Olivenite is a
copper arsenate mineral, formula Cu2AsO4OH. It crystallizes in the
orthorhombic system, and is sometimes found in small brilliant crystals of simple
prismatic habit terminated by domal faces. More commonly, it occurs as globular aggregates of acicular crystals, these fibrous forms often having a velvety lustre; sometimes it is lamellar in structure, or soft and earthy.
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General Information:

Chemical Formula:
Cu2AsO4(OH)

Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 283.02 gm)
Copper 44.91 %
CuArsenic 26.47 %
AsHydrogen 0.36 %
H Oxygen 28.27 %
O 
Empirical Formula:
Cu2(AsO4)(OH)

Name Origin:
From the German olivernerz, literally "olive" ore, in allusion to its typical color.
Physical Properties:

Cleavage:
[110] Indistinct, [010] Indistinct, [110] Indistinct

Color:
olive green, yellowish brown, dirty white, blackish green, or liver brown.

Density:
4.1 - 4.4, Average = 4.25

Diaphaniety:
Subtransparent to translucent to opaque

Habits:
Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline)., Radial - Crystals radiate from a center without producing stellar forms (e.g. stibnite), Reniform - "Kidney like" i n shape (e.g.. hematite).

Hardness:
3 - Calcite

Luminescence:
None.

Luster:
Vitreous - Greasy

Streak:
yellowish green
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