Mineral description : Smolianinovite

Smolianinovite as a brownish yellow crust near erythrine, from Bastnäs.

Mineral class	Phosphates
Chemical formula	(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)3(Fe,Al)2(AsO4)4·11(H2O)
Crystal system	Orthorhombic.
Habitus	As earthy masses to dense aggregates of fine fibrous material.
Cleavage
Hardness	2
Density	2.1
Color	Yellow.
Streak
Luster	Silky.
Description	A secondary cobalt arsenate.
Occurance	In cobalt ores as an oxidation product of smaltite, safflorite and rammelsbergite.
Associates
Notes	Type locality : Bou Azzer, Morocco. First publicised in 1956.
Locations	A rare mineral with one locality in Sweden Bastnäs. As yellow coatings together with erythrine in fractures. Other localities exists in Morocco, Australia and Canada.

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