Partzite Mineral Data (original) (raw)

General Partzite Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula:

Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7 (?)

Help on Composition: Composition:

Molecular Weight = 485.61 gm

Copper 26.17 % Cu 29.47 % Cu2O

Antimony 50.14 % Sb 60.03 % Sb2O3

Hydrogen 0.62 % H 5.56 % H2O

Oxygen 23.06 % O

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100.00 % 95.06 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula:

Cu2Sb2O4(OH)3

Help on Environment: Environment:

Weathered zones in deposits containing copper-antimony sulfosalts.

Help on IMA Status: IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1867

Help on Locality: Locality:

Blind Spring Hill district, 2 miles SE of Benton, Mono Co., California. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Help on Name Origin: Name Origin:

Named for A. F. W. Partz, who discovered the mineral.

Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation:

Partzite Say PARTZITE

Partzite Image

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Click Here for Larger Partzite Image Partzite Comments: Light to dark green partzite encrustations with sky-blue chrysocolla and limonite gossan matrix. Location: Comanche mine, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Mono Co., California, USA.Scale: 5.5 x 3.5 x 4cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Partzite Crystallography

Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions:

a = 10.25, Z = 8; V = 1,076.89 Den(Calc)= 5.99

Help on Crystal System: Crystal System:

Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F d3m

Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/Io): 2.95(1), 5.91(0.9), 1.81(0.8),

Physical Properties of Partzite

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage:

None

Help on Color: Color:

Olive green, Black.

Help on Density: Density:

5.95

Help on Diaphaneity: Diaphaneity:

Translucent

Help on Fracture: Fracture:

Conchoidal - Uneven - Uneven fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments.

Help on Habit: Habit:

Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses.

Help on Hardness: Hardness:

3-4 - Calcite-Fluorite

Help on Streak: Streak:

yellow green

Optical Properties of Partzite

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.427 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.431 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1194,KPDmeas= 0.1202,KC= 0.2097
Ncalc = 2.25 - 2.26

Help on Optical Data: Optical Data:

Isotropic, n=1.61-1.82.

Calculated Properties of Partzite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=5.37 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Partzite =5.95 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index: Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0001116356
Boson Index = 0.9998883644

Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEPartzite = 175.73 barns/electron
U=PEPartzite x rElectron Density= 943.07 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Partzite is Not Radioactive

Partzite Classification

Help on Dana Class: Dana Class:

44.01.01.07 (44)Antimonates

(44.01)(A)2 (X2 O6) (O,OH,F)

(44.01.01)Stibiconite Group

44.01.01.01 Stibiconite SbSb2O6(OH) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

44.01.01.02 Bindheimite Pb2Sb2O6(O,OH) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

44.01.01.03 Romeite (Ca,Fe,Mn,Na)2(Sb,Ti)2O6(O,OH,F) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

44.01.01.03a Lewisite? (Ca,Fe,Na)2(Sb,Ti)2O7 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

44.01.01.04 Monimolite (Pb,Ca)2Sb2O7 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

44.01.01.05 Stetefeldtite Ag2Sb2O6(O,OH) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

44.01.01.06 Bismutostibiconite Bi(Sb,Fe)2O7 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

44.01.01.07 Partzite Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7(?) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class:

04.DH.20 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.D - Metal:Oxygen = 1:2 and similar

04.DH -With large (� medium-sized) cations; sheets of edge-sharing octahedra

04.DH.20 Bismutostibiconite Bi(Sb,Fe)2O7 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.20 Bindheimite Pb2Sb2O6(O,OH) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.20 Monimolite (Pb,Ca)2Sb2O7 F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.20 Partzite Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7(?) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.20 Stetefeldtite Ag2Sb2O6(O,OH) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.20 Romeite (Ca,Fe,Mn,Na)2(Sb,Ti)2O6(O,OH,F) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

04.DH.20 Stibiconite SbSb2O6(OH) F d3m 4/m 3 2/m

Other Partzite Information

Help on References: References:

NAME( MinRec) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

Help on See Also: See Also:

Links to other databases for Partzite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info

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Partzite

Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7 (?)
Dana No: 44.01.01.07 Strunz No: 04.DH.20
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