Min. [Named by Breithaupt, 1849, konichalcit; f. Gr. κονία ‘dust,’ etc., here in sense ‘powdered lime’ + χαλκύς copper + -ITE.] A green hydrous phosphate and arseniate of lime and copper.
1850. in Dana, Min., 527. Ibid. (1868), 565. Conichalcite: reniform and marine, resembling malachite. Colour, pistachio-green, inclining to emerald green.
