Zincolivenite CuZn(AsO_4)(OH): A New Adamite-Group Mineral with Ordered Distribution of Cu and Zn

摘要

A new mineral, zincolivenite CuZn(AsO_4)(OH), the cation-ordered analogue of olivenite Cu_2(AsO_4)(OH) and adamite Zn_2(AsO_4)(OH), was found in samples from the Lavrion deposit, Attika Prefecture, Greece. The new mineral species and its name were approved by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names of the Russian Mineralogical Society and accepted by the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature, and Classification of the International Mineralogical Association on January 31, 2007.