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Arsentsumebite Mineral Data

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General Arsentsumebite Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Pb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 729.94 gm
   Copper     8.71 %  Cu   10.90 % CuO
   Arsenic   10.26 %  As   15.74 % As2O5
   Hydrogen   0.14 %  H     1.23 % H2O
   Lead      56.77 %  Pb   61.16 % PbO
   Sulfur     4.39 %  S    10.97 % SO3
   Oxygen    19.73 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Pb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)
Help on Environment: Environment: A rare mineral in the oxidized zone of a dolostone-hosted hydrothermal polymetallic ore deposit (Tsumeb, Namibia); in a hydrothermal polymetallic barite-fluorite deposit (Clara mine , Germany).
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1935
Help on Locality: Locality: From Tsumeb, Namibia. In the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, Black Forest, Germany. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named as the "arsenate" analog of "tsumebite."
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Arsentsumebite + Pronunciation Say ARSENTSUMEBITE