Kernowite

Kernowite
Unit cell of liroconite, isostructural with kernowite
Unit cell of kernowite, based on X-ray crystallography of the isostructural mineral liroconite.[1]
General
CategoryArsenate minerals
Formula
(repeating unit)		Cu2Fe(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O
Crystal systemMonoclinic

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

  1. ^ P. C. Burns; R. K. Eby; F. C. Hawthorne (1991). "Refinement of the structure of liroconite, a heteropolyhedral framework oxysalt mineral". Acta Crystallogr. C. 47 (5): 916–919. doi:10.1107/S0108270190010939.