Scorodite | |
Chemical Formula |
FeAsO4·2H2O |
Species |
Phosphates |
Crystal System |
Orthorhombic |
Mohs Scale |
3-4 |
Specific Gravity |
3.276 |
Color |
Green, blue-green, grey, grayish-green, blue, yellow-brown, nearly colourless, Purple; colourless to faintly greenish or greenish brown in transmitted light. |
Streak |
Greenish-White |
Luster |
Sub-Adamantine, Vitreous, Resinous |
Refractive Index |
n = 1.741 - 1.784 n = 1.744 - 1.805 n = 1.768 - 1.820 |
Diaphaneity |
Translucent |
Cleavage |
Imperfect/FairImperfect on , traces on |
Fracture |
Sub-Conchoidal |
Crystal Habit:Crystals commonly pyramidal (sometimes pseudo-octahedral), tabular , or prismatic. Commonly aggregated into crusts or irregular groups. Also occurs massive, crystalline or porous and sinter-like, earthy. | |
Geological Setting:In the secondary oxidation zone of iron bearing arsenides, in gossans; also observed in a primary hydrothermal deposit (Saubach). |