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Neptunite & Benitoite

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Neptunite & Benitoite

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Description
Locality: 
San Benito County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

A cluster of lustrous dark red-brown neptunite crystals with a single blue benitoite crystal (ex Randy Parnagian coll.)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Neptunite

Formula: 
Na2KLi(Fe2+,Mn2+)2Ti2(Si8O24)
Strunz: 
9.EH.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Narsaarsuk pegmatite (Narssârssuk pegmatite), Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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