scandiobabingtonite is found in association with orthoclase, quartz, light blue albite, stilbite, fluorite, and mica. when found with these minerals, the scandiobabingtonite crystals are emplanted on the surface of the other minerals. it also occurs as growth around green-black prismatic crystals of babingtonite. the samples of scandiobabingtonite that have been discovered have shown that they start out growing from a seed of babingtonite crystal. this is how scandiobabingtonite gets its chemical structure. the starting seed of babingtonite is still present in the center of the resulting crystal and can be detected with optical and chemical studies. scandiobabingtonite is a uniquely rare mineral, as it occurs in very small amounts in few locations around the world. it is one of thirteen naturally occurring minerals where scandium is a dominant member. the other scandium minerals are bazzite, cascandite, hetftetjernite, jervisite, juonniite, kolbeckite, kristiansenite, magbasite, oftedalite, pretulite, thortveitite, and titanowodginite. scandium can also concentrate in other minerals, such as in ferromagnesian minerals, aluminum phosphate minerals, meteoric minerals, and other minerals containing rare earth elements, but it occurs in trace amounts.