Arsenohopeite

The arsenohopeite grain of the type specimen is colourless-blue and associated only with fibres of an unidentified white zinc arsenate. However, the authors noted that the type specimen was received in a vial which also contained fragments of adamite, leiteite, köttigite, quartz, schneiderhöhnite, carbonates and ore minerals; accordingly, there is a speculative possibility that these species occurred together in situ. They also observed that these minerals are typical of the second oxidation zone which may therefore also be the source of the arsenohopeite.

Bowell and Mocke (2018) reported arsenohopeite on material believed to be from the West 30 ore body in the second oxidation zone, although the level number was not recorded. They stated that the specimen also included adamite, austinite, calcite, goethite, smithsonite, stranskiite and willemite. The means of identification was not disclosed.

The list of associated minerals is tentative, based on the fragments accompanying the type specimen; it is noted that the list is somewhat reminiscent of the East 9 Pillar assemblage on 31 Level (see Keller and Bartelke 1982).