aerugite

English

Noun

aerugite (plural aerugites)

Aerugite in the form of dark green crystals along with light yellow xanthiosite
  1. (mineralogy) A rare complex nickel arsenate mineral that forms green to deep blue-green trigonal crystals.

Further reading
  • “Aerugite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “aerugite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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