana (Toscana)/Siena, Provinz/Chiusdino/Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine
Mineral: Mopungite
Image: 1285261591
Rating: 8.25 (votes: 4)
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Mopungit

Kristallgröße: 0,8 mm, Fundort: Le Cetine, Toskana, Italien
Collection: Domenico Preite
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: thdun5 2010-09-23
Locality: Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine / Chiusdino / Siena, Provinz / Toskana (Toscana) / Italien
Mopungit
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Mopungit
Kristallgröße: 0,48 mm, Fundort: Le Cetine, Toskana, Italien
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato; Contribution: thdun5
Collection: Domenico Preite
Location: Italien/Toskana (Toscana)/Siena, Provinz/Chiusdino/Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine
Mineral: Mopungite
Image: 1285261564
Rating: 8 (votes: 3)
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Mopungit

Kristallgröße: 0,48 mm, Fundort: Le Cetine, Toskana, Italien
Collection: Domenico Preite
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: thdun5 2010-09-23
Locality: Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine / Chiusdino / Siena, Provinz / Toskana (Toscana) / Italien
Mopungit
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Mopungit
brauner Mopungit neben orangenem Cetineit, Bildbreite: 1,6 mm, Fundort: Fosso del Tafone, Manciano, Provinz Grosseto, Toskana, Italien
Copyright: Luigi Chiappino; Contribution: thdun5
Location: Italien/Toskana (Toscana)/Grosseto, Provinz/Manciano/Fosso del Tafone
Mineral: Mopungite
Image: 1303743543
Rating: 6.33 (votes: 3)
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Mopungit

brauner Mopungit neben orangenem Cetineit, Bildbreite: 1,6 mm, Fundort: Fosso del Tafone, Manciano, Provinz Grosseto, Toskana, Italien
Copyright: Luigi Chiappino
Contribution: thdun5 2011-04-25
Locality: Fosso del Tafone / Manciano / Grosseto, Provinz / Toskana (Toscana) / Italien
Mopungit
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Mopungit
weißer Mopungit auf Stibnit; Bildbreite: 15 mm; Fundort: Green Prospect, Lake District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA
Copyright: Leonardus; Contribution: slugslayer
Location: USA/Nevada/Churchill Co./Lake District/Green Prospect
Mineral: Mopungite
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Mopungit

weißer Mopungit auf Stibnit; Bildbreite: 15 mm; Fundort: Green Prospect, Lake District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA
Copyright: Leonardus
Contribution: slugslayer 2008-10-16
Locality: Green Prospect / Lake District / Churchill Co. / Nevada / USA
Mopungit
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Mopungit
Größe: 41x33x21 mm; Fundort: Le Cetine, Toskana, Italien
Copyright: Dan Weinrich; Contribution: slugslayer
Location: Italien/Toskana (Toscana)/Siena, Provinz/Chiusdino/Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine
Mineral: Mopungite
Image: 1274468192
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Mopungit

Größe: 41x33x21 mm; Fundort: Le Cetine, Toskana, Italien
Copyright: Dan Weinrich
Contribution: slugslayer 2010-05-21
Locality: Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine / Chiusdino / Siena, Provinz / Toskana (Toscana) / Italien

You find additional Mopungit specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color farblos, milchweiß
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 3
Solubility +++ heißes H2O, HCl, HNO3, +- kaltes H2O
Crystal System tetragonal, P42/n

Chemism

Chemical formula

NaSb(OH)6

Chemical composition

Antimon, Natrium, Sauerstoff, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 246.7941322 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 14

Info

Empirical formula:

NaSb(OH)6

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen

H

2.45

6

42.86

1.0079470

6.0476820
Oxygen

O

38.90

6

42.86

15.9994300

95.9965800
Sodium

Na

9.32

1

7.14

22.9897702

22.9897702
Antimony

Sb

49.34

1

7.14

121.7601000

121.7601000

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

4.FC.15

4: Oxide, Hydroxide (Oxide, Hydroxide, V[5,6]-Vanadate, Arsenite, Antimonite, Bismutite, Sulfite, Selenite, Tellurite, Iodate)
F: Hydroxide (ohne V oder U)
C: Hydroxide mit OH, ohne H2O; eckenverknüpfte Oktaeder
15:Stottit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

IV/F.17-010

IV: OXIDE
F: Hydroxide und oxidische Hydrate (wasserhaltige Oxide mit Schichtstruktur)
17: Stottit-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

4.FD.300

4: OXIDES
F: Hydroxides and Hydrates (without V and U)
D: With Me~[X(OH)6], X=Sn,Ge,Sb
3: Mopungite-Group

Dana 8th edition

06.03.07.04

06: Hydroxides and Oxides Containing Hydroxyl
03: Hydroxides and Oxides Containing Hydroxyl with (OH)3 or (OH)6 groups
07: Wickmanite group (Tetragonal: P42/n)

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Perovskite supergroup  ⇒ Non-stoichiometric perovskites  ⇒ Stottite subgroup

Optical Properties

Color

farblos, milchweiß

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

transparent bis durchscheinend

max. Birefringence

0.009
Birefringence chart\! Mopungite title=Birefringence chart Mopungite

Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.

RI value α / ω / n

1.614

RI value γ / ε

1.605

Ri mean

1.611

2V angle

Uniaxial (-)

Optical Data Luminescence

Luminescence

keine Fluoreszenz bekannt

Crystallography

Crystal System

tetragonal

Class (H-M)

4/m

Space Group number

86

Space Group

P42/n

Cell parameters a (Å)

7.994

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

7.859

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.983

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

4

Volumne (ų)

502.222

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

4.581(100),
3.985(80),
3.925(40),
1.629(50),
1.325(50),
1.265(50),
1.205(70),
1.192(50)
XRD chart Mopungite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

3

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

83 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.21

3.264 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ heißes H2O, HCl, HNO3, +- kaltes H2O

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

USA/Nevada/Churchill Co./Lake District/Green Prospect

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Williams, 1985

References

Mineralogical Record 16 (1985), 73

Williams S A (1985) Mopungite a new mineral from Nevada, The Mineralogical Record 16, 73-74

IMA group assignments

 
Perovskite supergroup
 
 
 

 
 
Non-stoichiometric perovskites
 
 
 

 
 
 
Stottite subgroup
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Jeanbandyite
Fe3+Sn(OH)5O
kubisch
Pn3

 
 
 
 
Mopungite
NaSb(OH)6
tetragonal
P42/n

 
 
 
 
Stottite
Fe2+Ge(OH)6
tetragonal
P42/n

 
 
 
 
Tetrawickmanite
Mn2+Sn4+(OH)6
 
 

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Мопунгит

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1982-020

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Mop

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