kyawthuite
Also known as IMA2015-078, Cha-too-ite
Kyawthuite is an extremely rare mineral with formula BiSbO4. It is a natural bismuth antimonate, in which bismuth has oxidation state +3, and antimony oxidation state +5.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Kyawthuite
- Mineral.category
- Oxide mineral
- Mineral.image
- Kyawthuite.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- The only known kyawthuite sample, on display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
- Mineral.formula
- BiSbO4
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Kyw
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = , b = c = , β = 101.20° (approximated);
- Mineral.mohs
- 5
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Kyawthuite.jpg
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Kyawthuite is an extremely rare mineral with formula BiSbO4. It is a natural bismuth antimonate, in which bismuth has oxidation state +3, and antimony oxidation state +5.
The only known sample of kyawthuite is on display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.