Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Strashimirite is a rare monoclinic mineral containing arsenic copper hydrogen and oxygen. It has the chemical formula Cu8(AsO4)4(OH)4·5(H2O).This mineral was discovered in Zapachitsa (Zapacica) copper deposit Svoge Sofia Oblast Bulgaria in 1960 by the Bulgarian mineralogist Jordanka Minceva-Stefanova. She named the mineral after Strashimir Dimitrov (1892-1960) Professor in Mineralogy and Petrography at Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski Bulgaria.
