How do I identify Bazzite?

Bazzite can be identified by its hardness of 6.5 - 7 on the Mohs scale, Deep blue or other shades of blue color. Look for these key characteristics when examining specimens.

What color is Bazzite?

Bazzite typically appears in Deep blue or other shades of blue, blue-green.. Color can vary depending on impurities and formation conditions.

Bazzite has a hardness of 6.5 - 7 on the Mohs scale. This gives it moderate hardness.

How to Identify Bazzite | Properties, Meaning & Uses

What is Bazzite?

Bazzite is a beryllium scandium cyclosilicate mineral with chemical formula: Be3Sc2Si6O18 (Be3(Sc,Fe)2Si6O18 or Be3(Sc,Al)2Si6O18). It crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal system typically as small blue hexagonal crystals up to 2 cm length. It has a Mohs hardness of 6.5-7 and a specific gravity of 2.77 to 2.85. It is hard to distinguish from blue beryl. Occurs in miarolitic cavities in granite, in alpine veins and in scandium bearing granitic pegmatites. It occurs associated with quartz, orthoclase, muscovite, laumontite, albite, hematite, calcite, chlorite, fluorite, beryl and bavenite. It was first described from an occurrence in Baveno, Italy. Named after the discoverer, the Italian engineer Alessandro E. Bazzi.

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