Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Weilite (CaHAsO4) is a rare arsenate mineral. It is a translucent white triclinic mineral with a waxy luster.It was first described in 1963 for occurrences in Gabe Gottes Mine Haut-Rhin Alsace France; Wittichen Schenkenzell Black Forest Baden-Württemberg Germany; and the Schneeberg District Erzgebirge Saxony Germany. It is named after French mineralogist René Weil of the University of Strasbourg. It occurs in the oxidized zone of arsenic-bearing hydrothermal veins.