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Scottyite

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Scottyite

Munich Show 2012
New Mineral type

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Description
Locality: 
Graulay Quarry, Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

New mineral species from the second known occurence from Eifel Mts., Germany. Scottyite (IMA2012-027) is a Cu-Ba silicate, forms blue patches on leucite crystals. Associating minerals are hexagonal nepheline, apatite and nice perowskite.

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Scottyite

Formula: 
BaCu2Si2O7
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa...
Loranth Minerals

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