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Kangite

kangite

(Sc,Ti,Al,Zr,Mg,Ca,☐)2O3

Kangite: Mineral information, data and localities.

Kangite: Mineral information, data and localities. — via www.mindat.org · Source

Overview

Kangite is an exceedingly rare scandium mineral, a natural form of impure scandium oxide (Sc2O3), with the formula (Sc,Ti,Al,Zr,Mg,Ca,□)2O3. It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system diploidal class. In terms of chemistry it scandium-analogue of tistarite. Both kangite and tistarite were discovered in the Allende meteorite.

Scientific references

  1. Kangite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15646565 Link
  2. Kangite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangite Link