More than 300 arsenic (As) minerals are known to occur in nature. Of these approx. 60% are arsenates, approx. 20% are sulphides and sulphosalts, 10% are oxides and the rest are arsenites, arsenides, native elements and metal alloys (Bowell and Parshley, 2001).The most important primary As-bearing minerals are those where the As occurs …
