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Stabilities of byströmite, MgSb2O6, ordoñezite, ZnSb2O6 and rosiaite, PbSb2O6, and their possible roles in limiting antimony mobility in the supergene zone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Adam J. Roper ,
Peter Leverett ,
Timothy D. Murphy  and
Peter A. Williams
Adam J. Roper
Affiliation:
School of Science and Health, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, New South Wales 2751, Australia
Peter Leverett
Affiliation:
School of Science and Health, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, New South Wales 2751, Australia
Timothy D. Murphy
Affiliation:
School of Science and Health, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, New South Wales 2751, Australia
Peter A. Williams*
Affiliation:
School of Science and Health, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, New South Wales 2751, Australia
*
*E-mail: p.williams@uws.edu.au
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Abstract

In order to clarify the roles that secondary minerals may have in determining the extent of dispersion of Sb in the supergene environment, syntheses and stability studies of the Sb(V) oxides byströmite, MgSb2O6, ordoñezite, ZnSb2O6 and rosiaite, PbSb2O6, have been undertaken. Solubilities in aqueous HNO3 were determined at 298.2 K and the data obtained used to calculate values of Δ at the same temperature. The derived Δ(s, 298.2 K) values for MgSb2O6 (–1554.1 ±3.6 kJ mol–1), ZnSb2O6 (–1257.0 ±2.6 kJ mol–1) and PbSb2O6 (–1154.2 ±2.6 kJ mol–1) have been used in subsequent calculations to determine their relative stabilities and relationships with other secondary Sb minerals.

Keywords

byströmiteordoñeziterosiaiteantimonysolubilitymobilitychemical mineralogysupergene zone
Type
Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 79 , Issue 3 , June 2015 , pp. 537 - 544
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2015

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