scottyite

{{Infobox mineral | name = Scottyite | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = Scottyite, Wessels Mine, Northern Cape Province, South Africa - University of Arizona Mineral Museum - University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ - DSC08552.jpg | imagesize = | alt = Scottyite, Wessels Mine, Northern Cape Province, South Africa at the University of Arizona Mineral Museum | caption = | category = | formula = BaCu2Si2O7 | IMAsymbol = Sty | molweight = | strunz = | dana = | system = Orthorhombic | class = mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) – Dipyramidal | symmetry = Pnma (no. 62) | unit cell = | color = | colour = Dark-blue | habit = | twinning = | cleavage = Perfect on {100} and {010} | fracture = | tenacity = Brittle | toughness = | mohs = 4–5 | luster = Vitreous | streak = Pale-blue | diaphaneity = | gravity = | density = 4.654 | polish = | opticalprop = | refractive = | birefringence = | pleochroism = | 2V = | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = | Curie temp = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = | prop1 = | prop1text = | references = | var1 = | var1text = | var2 = | var2text = | var3 = | var3text = | var4 = | var4text = | var5 = | var5text = | var6 = | var6text = }} Scottyite is a barium copper silicate. It was named for Michael Scott, first CEO of Apple. Its type locality is the Wessels mine, Northern Cape, South Africa, where it was first identified. It has also been found at several localities in the Rhineland-Palatinate.

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