Skip to content
Mineralati

Minerals

Pabstite

pabstite

BaSnSi3O9

Pabstite Mineral Specimen For Sale

Pabstite Mineral Specimen For Sale — via www.dakotamatrix.com · Source

Overview

Pabstite is a barium tin titanium silicate mineral that is found in contact metamorphosed limestone. It belongs to the benitoite group of minerals. The chemical formula of pabstite is Ba(Sn,Ti)Si3O9. It is found in Santa Cruz, California. The crystal system of the mineral is hexagonal.

Scientific references

  1. Pabstite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3888403 Link
  2. Pabstite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pabstite Link