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Arsenate

Polyarsite

Na₇CaMgCu₂(AsO₄)₄F₂Cl
Crystal systemMonoclinic
ClassArsenate
Polyarsite specimen

Blue crude crystals, crystal clusters and crusts of polyarsite with yellow aegirine, colourless to white tridymite and sanidine and black hematite. FOV width: 1.7 mm. Photo: I.V. Pekov and A.V. Kasatkin. — Photo: I.V. Pekov and A.V. Kasatkin · CC BY 4.0

Polyarsite

Polyarsite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the arsenate class, with the chemical formula Na₇CaMgCu₂(AsO₄)₄F₂Cl.

It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system (space group I2/m).

IMA symbol Par, IMA status: approved, named in 2019.

Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet. Browse more P minerals or help write this entry.