Bazzite
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| Bazzite | |
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| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:InfoboxImage/data' not found. Bazzite from Fibbia mountain, Fontana, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland | |
| General | |
| Category | Cyclosilicate |
| Formula | Be3Sc2Si6O18 |
| IMA symbol | Bz[1] |
| Strunz classification | 9.CJ.05 |
| Crystal system | Hexagonal |
| Crystal class | Dihexagonal dipyramidal (6/mmm) H-M symbol: (6/m 2/m 2/m) |
| Space group | P6/mcc |
| Unit cell | a = 9.521 Å, c = 9.165 Å; Z = 2 |
| Identification | |
| Color | Light to dark sky-blue, blue green |
| Crystal habit | Aggregates of subparallel prisms |
| Cleavage | Indistinct on {0001} |
| Fracture | Irregular |
| Tenacity | Brittle |
| Mohs scale hardness | 6.5–7 |
| Luster | Vitreous |
| Streak | Pale bluish white |
| Diaphaneity | Semitransparent |
| Specific gravity | 2.77–2.85 |
| Optical properties | Uniaxial (−) |
| Refractive index | nω = 1.622–1.637 nε = 1.602–1.622 |
| Birefringence | 0.0210 |
| Pleochroism | O = pale greenish yellow; E = intense sky-blue |
| References | [2][3][4][5] |
Bazzite is a beryllium scandium cyclosilicate mineral with chemical formula Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.Be3Sc2Si6O18[3] (Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.Be3(Sc,Fe)2Si6O18[4] or Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.Be3(Sc,Al)2Si6O18[5]). It crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal system typically as small blue hexagonal crystals up to 2 cm length. It has a Mohs hardness of 6.5–7 and a specific gravity of 2.77 to 2.85.
It is hard to distinguish from blue beryl.
Occurs in miarolitic cavities in granite, in alpine veins and in scandium bearing granitic pegmatites. It occurs associated with quartz, orthoclase, muscovite, laumontite, albite, hematite, calcite, chlorite, fluorite, beryl and bavenite.[4]
It was first described from an occurrence in Baveno, Italy. Named after the discoverer, the Italian engineer Alessandro E. Bazzi.[4]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
- ^ Mineralienatlas
- ^ a b Mindat with location data
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Handbook of Mineralogy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
- ^ a b Webmineral data
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