
General Information:

Chemical Formula:
AlAsO4

Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 165.90 gm)
Aluminum 16.26 %
AlArsenic 45.16 %
AsOxygen 38.58 %
O 
Empirical Formula:
Al(AsO4)

Environment:
A product of fumarolic exhalations.

IMA Status:
Approved IMA (Dana # Added)

Locality:
TL: The Tolbachik Main fracture eruption, Kamchatka, Russia.

Name Origin:
Named from its chemical composition of Aluminum and Arsenic.
Physical Properties:

Cleavage:
None

Color:
colorless, yellowish, pale green, or bluish.

Density:
3.32 - 3.35, Average = 3.33

Diaphaniety:
Transparent

Habits:
Encrustations - Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix., Anhedral Grains - Granular minerals without the expression of crystal shapes,

Hardness:
3 - Calcite

Luminescence:
Non-fluorescent.

Luster:
Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:
white
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