Scorodite

 ( Iron Minerals ) 

Scorodite is a common hydrated iron arsenate mineral, with the chemical formula FeAsO₄·2H₂O. It is found in hydrothermal deposits and as a secondary mineral in worldwide. Scorodite weathers to limonite.

Scorodite was discovered in Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany. Named from the Greek language Scorodion, "garlicky". When heated it smells of garlic, which gives it the name.

• Palache, C., H. Berman, and C. Frondel (1951) Dana's system of mineralogy, (7th edition), v. II, pp. 763–767

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