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Scottyite

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Description
Locality: 
Graulay Quarry, Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Intense blue masses of scottyite on matrix. W. Schüller specimen.

References:
Hentschel, G. (1993): Die Lavaströme der Graulai: eine neue Fundstelle in der Westeifel. Lapis 12 (9), 11-23. (in German); G. Blass, H.-W. Graf, U. Kolitsch and D. Sebold (2009): The new finds from the volcanic Eifel (II). Mineralien-Welt 20 (2), 38-49. (in German); Uwe Kolitsch & H. J. Bernhardt (unpublished structure refinement and EPMA data)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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...