arhbarite
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Arhbarite (IMA symbol: Arh) is a copper magnesium arsenate mineral with the chemical formula CuMg(AsO)(OH). It is named after its type locality, the Arhbar mine in Ouarzazate Province in Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Arhbarite
- Mineral.image
- Arhbarite-93930.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Arhbarite found in Chile
- Mineral.formula
- CuMg(AsO)(OH)
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Arh
- Mineral.color
- Dark blue to medium blue
- Mineral.luster
- Sub-Vitreous, Waxy
- Mineral.gravity
- 3.71
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- arsenate mineral
- Image
- Arhbarite - El Guanaco Mine (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta, Chile.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.BE.25
- Commons category
- Arhbarite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.BE.25
- crystal system
- triclinic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Arh
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Arhbarite (IMA symbol: Arh) is a copper magnesium arsenate mineral with the chemical formula CuMg(AsO)(OH). It is named after its type locality, the Arhbar mine in Ouarzazate Province in Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.
== References ==
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