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Cervantite
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<p>Cervantite, also formerly known as <i><a href="/facts/Antimony_ochre/jFznKTt2">antimony ochre</a></i>: 188 — is an <a href="/facts/Antimony/YsA7lVgT">antimony</a> <a href="/facts/Oxide_mineral/B4ajLX61">oxide mineral</a> with formula Sb3+Sb5+O4 (<a href="/facts/Antimony_tetroxide/sSl4JDDp">antimony tetroxide</a>). </p><p>It was first described in 1850 for an occurrence in <a href="/facts/Cervantes%2c_Lugo/HPXe7kMP">Cervantes</a>, <a href="/facts/Galicia_(Spain)/9gQqlueg">Galicia</a>, <a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY">Spain</a>, and named for the locality. The mineral was questioned and disapproved, but re-approved and verified in 1962 based on material from the Zajaca-Stolice district, <a href="/facts/Brasina/dAlrm6sM">Brasina</a>, <a href="/facts/Serbia/U0LVzPdI">Serbia</a>. It occurs as a secondary alteration product of antimony bearing minerals, mainly <a href="/facts/Stibnite/f1wo26vQ">stibnite</a>. </p>