| Name: | Oxystibiomicrolite Osmic |
| IMA Chemistry: | (Sb3+,Ca)2Ta2O6O |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Oxystibiomicrolite contains elements: Antimony (Sb) Calcium (Ca) Tantalum (Ta) Oxygen (O) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Sweden |
| Year First Published: | 1938 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Redefined |
| Status Notes: | Originally named stibiomicrolite: Quensel P, Berggren T (1938) Minerals of the Varuträsk pegmatite. XI. The niobate-tantalate group. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 60, 216-221 Mineral discredited as a mixture of stibiotantalite, microlite and antimony: Ödman O H (1941) Minerals of the Varuträsk pegmatite XXVIII. On »stibiomicrolite» and its decomposition products. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 63, 289-294 Reinstated as a valid species: Groat L A, Cerny P, Ercit T S (1987) Reinstatement of stibiomicrolite as a valid species. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 109, 105-109 Name changed from stibiomicrolite to oxystibiomicrolite, and redefined: Atencio D, Andrade M B, Christy A G, Gieré R, Kartashov P M (2010) The pyrochlore supergroup of minerals: nomenclature, The Canadian Mineralogist 48, 673-698 |
| Structural Group Name: | Pyrochlore-microlite |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | pyrochlore-microlite subgroup |
| Crystal Systems: | cubic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 1786 Million Years Ago |
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