A mineral or crystalline compound containing arsenic, oxygen, and typically a metal element.
From arsonic plus -ite mineral suffix. Similar formation to arsenite but using the arsonic root form.
Different spellings of arsenic minerals (arsenite vs. arsonite) sometimes reflect different crystalline structures or oxidation states—a reminder that chemistry's naming system, while logical, developed messily over centuries of discovery.
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