Kernowite Explained

Kernowite
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Category:	Arsenate minerals
Formula:	Cu2Fe(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O
System:	Monoclinic

Kernowite is a mineral which was first described in 2020. It is named for Cornwall, which in the Cornish language is Kernow.

Description

Kernowite is a complex arsenate mineral with the composition .^[1] It was first described in 2020, and is closely related to liroconite, containing iron in the place of aluminium, making it green rather than blue.^{[2] [3]} Its name is derived from Kernow, the name of Cornwall in the Cornish language, after being discovered in a rock mined .1800 in the Wheal Gorland mine, St Day, Cornwall.^[4]

See also

• Cornwallite  - a mineral also named after Cornwall

Further reading

• Mineralogical Magazine. Cambridge University Press. Newsletter 58. 10.1180/mgm.2020.93. Rumsey . M. S. . Welch . M. D. . Spratt . J. . Kleppe . A. . Števko . M.. 15 December 2020. 84. 6. 971–975. 2020MinM...84..971M. free .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kernowite . 2020-12-24 . mindat.org.
2. Web site: 2020-12-23 . Kernowite: New mineral found on rock mined in Cornwall . 2020-12-23 . BBC News .
3. Web site: Beautiful new emerald-green mineral described from Cornwall . 2020-12-23 . Natural History Museum.
4. Web site: Kernowite: New mineral species discovered on rock mined in Cornwall 220 years ago . Sky News . 2020-12-23.