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Atelestite is an
arsenate mineral Arsenate minerals usually refer to the naturally occurring orthoarsenates, possessing the (AsO4)3− anion group and, more rarely, other arsenates with anions like AsO3(OH)2− (also written HAsO42−) (example: pharmacolite Ca(AsO3OH).2H2O) or ...
with the chemical formula Bi(AsO)O(OH). Its type locality is
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Atelestite data sheet

Atelestite
on the ''Handbook of Mineralogy'' {{mineral-stub Bismuth minerals Arsenate minerals Hydroxide minerals