What is "scorodite"

Scorodite \Scor"o*dite\, n. [G. scorodit; -- so called in allusion to its smell under the blowpipe, from Gr. ? garlic.] (Min.) A leek-green or brownish mineral occurring in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous arseniate of iron. [Written also skorodite.]

n. (context mineralogy English) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.

Scorodite is a common hydrated iron arsenate mineral, with the chemical formula FeAsO·2HO. 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.