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Arsendescloizite

Year of discovery: 1982 (Tsumeb mine, Namibia), 1993 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of arsendescloizite

• PbZn(AsO₄)(OH)
• Pb(Zn,Cu)(AsO₄)(OH)
• [Pb²⁺][Zn²⁺][OH|AsO₄]

• Class: Adelite group
• Class: Arsenate - Hydroxide

• Pb => Ca: Austinite

• Zn => Cu: Duftite

• AsO₄ => VO₄: Descloizite

• Color: Pale yellow-Green
• Streak: White
• Luster: Sub-Adamantine
• Diaphaneity: Transparent

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 4
• Density: 6.6

• System: Orthorhombic
• Group: 222, P2₁2₁2₁
• Lattice: a=6.1, b=9.4, c=7.6

Etymology: As-bering Descloizite