Steacyite Explained

Steacyite
Category:Cyclosilicate
Imasymbol:Scy[1]
Strunz:9.CH.10
System:Tetragonal
Class:Ditetragonal dipyramidal (4/mmm)
H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m)
Symmetry:P4/mcc
Color:Gray, dark brown, green, beige
Mohs:5
Luster:Vitreous, greasy, dull
Diaphaneity:Translucent, opaque
Other: Radioactive

Steacyite is a complex silicate mineral containing thorium and uranium; formula . It forms small brown or yellow green crystals, often cruciform twinned crystals. It is radioactive. It was discovered at Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec in 1982 and is named after Harold Robert Steacy (1923–2012), mineralogist.[2]

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  1. Warr. L.N.. 2021. IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine. 85. 3. 291–320. 10.1180/mgm.2021.43. 2021MinM...85..291W. 235729616. free.
  2. Dunn . P.J. . Fleischer . M. . Burns . R.G. . Pabst . A. . New mineral names . American Mineralogist . 1983 . 68 . 471–000 . 14 March 2022.