Place	Population	Distance
Hamanoichi	39,475 (2017)	6.9km
Kokubu-matsuki	57,896 (2017)	7.7km
Kajiki	22,997 (2017)	12.5km
Tarumizu	19,146 (2017)	21.2km
Sueyoshichō-ninokata	19,986 (2017)	23.3km

Mindat Locality ID:

440368

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:440368:8

GUID (UUID V4):

Hairy cone vent (31°39′59"N 130°46′15"E) and White cone vent (31°40′04"N 130°45′41"E). Low-temperature vents.

Stibnite and metastibnite precipitate as massive boulders in a submarine crater of the Ryukyu volcanic arc, at hydrothermal conditions of low temperatures (<50 °C) and low values of pH (<6). Metastibnite deposition appears to result from rapid quenching of hot hydrothermal fluid when mixed with cold seawater and rapid precipitation at the interface between stibnite and vent fluid.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

ⓘ Metastibnite

ⓘ Stibnite

2 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Metastibnite

Formula: Sb₂S₃

References:

Dekov, Vesselin, Furuma, Yukako, Guéguen, Bleuenn, Klose, Lukas, Yasukawa, Kazutaka, Morita, Motoaki, Asael, Dan, Yamanaka, Toshiro, Bindi, Luca, Koschinsky, Andrea, et al. (2024) Mineralogical and geochemical facets of the massive deposition of stibnite-metastibnite at a seafloor hydrothermal field (Wakamiko Crater, Kagoshima Bay, Ryukyu Volcanic Arc). American Mineralogist, 109 (10). 1819-1833 doi:10.2138/am-2023-9096

ⓘ Stibnite

Formula: Sb₂S₃

References:

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Metastibnite	2.DB.05	Sb₂S₃
ⓘ	Stibnite	2.DB.05	Sb₂S₃

List of minerals for each chemical element

S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Metastibnite	Sb₂S₃
S	ⓘ Stibnite	Sb₂S₃
Sb	Antimony
Sb	ⓘ Metastibnite	Sb₂S₃
Sb	ⓘ Stibnite	Sb₂S₃

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

AsiaContinent

Eurasian Plate

Ryukyu-Kyushu Volcanic ArcVolcanic Arc

Okinawa PlateTectonic Plate

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