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pharmacolite
[ fahr-mak-uh-lahyt, fahr-muh-kuh- ]
noun
- hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
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Origin of pharmacolite1
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Arsenic is a constituent of the minerals arsenical iron, arsenical pyrites or mispickel, tin-white cobalt or smaltite, arsenical nickel, realgar, orpiment, pharmacolite and cobalt bloom, whilst it is also met with in small quantities in nearly all specimens of iron pyrites.
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The mineral brushite, CaHPO4�2H2O, which is isomorphous with the acid arsenate pharmacolite, CaHAsO4�2H2O, is an acid phosphate, and assumes monoclinic forms.
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