Bendadaite

bendadaite

scorodite

mansfieldite

lollingite

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Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2.4H2O
Hydrated arsenate, arthurite group
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Specific gravity: 3.15 measured, 3.193 calculated for the empirical formula
Hardness: 3
Streak: Greenish yellow
Colour: Blackish green to dark brownish
Luminescence: No fluorescence under UV
Solubility: Dissolves in hot dilute hydrochloric or nitric acid but not in cold acids
Environments

Pegmatites
Hydrothermal environments

Bendadaite has been found on dumps of phosphate-bearing columbite-beryl pegmatite; it is a secondary (or late hydrothermal) mineral with Fe and As derived from weathered arsenopyrite (HOM).

Localities

There are two co-type localities, the Almerindo mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and the Bendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal.

At the Almerindo mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil, bendadaite occurs in the granite pegmatite associated with albite, muscovite, quartz, schorl, elbaite, löllingite, scorodite, pharmacosiderite, saléeite, phosphuranylite, arsenopyrite, erythrite, pharmacosiderite, parasymplesite, karibibite, scorodite and limonite (HOM).
Bendadaite from the Almerindo Mine - Image

At the Bendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal, bendadaite was found as a weathering product of arsenopyrite on a single hand specimen from the phosphate pegmatite. Type bendadaite occurs as blackish green to dark brownish tufts, less than 0.1 mm long, and flattened radiating aggregates, in intimate association with an intermediate member of the scoroditemansfieldite series (MM 74.3.469-486).
It is also associated with gypsum (HOM).
Bendadaite from the Bendada Mines - Image.

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