Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
Oxidation zone.
- Type locality
- Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine)
- Tsumeb
- Oshikoto Region
- Namibia
-19.2270°, 17.7276°
7recorded occurrences
Safety & handling
Physical
Optical
- UV response
- Does not fluoresce
- Notes
Refractive index > 2.0
Crystallography
- Space group
- #15
- Cell parameters
- a = 4.5757 Å · b = 13.1288 Å · c = 5.4216 Å
- Cell angles
- β = 95.039 °
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 2.869 : 1.185
- Morphology
Bladed crystals to 6 mm bound by major (010), major (110), minor (111), and very minor (01).
- Translation gliding
- Deforms similarly to gypsum crystals.
- Type-locality form
Colorless bladed crystals to 6 mm in length.
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- IMA2007-028
- Stibioclaudetiet
- Unnamed (As-Sb Oxide)
In other languages
- German
- IMA 2007-028 · Stibioclaudetit
- Spanish
- Estibioclaudetita
- Italian
- IMA2007-028 · stibioclaudetite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.CB.45
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.CMetal: Oxygen = 2: 3,3: 5, and similarDivision
- 4.CBWith medium-sized cationsGroup
- 4.CB.45StibioclaudetiteSpecies
Dana
8th ed.04.03.10.03
- 04Simple OxidesClass
- 04.03A2X3Type
- 04.03.10Claudetite groupGroup
- 04.03.10.03StibioclaudetiteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1983Bodenstein, Doris, Brehm, Axel, Jones, Peter G., Schwarzmann, Einhard, Sheldrick, George M. (1983) Darstellung und Kristallstruktur von monoklinem Arsen(III)antimon(III)oxid, AsSbO3 / Preparation and Crystal Structure of Monoclinic Arsenic(III) Antimony(III) Oxide, AsSbO3. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B, 38. 901-904 doi:10.1515/znb-1983-0801DOI: 10.1515/znb-1983-0801
- 2006Origlieri, M. (2006): Crystal structure and bonding in the new mineral AsSbO3. International Mineralogical Association 19th General Meeting, Kobe, Japan, July 23-28, 2006; Conference Abstract Volume.
- 2009Origlieri, Marcus, Downs, Robert T., Pinch, William W., Zito, Gary L. (2009) Stibioclaudetite, a new mineral from Tsumeb, Namibia. The Mineralogical Record, 40 (3) 209-213
- 2012Campostrini, I., Martini, B., Salvetti, A., Dalla Fontana, G., Boscardin, M., Ambrino, P., Ciriotti, M.E. (2012): Stibioclaudetite dalle gallerie inferiori di Biò, Borgofranco d’Ivrea (Torino). Micro, 10, 142-144
- 2013Kolitsch, U.; Brandstätter, F.; Schreiber, F.; Fink, R.; Auer, C. (2013) Die Mineralogie der weltweit einzigartigen Schlacken von Waitschach, Kärnten. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 115. 19-87
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Stibioclaudetite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/stibioclaudetite-32285},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}