Paqueite
Paqueite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the silicate class, with the chemical formula Ca₃TiSi₂(Al,Ti,Si)₃O₁₄.
It crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal system (space group P321). It is a member of the Paqueite structural group.
IMA symbol Paq, IMA status: approved, named in 2013.
developed during late-stage dynamic crystallization or by exsolution in a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite.
It is found associated with Aluminous melilite, burnettite, spinel, perovskite, grossmanite-davisite, hibonite.
The mineral was named to honor Julie M. Paque, cosmochemist, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA.
Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet.
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