kolbeckiten.
/ˈkɒlbɛkʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A blue hydrated silicate-phosphate of beryllium, calcium, and scandium (and possibly aluminium).
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1928 Mineral. Mag. 21 568 Kolbeckite. Beryllium phosphate or silicophosphate as cyan-blue monoclinic crystals from Saxony.
1959 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 70 1649 Sterrettite and kolbeckite are the first known scandium-bearing phosphates.
1966 Z. Lerman tr. K. A. Vlasov Geochem. & Mineral. Rare Elem. II. vi. 219 Kolbeckite is distinguished by its marked pleochroism. It is a very rare mineral.
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