Formula: Sb3+Sb5+O4
Oxide, cervantite group, the monoclinic
paramorph of orthorhombic
cervantite
Streak: White
Colour: Colourless, white to light green
Environments:
Clinocervantite occurs in association with valentinite,
bindheimite and rosiaite
(https://www.dakotamatrix.com).
Localities
At the type locality, the Tafone Mine, Manciano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, clinocervantite occurs as acicular crystals
in a vug associated with valentinite,
tripuhyite and rosiaite
(https://rruff.info).
At Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine, Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy, clinocervantite occurs in cavities in waste,
associated with valentinite,
tripuhyite, bindheimite and
rosiaite
(AM 84.1464-1465).
Alteration:
The diagram below is a Pourbaix diagram for
antimony (GSJ).
It shows the relationship between antimony Sb and
clinocervantite/cervantite
Sb2O4.
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