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Stibiomicrolite (of Groat et al.) from
Varuträsk, Skellefteå, Västerbotten County, Sweden


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:'Stibiomicrolite (of Groat et al.)' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:The type specimen of stibiomicrolite (Groat et al. 1987) is now to be classified as oxystibiomicrolite. Two compositions by Černý et al. (2004) are oxycalciomicrolite, and one is a calciomicrolite.
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Stibiomicrolite (of Groat et al.) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Varuträsk, Skellefteå, Västerbotten County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:55053
Long-form Identifier:1:3:55053:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Quensel, Percy (1945) Minerals of the Varuträsk Pegmatite. XXXV. Stibiomicrolite. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 67 (1). 15-27 doi:10.1080/11035894509446423
Groat, L. A., ČErný, P., Ercit, T. S. (1987) Reinstatement of stibiomicrolite as a valid species. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 109 (2) 105-109 doi:10.1080/11035898709453757
Černý, Petr, Chapman, Ron, Ferreira, Karen, Smeds, Sten-Anders (2004) Geochemistry of oxide minerals of Nb, Ta, Sn, and Sb in the Varuträsk granitic pegmatite, Sweden: The case of an “anomalous” columbite-tantalite trend. American Mineralogist, 89 (4) 505-518 doi:10.2138/am-2004-0405
 
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