About Stibiconite
Hydrated antimony oxide, often yellowish or brownish, an alteration product of stibnite. It's associated with purification, releasing old patterns, and mental clarity.
Primary Hues
Colorless, White, Pale Yellow, Greyish, Brownish, often forms earthy masses or crusts as an alteration of stibnite
Geological & Scientific Details
Stibiconite is classified as a oxide minerals mineral which typically crystallizes in the isometric system. Its chemical formula is Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH). Common crystal habits include massive, botryoidal, as incrustations, powdery.
Key Geological Properties:
- Mineral Category: Oxide minerals
- Chemical Formula: Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)
- IMA Symbol: Sbc[1]
- Crystal System: Isometric
- Formula Mass (g/mol): 478.25 g/mol
- Predominant Geological Color: Pale yellow to yellowish white, reddish white, orange; gray, brown, black when impure
- Crystal Habit: Massive, botryoidal, as incrustations, powdery
- Cleavage: None
- Luster: Vitreous to dull
- Streak: light yellow
- Diaphaneity: Transparent to translucent
Associated Minerals
- Stibnite
- Valentinite
- Senarmontite
- Cervantite
- Kermesite
- Bindheimite