Arsenolite

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Arsenolite is an arsenic mineral, chemical formula As₂O₃. It is formed as an oxidation product of arsenic sulfides. Commonly found as small octahedra it is white, but impurities of realgar or orpiment may give it a pink or yellow hue. It can be associated with its dimorph claudetite (a monoclinic form of As₂O₃) as well as realgar (As₄S₄), orpiment (As₂S₃) and erythrite, Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O.^[1]

Arsenolite belongs to the minerals which are highly toxic.^[2]

Occurrence

It was first described in 1854 for an occurrence in the St Andreasberg District, Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany.^[2]

It occurs by the oxidation of arsenic-bearing sulfides in hydrothermal veins. It also occurs as a result of mine or coal seam fires.^[1]

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