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Puzzle #36 was bazzite.
Bazzite is a beryllium scandium cyclosilicate mineral with chemical formula Be3Sc2Si6O18. It crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal system typically as small blue hexagonal crystals up to 2 cm length. It has a Mohs hardness of 6.5–7 and a specific gravity of 2.77 to 2.85.
What the record says
Puzzle 36 ran on 20 Aug 2026 and the answer was bazzite, played with 6 guesses against 4 columns. On the record: Crystal system - hexagonal; Strunz group - silicates; Elements - Be, O, Sc, Si; Named after - person.
Beyond the grid the record adds Formula - Be₃Sc₂(Si₆O₁₈); Named after - Alessandro E. Bazzi.
Mineraldle builds its record from Wikidata - CC0 1.0. The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia verbatim extract, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Crystal system
- hexagonal
- Strunz group
- silicates
- Elements
- Be, O, Sc, Si
- Named after
- person
Also on the record
- Formula
- Be₃Sc₂(Si₆O₁₈)
- Named after
- Alessandro E. Bazzi