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'''Arsenate minerals''' are those minerals containing the [[arsenate]] (AsO<sub>4</sub><sup>3-</sup>) anion group. Both the Dana[http://webmineral.com/danaclass.shtml] and the Strunz[http://webmineral.com/strunz.shtml] mineral classifications place the arsenates in with the [[phosphate minerals]]. |
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An '''arsenate mineral''' is a [[mineral]] that is an [[arsenate]]. |
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More helpfully, this is a mineral that has [[arsenic|Sb]] and [[oxygen|O]] forming an [[anion]], with some other thing for a cation. |
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Arsenate minerals are often described as 'phosphate class' or 'phosphate group', since they are chemically similar to phosphate minerals. |
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Revision as of 03:33, 13 August 2005
Arsenate minerals are those minerals containing the arsenate (AsO43-) anion group. Both the Dana[1] and the Strunz[2] mineral classifications place the arsenates in with the phosphate minerals.
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