Thortveitite

Thortveitite is a mineral that contains scandium and yttrium. It is very rare, but still the most common scandium mineral.[1]

Thortveitite was the main source of scandium in the United States in the mid-20th century, but production ended in 1969.[2] As of 2025, scandium is mostly produced from tailings from other minerals, not from its ores.[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Scandium". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  2. ↑ Shelby Johnston. "Mineral Commodity Summaries 2025: Scandium" (PDF). National Minerals Information Center. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  3. ↑ Wang, Weiwei; Pranolo, Yoko; Cheng, Chu Yong (2011). "Metallurgical processes for scandium recovery from various resources: A review". Hydrometallurgy. 108 (1–2): 100–108. Bibcode:2011HydMe.108..100W. doi:10.1016/j.hydromet.2011.03.001.
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