Valleriite is an uncommon sulfide mineral (hydroxysulfide) of iron and copper with formula: 4(Fe,Cu)S·3(Mg,Al)(OH)2[3] or (Fe2+,Cu)4(Mg,Al)3S4(OH,O)6.[2] It is an opaque, soft, bronze-yellow to brown mineral which occurs as nodules or encrustations.
Discovery and occurrence
Valleriite was first described in 1870 from an occurrence in Västmanland, Sweden. It was named for Swedish chemist Johan Gottschalk Wallerius (Vallerius) (1709–1785).