Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
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.
