The Bustamite is a collectior stone, often carved in cabochon, and confused with the Rodochrosite.
It is very rare to find a bustamite over 2ct.
To learn more about the mineralogy of the bustamite, see Mindat.org
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Bustamite
- Translations : Bustamit, Buchstamit, Bustamita, Buchstamita, バスタマイト, Бустамит, 钙蔷薇辉石
- Synonym : Buchstamite
- Etymology : Dedicated to A. BUSTAMENTE, the Mexican who sent the species to the National Museum National of Natural History in Paris.
- Discovery: 1882 by A. BUSTAMENTE
- Comment : The Bustamite is a collection stone, often carved in cabochon, and confused with the Rodochrosite
Gemological data
- Chemical formula : CaMn2+(Si2O6)
- Hardness (Mohs) : 5.5 - 6.5
- Density : 3.32 - 3.43
- Refractive index : nα = 1.640 - 1.695, nβ = 1.651 - 1.708, nγ = 1.653 - 1.710
- Birefingence : 0.013 - 0.015
- Crystal system : Triclinic
- Group : Wollastonite
- Mineralogical Class : Inosilicates
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