scandiobabingtonite is isostructural with babingtonite, and has the same chemical properties as well. it is an inosilicate with 5-periodic single chains. scandium replaces the fe in babingtonite in six-fold coordination. the empirical chemical formula for scandiobabingtonite is (ca,na)(fe,mn)(sc,sn,fe)sio(oh). simplified, the formula is ca(fe,mn)scsio(oh)