Steacyite

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Steacyite is a mineral, a complex silicate containing thorium and uranium; formula KvariableCa.Na.Th.U.Si8O20. It forms small brown or yellow green crystals, often cruciform twinned crystals. It was discovered at Mt St Hilaire, Quebec in 1982 and is named after Harold Robert Steacy mineralogist.


It is, of course, radioactive.

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