Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
Oxidation of pyrite in old stopes.
- Type locality
- Monte Arsiccio Mine
- Sant'Anna di Stazzema
- Stazzema
- Lucca Province
- Tuscany
- Italy
43.9654°, 10.2836°
1recorded occurrences
Physical
Optical
- Optical type
- Uniaxial (-)
- Pleochroism
- Visible
pale yellow to yellow
- UV response
- None
- Notes
Mean refractive index is 1.573.
Crystallography
- Space group
- #80
- Cell parameters
- a = 9.7509(4) Å · c = 53.525(2) Å
- Z
- 3
- Type-locality form
Pseudo-hexagonal (0001) tabular crystals up to 0.5 mm in size
Crystal structure
Synonyms
- IMA2019-010
- Scordariiet
In other languages
- German
- IMA 2019-010 · Scordariit
- Portuguese
- IMA2019-010 · Scordariite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.7.DF.52
- 7SulfatesClass
- 7.DSulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H2ODivision
- 7.DFWith large and medium-sized cationsGroup
- 7.DF.52ScordariiteSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2019Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2019) CNMNC Newsletter No 50, New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019. Mineralogical Magazine, 83 (4) 615-620 doi:10.1180/mgm.2019.46DOI: 10.1180/mgm.2019.46
- 2019Biagioni, Cristian; Bindi, Luca; Mauro, Daniela; Hålenius, Ulf (2019) Crystal Chemistry of Sulfates from the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy). V. Scordariite, K8(Fe3+0.67□0.33)[Fe3+3O(SO4)6(H2O)3]2(H2O)11: A New Metavoltine-Related Mineral. Minerals, 9 (11). 702 doi:10.3390/min9110702 DOI: 10.3390/min9110702
- 2022(2022) Scordariite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Scordariite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/scordariite-53674},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}