Zykaite
Zykaite | |
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![]() Zykaite found in the Czech Republic | |
General | |
Category | Mineral |
Formula (repeating unit) | Fe3+4(AsO4)3(SO4)(OH)·15(H2O) |
Identification | |
Color | Grey-white |
Mohs scale hardness | 2 |
Luster | Dull |
Diaphaneity | Translucent |
Specific gravity | 2.5 |
Zykaite or zýkaite is a grey-white mineral consisting of arsenic, hydrogen, iron, sulfur and oxygen with formula: Fe3+4(AsO4)3(SO4)(OH)·15(H2O).[1] This dull mineral is very soft with a Mohs hardness of only 2 and a specific gravity of 2.5. It is translucent and crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system.[2]
Its common associates include limonite, gypsum, scorodite, quartz and arsenopyrite.[2] It is found in the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany.[3]
Zykaite was first described in 1978 for an occurrence in the Safary mine, Kutná Hora, Bohemia, Czech Republic and named in honour of Vaclav Zyka (born 1926), a Czech geochemist.[2][3]
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