Davisite
Davisite is an exceedingly rare mineral of the pyroxene group, with formula CaScAlSiO6. It is the scandium-dominant member. It stands for scandium-analogue of other pyroxene-group members, esseneite, grossmanite and kushiroite. Davisite is one of scarce minerals containing essential scandium.
| Davisite | |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Category | Mineral |
| Formula (repeating unit) | CaScAlSiO6 |
Named after Andrew M. Davis, American meteoriticist and professor of astronomy and geoscience at the University of Chicago.
Based on a synthesized sample, the mineral likely crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system with space group C2/c.
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