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Formula: Ca3TiSi2(Al,Ti,Si)3O14
Unclassified silicate, titanium-bearing mineral
Crystal System: Trigonal
Specific gravity: 3.39 calculated (AM 107.2321)
Common impurities: Na,V,(Sc,Mg)
Environments
Paqueite is likely formed from late-stage melting
(AM 107.2321).
Paqueite is a relatively new mineral, approved in 2013.
Localities
At the type locality, the Allende meteorite, Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico, paqueite occurs as
micron-sized crystals, within aluminium-rich
melilite. Associated minerals include
spinel, perovskite,
melilite group minerals, hibonite,
hercynite, grossular,
grossmanite, davisite,
coulsonite, corundum,
burnettite, beckettite and
anorthite
(Mindat).
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