Kernowite
{{short description|Copper iron arsenate mineral}}
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Kernowite is a mineral which was first described in 2020. It is named for Cornwall, which in the Cornish language is Kernow.
Description
Kernowite is a complex arsenate mineral with the composition {{nowrap|Cu2Fe(AsO4(OH))4·4H2O}}.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mindat.org/min-55136.html |access-date=2020-12-24 |title=Kernowite |publisher=mindat.org}} It was first described in 2020, and is closely related to liroconite, containing iron in the place of aluminium, making it green rather than blue.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-23 |title=Kernowite: New mineral found on rock mined in Cornwall |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-55396421 |access-date=2020-12-23 |website=BBC News }}{{Cite web |title=Beautiful new emerald-green mineral described from Cornwall |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2020/december/beautiful-new-emerald-green-mineral-described-from-cornwall.html |access-date=2020-12-23 |publisher=Natural History Museum}} Its name is derived from Kernow, the name of Cornwall in the Cornish language, after being discovered in a rock mined {{abbr|c|circa}}.1800 in the Wheal Gorland mine, St Day, Cornwall.{{cite web |url=https://news.sky.com/story/kernowite-new-mineral-species-discovered-on-rock-mined-in-cornwall-220-years-ago-12171066 |title=Kernowite: New mineral species discovered on rock mined in Cornwall 220 years ago |publisher=Sky News |access-date=2020-12-23}}
See also
{{Portal|Cornwall}}
- Cornwallite – a mineral also named after Cornwall
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite journal|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|publisher=Cambridge University Press|title=Newsletter 58|doi=10.1180/mgm.2020.93|last1=Rumsey |first1=M. S. |last2=Welch |first2= M. D. |last3=Spratt |first3=J. |last4=Kleppe |first4=A. |last5=Števko |first5=M.|date=15 December 2020|volume=84|issue=6|pages=971–975|bibcode=2020MinM...84..971M|doi-access=free }}