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Cascandite

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Description
Locality: 
Giacomini Quarry, Agrano, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

Pink crystal aggregates of the very rare scandium mineral cascandite on a whitish contrasting matrix.

Scandium minerals are extremely rare in Nature, since only 21 of 5625 mineral species known are scandium minerals!

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection specimen, from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
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Cascandite

Formula: 
Ca(Sc,Fe3+)(HSi3O9)
Strunz: 
9.DG.07
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Giacomini quarry (Diverio quarry), Agrano, Omegna, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

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