Mineral Gallery - The Phosphate Subclasses

The Arsenate, Vanadate and Antimonate Subclasses of the Phosphate Class of Minerals

Including the Uranyl Asenates and the Arsenites.

The Arsenate subclass (and to a lesser extent the Vanadate Subclass) of the Phosphate Class almost perfectly mirrors the true phosphates in many ways including structure, diversity and properties. The only major difference is the arsenate or vanadate ion replacing the phosphate ion. The ions have the same charge and roughly the same size and therefore can usually substitute for each other in the structure of minerals. In fact many solid solution series exist between minerals that contain the phosphate ion as their principle anion and those that contain the arsenate and/or vanadate ion as their principle anion.

Subclass: Arsenates

Adamite (Zinc Arsenate Hydroxide)
Adelite (Calcium Magnesium Arsenate Hydroxide)
Agardite (Hydrated Copper Calcium Yttrium Lanthanum Arsenate Hydroxide)
Annabergite (Hydrated Nickel Arsenate)
Arseniosiderite (Hydrated Calcium Iron Arsenate Oxide)
Arsenoclasite (Manganese Arsenate Hydroxide)
Arsenocrandallite (Calcium Strontium Aluminum Arsenate Hydroxide)
Arsenoflorencite-(Ce) (Cerium Lanthanum Aluminum Arsenate Hydroxide)
Arsenogoyazite (Strontium Calcium Barium Aluminum Arsenate Hydroxide)
Arsentsumebite (Lead Copper Arsenate Sulfate Hydroxide)
Arthurite (Hydrated Copper Iron Arsenate Phosphate Sulfate Hydroxide)
Atelestite (Bismuth Arsenate Oxide Hydroxide)
Austinite (Calcium Zinc Arsenate Hydroxide)
Bayldonite (Lead Copper Arsenate Hydroxide)
Berzeliite (Sodium Calcium Magnesium Manganese Arsenate)
Beta-roselite (Hydrated Calcium Cobalt Magnesium Arsenate)
Brandtite (Hydrated Calcium Manganese Magnesium Arsenate)
Cafarsite (Hydrated Calcium Manganese Titanium Iron Arsenate)
Carminite (Lead Iron Arsenate Hydroxide)
Caryinite (Sodium Calcium Lead Manganese Magnesium Arsenate)
Ceruleite (Hydrated Copper Aluminum Arsenate Hydroxide)
Chalcophyllite (Hydrated Copper Aluminum Sulfate Arsenate Hydroxide)
Chenevixite (Hydrated Copper Iron Arsenate Hydroxide)
Chernovite (Yttrium Arsenate)
Chlorophoenicite (Hydrated Manganese Magnesium Zinc Arsenate Oxide Hydroxide)
Chudobaite (Hydrated Sodium Potassium Calcium Magnesium Zinc Manganese Arsenate Hydroxide)
Clinoclase (Copper Arsenate Hydroxide)
Conichalcite (Calcium Copper Arsenate Hydroxide)
Cornubite (Copper Arsenate Hydroxide)
Cornwallite (Hydrated Copper Arsenate Hydroxide)
Cuproadamite (Copper Zinc Arsenate Hydroxide)
Duftite (Copper Lead Arsenate Hydroxide)
Durangite (Sodium Aluminum Arsenate Fluoride)
Erythrite (Hydrated Cobalt Arsenate)
Euchroite (Hydrated Copper Arsenate Hydroxide)
Eveite (Manganese Arsenate Hydroxide)
Guerinite (Hydrated Calcium Arsenate Hydroxide)
Hedyphane (Calcium Lead Arsenate Chloride)
Holdenite (Manganese Magnesium Zinc Silicate Arsenate Hydroxide)
Kottigite (Hydrated Zinc Arsenate)
Lavendulan (Hydrated Sodium Calcium Copper Arsenate Chloride)
Legrandite (Hydrated Zinc Arsenate Hydroxide)
Leiteite (Zinc Iron Arsenate)
Liroconite (Hydrated Copper Aluminum Arsenate Hydroxide)
Lotharmeyerite (Calcium Zinc Manganese Arsenate Hydroxide)
Luetheite (Hydrated Copper Aluminum Arsenate Hydroxide)
Mimetite (Lead Arsenate Chloride)
Mixite (Hydrated Copper Bismuth Arsenate Hydroxide)
Nealite (Iron Lead Arsenate Chloride)
Olivenite (Copper Arsenate Hydroxide)
Paradamite (Zinc Arsenate Hydroxide)
Parasymplesite (Hydrated Iron Arsenate)
Pharmacolite (Hydrated Calcium Arsenate Hydroxide)
Pharmacosiderite (Hydrated Potassium Iron Arsenate Hydroxide)
Phaunouxite (Hydrated Calcium Arsenate)
Phillipsbornite (Lead Aluminum Arsenate Hydroxide)
Phillipsburgite (Hydrated Copper Zinc Arsenate Phosphate Hydroxide)
Picropharmacolite (Hydrated Calcium Magnesium Arsenate Hydroxide)
Retzain (Manganese Cerium Lanthanum Niobium Magnesium Arsenate Hydroxide)
Roselite (Hydrated Calcium Cobalt Magnesium Arsenate)
Rosslerite (Hydrated Magnesium Arsenate Hydroxide)
Rouseite (Hydrated Lead Manganese Arsenate)
Sainfeldite (Hydrated Calcium Arsenate Hydroxide)
Sarkinite (Manganese Arsenate Hydroxide)
Schultenite (Lead Arsenate Hydroxide)
Scorodite (Hydrated Iron Arsenate)
Svabite (Calcium Arsenate Fluoride Chloride Hydroxide)
Symplesite (Hydrated Iron Arsenate)
Tsumcorite (Hydrated Lead Zinc Iron Arsenate Hydroxide)
Tyrolite (Hydrated Calcium Copper Carbonate Arsenate Hydroxide)
Wendwilsonite (Hydrated Calcium Magnesium Cobalt Arsenate)
Zincroselite (Hydrated Calcium Zinc Arsenate)

