Kangite Explained

Kangite is an exceedingly rare scandium mineral, a natural form of impure scandium oxide), with the formula . 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.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. 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
2. Mindat, Kangite, http://www.mindat.org/min-42879.html
3. Mindat, Tistarite, http://www.mindat.org/min-38695.html
4. Mindat, Yttriaite-(Y), http://www.mindat.org/min-40471.html