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Reinerite is a rare arsenite (arsenate(III)) mineral.

Composition
Reinerite has the chemical formula Zn3(AsO3)2. These elements are zinc, arsenic and oxygen; the composition breakdown of these elements is: 44.38% zinc, 33.90% arsenic, and 21.72% oxygen.

Physical Properties
Reinerite is most commonly found as a sky blue colored mineral, however, it may also be a light yellowish green color. Reinerite has a relative hardness of 5 to 5.5 on the Mohs Scale which is equivilant to that of a knife blade and or shard of glass. It has a density of 4.27 gm/cm3, and it exhibits a nonmetalic luster that may be described as glassy or vitreous.

Environment
Reinerite develops in dolostone-hosted locations. It is known especially from Namibia, Africa, within the mines of Tsumeb. At the Tsumeb location, Reinerite develops within the polymetallic lead-zinc-copper deposit, 800 m below the surface, in the second oxidation zone.

Crystallography
Reinerite has the crystalline structure Orthorhombic

History
Reinerite was named for Senior Chemist Willy Reiner (1895-1965) at Tsumeb Corporation, who analyzed this mineral.