Olivenite is a
copper arsenate mineral, formula
Cu2AsO4O
H. It crystallizes in the
monoclinic system (pseudo-orthorhombic), and is sometimes found in small brilliant crystals of simple
prismatic habit terminated by domal faces. More commonly, it occurs as globular aggregates of acicular crystals, these fibrous forms often having a velvety
lustre; sometimes it is lamellar in structure, or soft and earthy.