The Uranyl Arsenates

Abernathyite (HydratedPotassium Uranyl Arsenate)
Arsenuranospathite (Hydrated Hydrogen Aluminum Uranyl Arsenate)
Arsenuranylite (Hydrated Calcium Uranyl Arsenate Hydroxide)
Heinrichite (HydratedBarium Uranyl Arsenate)
Meta-zeunerite (HydratedCopper Uranyl Arsenate)
Trogeriteite (HydratedHydrogen Uranyl Arsenate)
Uranospathite (HydratedCopper Uranyl Arsenate Phosphate)
Uranospinite (HydratedCalcium Uranyl Arsenate)
Walpurgite (HydratedBismuthenate Uranyl Arsenate)
Zeunerite (HydratedCopper Uranyl Arsenate)

Subclass: Vanadates

Calciovolborthite (CalciumCopper Vanadate Hydroxide)
Carnotite (HydratedPotassium Uranyl Vanadate)
Chervetite (Lead Vanadate)
Clinobisvanite (Bismuth Vanadate)
Curienite (HydratedLead Uranyl Vanadate)
Descloizite (Lead ZincVanadate Hydroxide)
Dreyerite (Bismuth Vanadate)
Hewettite (HydratedCalcium Vanadate)
Hummerite (HydratedPotassium Magnesium Vanadate)
Mottramite (Lead CopperVanadate Hydroxide)
Pascoite (HydratedCalcium Vanadate)
Pucherite (Bismuth Vanadate)
Schubnelite (Hydrated Iron Vanadate)
Sengierite (HydratedCopper Uranyl Vanadate Hydroxide)
Sherwoodite (HydratedCalcium Aluminum Vanadate)
Steigerite (Hydrated Aluminum Vanadate)
Tyuyamunite (HydratedCalcium Uranyl Vanadate)
Vanadinite (Lead VanadateChloride)
Vanalite (HydratedSodium Aluminum Vanadate)
Vanuralite (HydratedAluminum Uranyl Vanadate)
Volborthite (HydratedCopper Vanadate Hydroxide)
Wakefieldite (Yttrium Cerium Lead Vanadate)

The Arsenites

Ludlockite (Iron Lead Arsenite)
Hematolite (Manganese Magnesium Aluminum Arsenate Arsenite Hydroxide)
Magnussonite (Manganese Magnesium Copper Arsenite Hydroxide Chloride)
Reinerite (Zinc Arsenite)
Synadelphite (Hydrated Manganese Magnesium Calcium Arsenate Arsenite Hydroxide)
Trigonite (Lead Manganese Arsenate Arsenite Hydroxide)
Trippkeite (Copper Arsenite)

Subclass: Antimonates

Bindheimite (Lead AntimonateOxide Hydroxide)
Cyanophyllite (Hydrated Copper Aluminum Antimonate Hydroxide)