davisite
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Davisite is an exceedingly rare mineral of the pyroxene group, with formula CaScAlSiO6. It is the scandium-dominant member. It stands for scandium-analogue of other pyroxene-group members, esseneite, grossmanite and kushiroite. Davisite is one of scarce minerals containing essential scandium.
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- Subclass of
- pyroxene
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- chemical formula
- CaScAlSiO₆
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.DA.15
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.DA.15
- type locality (geology)
- Allende meteorite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Dav
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Davisite is an exceedingly rare mineral of the pyroxene group, with formula CaScAlSiO6. It is the scandium-dominant member. It stands for scandium-analogue of other pyroxene-group members, esseneite, grossmanite and kushiroite. Davisite is one of scarce minerals containing essential scandium.
It is named for Andrew M. Davis, an American meteoriticist and professor of astronomy and geoscience at the University of Chicago.
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