Mineralpedia Details for Yanomamite
Yanomamite
- Formula
- InAsO4ยท2H2O
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Cleavage
- Indistinct, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- blue green, light green, light yellow green
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Hardness
- 5.5-6
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Yanomamite from Mangabeira Tin deposit, Monte Alegre de Goiás, Goiás, Brazil
- Special Info
- Type Locality
A small specimen but with rich coverage of this light blue indium arsenate. There are several tiny rosette crystals. This is the type and only locality. Yanomamite represents the only indium arsentate and is one of twelve know minerals containing essential indium. Jeepers!
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