ARSENOBISMITE


Meaning of ARSENOBISMITE in English

General Information:

Chemical Formula:

Bi2(AsO4)(OH)3

Composition:

(Molecular Weight = 607.90 gm)

Bismuth 68.75 % Bi

Arsenic 12.32 % As

Hydrogen 0.50 % H

Oxygen 18.42 % O

Empirical Formula:

Bi2(AsO4)(OH)3

Environment:

Oxidized ore at the 200 m level. An inadequately described species no discredited as being a preisingerite-rich concentrate with atelestite and beudantite.

IMA Status:

Discredited IMA 1999

Locality:

Mamoth mine, Tintic District, Utah, USA.

Name Origin:

Named for it's composition.

Physical Properties:

Color:

green, yellowish green, or brownish green.

Density:

5.7

Habits:

Cryptocrystalline - Occurs as crystals too small to distinguish with the naked eye., Pulverulent - Forms a loose, poorly-coherent powdery mass., Friable - Loosley cohesive material th at granulates with your fingers.

Hardness:

3 - Calcite

Luminescence:

Non-fluorescent.

Streak:

greenish yellow

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