# Atelestite

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Atelestite
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Atelestite.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atelestite
> Source revision: 1335849969
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Infobox mineral
| name        = Atelestite
| boxwidth    = 
| boxbgcolor  = 
| image       = Atelestite-824234.jpg
| imagesize   = 
| alt         = 
| caption     = Atelestite crystals
| struct image     =
| struct caption   =
| struct imagesize =
| struct2 image    =
| struct2 caption  =
| struct2 imagesize=
| SMILES           =
| Jmol             =
| category    = 
| formula     = Bi{{sub|2}}(AsO{{sub|4}})O(OH)
| IMAsymbol   = Ale
| molweight   = 
| strunz      = 
| dana        = 
| system      = 
| class       = 
| symmetry    = 
| unit cell   = 
| color       = Sulphur-yellow to yellowish-green, wax-yellow, yellow-brown
| colour      = 
| habit       = 
| twinning    = 
| cleavage    = {001}, indistinct
| fracture    = 
| tenacity    = 
| toughness   = 
| mohs        = 4.5-5
| luster      = Adamantine, Resinous
| streak      = 
| diaphaneity = 
| gravity     = 7.14
| density     = 
| polish      = 
| opticalprop = 
| refractive  = 
| birefringence = 
| pleochroism = 
| 2V          = 
| dispersion  = 
| extinction  = 
| length fast/slow =
| fluorescence = 
| absorption  = 
| melt        = 
| Curie temp  = 
| fusibility  = 
| diagnostic  = 
| solubility  = 
| impurities  = 
| alteration  = 
| other       = 
| prop1       = 
| prop1text   = 
| references  = 
| var1        = 
| var1text    = 
| var2        = 
| var2text    = 
| var3        = 
| var3text    = 
| var4        = 
| var4text    = 
| var5        = 
| var5text    = 
| var6        = 
| var6text    = 
}}
'''Atelestite''' is an [arsenate mineral](/source/arsenate_minerals) with the chemical formula Bi{{sub|2}}(AsO{{sub|4}})O(OH). Its [type locality](/source/type_locality_(geology)) is [Erzgebirgskreis](/source/Erzgebirgskreis), [Saxony](/source/Saxony), [Germany](/source/Germany).<ref>[https://mindat.org/min-407.html Atelestite] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406024044/https://www.mindat.org/min-407.html |date=2019-04-06 }} on [mindat.org](/source/mindat.org)</ref>

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

{{Commonscat}}

== External links ==

* [http://webmineral.com/data/Atelestite.shtml Atelestite data sheet]
* [http://handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/atelestite.pdf Atelestite] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508113908/http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/atelestite.pdf |date=2019-05-08 }} on the ''Handbook of Mineralogy''

{{mineral-stub}}

Category:Bismuth minerals
Category:Arsenate minerals
Category:Hydroxide minerals

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Atelestite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atelestite) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atelestite?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.