| Scorodite | |
| Category: | Arsenate minerals |
| Formula: | FeAsO4·2H2O |
| Imasymbol: | Scd[1] |
| Strunz: | 8.CD.10 |
| System: | Orthorhombic |
| Class: | Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
| Symmetry: | Pcab |
| Unit Cell: | a = 8.937 Å, b = 10.278 Å c = 9.996 Å; Z = 8 |
| Color: | Green, blue-green, grey, grayish-green, blue, yellow-brown, nearly colorless, violet |
| Fracture: | Sub-conchoidal |
| Mohs: | 3.5–4 |
| Luster: | Sub-adamantine, vitreous, resinous |
| Streak: | Greenish-white |
| Diaphaneity: | Translucent |
| Density: | measured: 3.27 g/cm3 calculated: 3.276 g/cm3 |
| Opticalprop: | Biaxial (+) |
| Pleochroism: | Weak |
| 2V: | Measured: 40° to 75° Calculated: 46° to 80° |
| Dispersion: | relatively strong r > v |
| References: | [2] |
Scorodite is a common hydrated iron arsenate mineral, with the chemical formula FeAsO4·2H2O. It is found in hydrothermal deposits and as a secondary mineral in gossans worldwide. Scorodite weathers to limonite.
Scorodite was discovered in Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany. Named from the Greek Scorodion, "garlicky". When heated it smells of garlic, which gives it the name.