
General Information:

Chemical Formula:
As2O3

Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 197.84 gm)
Arsenic 75.74 %
AsOxygen 24.26 %
O 
Empirical Formula:
As2O3

Environment:
Secondary mineral from As bearing rocks.

Locality:
Amargosa mine, San Bernadino Co., California, USAl
Physical Properties:

Cleavage:
[111] Perfect, [111] Perfect, [111] Perfect

Color:
blue, white, light yellow, or red.

Density:
3.7

Diaphaniety:
Transparent to translucent

Habits:
Earthy - Dull, clay-like texture with no visible crystalline affinities, (e.g. howlite)., Encrustations - Forms crust-like aggregates on matrix.,

Hardness:
1.5 - Between Talc and Gypsum

Luminescence:
Non-fluorescent.

Luster:
Vitreous - Dull

Streak:
white
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