How do I identify Serendibite?

Serendibite can be identified by its hardness of 6.5 - 7 on the Mohs scale, pale yellow color. Look for these key characteristics when examining specimens.

What color is Serendibite?

Serendibite typically appears in pale yellow, blue-green, greyish blue. Color can vary depending on impurities and formation conditions.

How hard is Serendibite?

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

Serendibite

A variety of Minerals

What is Serendibite?

Serendibite is an extremely rare silicate mineral that was first discovered in 1902 in Sri Lanka by Dunil Palitha Gunasekera and named after Serendib, the old Arabic name for Sri Lanka. The mineral is found in skarns associated with boron metasomatism of carbonate rocks where intruded by granite. Minerals occurring with serendibite include diopside, spinel, phlogopite, scapolite, calcite, tremolite, apatite, grandidierite, sinhalite, hyalophane, uvite, pargasite, clinozoisite, forsterite, warwickite and graphite.