Arsenogoyazite

TSNB27
Mineral
Second oxidation zone (?)Supergene

Mineral Species

Arsenogoyazite

Type Locality

No

Composition

SrAl3(AsO3.5(OH)0.5)2(OH)6

Crystal System

Trigonal

Status at Tsumeb

Believed valid

Abundance

Extremely rare

Distribution

Second (?) oxidation zone

Paragenesis

Supergene

Entry Number

Species; TSNB27

General Notes

Arsenogoyazite was found at Tsumeb in 1986 and was the first strontium-bearing mineral reported from the mine. It occurs as sub-mm, milky-white rhombohedrons, on hematite and quartz (Keller and Innes 1986; Gebhard 1999).

Bowell and Mocke (2018) described arsenogoyazite associated with austinite, conichalcite, hematite, malachite and quartz, on specimens they believed to originate from levels 30 and 32 in the second oxidation zone. One specimen from 32 Level, and another from 34 Level, was said to include arsenocrandallite in association with arsenogoyazite. Further work is required to confirm these observations.

Associated Minerals

arsenocrandallite (?); austinite; conichalcite; hematite; malachite; quartz