It is found naturally as the mineral olivenite. It occurs with limonite, malachite, beudantite, adamite, cuproadamite, olivenite and smithsonite. Associated minerals include azurite, smithsonite, malachite, cerussite, mimetite, wulfenite and olivenite. Associated minerals include brochantite, spangolite, chalcophyllite, olivenite, tyrolite, parnauite, azurite and malachite. Capgaronnite is associated with secondary minerals of Cu like olivenite, cyanotrichite, and tennantite. Copper forms hydroxyphosphate (libethenite), arsenate (olivenite), sulfate (brochantite), and nitrate compounds. Associated minerals include malachite, olivenite, quartz, limonite, adamite, azurite, and brochantite among others. Olivenite, mansfieldite, scorodite, azurite and malachite are found in association with zeunerite.