Kangite

Kangite
General
CategoryMinerals
Formula(Sc,Ti,Al,Zr,Mg,Ca,□)2O3

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.

References

  1. 1 2 Mindat, Kangite, http://www.mindat.org/min-42879.html
  2. ↑ Ma, C., Tschauner, O., Beckett, J.R., Rossmann, G.R., and Liu, W., 2013: Kangite, (Sc,Ti,Al,Zr,Mg,Ca,□)2O3, a new ultra-refractory scandia mineral from the Allende meteorite: Synchrotron micro-Laue diffraction and electron backscatter diffraction. American Mineralogist 98(5-6), 870-878
  3. ↑ Mindat, Tistarite, http://www.mindat.org/min-38695.html
  4. ↑ Mindat, Yttriaite-(Y), http://www.mindat.org/min-40471.html


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