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Thortveitite - Seula mine, Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy (#:MINS9297)

Blue Thorveitite xls of this very rare scandium mineral.

Formula :
(Sc,Y)2[Si2O_7_]
System: monoclinic Hardness:6-7 Rarity:very rare
Strunz id:VIII/C.1-10 - SILICATES
Name origin: Named in 1911 by Jakob Grubbe Cock Schetelig in honour of Gunder Olaus Olsen Thortveit (1 October 1872, Thortveit, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway - 15 June 1917, Rossås, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway), feldspar and mineral exporter from Iveland, Norway.

Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size: 30mm x 20 mm x 20 mm

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