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Scorodite
Chemical Formula	FeAsO4·2H2O
Species	Phosphates
Crystal System	Orthorhombic
Mohs Scale	3-4
Specific Gravity	3.276
Color	Green, blue-green, grey, grayish-green, blue, yellow-brown, nearly colourless, Purple; colourless to faintly greenish or greenish brown in transmitted light.
Streak	Greenish-White
Luster	Sub-Adamantine, Vitreous, Resinous
Refractive Index	n = 1.741 - 1.784 n = 1.744 - 1.805 n = 1.768 - 1.820
Diaphaneity	Translucent
Cleavage	Imperfect/FairImperfect on , traces on
Fracture	Sub-Conchoidal
Crystal Habit：Crystals commonly pyramidal (sometimes pseudo-octahedral), tabular , or prismatic. Commonly aggregated into crusts or irregular groups. Also occurs massive, crystalline or porous and sinter-like, earthy.
Geological Setting：In the secondary oxidation zone of iron bearing arsenides, in gossans; also observed in a primary hydrothermal deposit (Saubach).

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 the Schwarzenberg, Saxony district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Named from the Greek Scorodion, "garlicky". When heated it smells of garlic, which gives it the name.