Category Arsenate minerals Crystal system Monoclinic | Strunz classification 8.CG.15 Space group C2/m | |
Formula(repeating unit) Ca(Mg,Al,Fe)2[AsO4]2·2(H2O,OH) Crystal class Prismatic (2/m)(same H-M symbol) | ||
Cabalzarite is a rare arsenate mineral with formula: (Ca(Mg,Al,Fe3+)2[AsO4]2·2(H2O,OH). It is a member of the tsumcorite group. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system and typically occurs as clusters of crystals or granular aggregates.
It was first described for samples from an abandoned manganese mine in Falotta, Graubünden, Switzerland and named for Swiss amateur mineralogist Walter Cabalzar. It was approved as a new mineral by the IMA in 1997. It has also been reported from the Aghbar mine in Ouarzazate Province, Morocco.
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