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Benitoite

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Benitoite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
San Benito County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 0.9 × 0.2 cm
Description

Sharp floater euhedral benitoite crystal of greyish-blue colour and strong whitish blue UV fluorescence under short waves. No damages.

Ex Dr. Ernst Burke* collection, with his handwritten label.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

 

*Ernst Burke professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands). Former Head of the IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification. Ernstburkeite is named after him.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Benitoite

Formula: 
BaTi(Si3O9)
Strunz: 
9.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
California State Gem Mine (Dallas Gem Mine; Benitoite Mine; Benitoite Gem Mine; Gem Mine), Dallas Gem Mine area, San Benito River headwaters area, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA

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