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Benitoite Neptunite & Joaquinite-(Ce)

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Benitoite Neptunite & Joaquinite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
San Benito County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 6.2 × 2.8 cm
Weight: 
57.00gr
Description

A very rich specimen loaded with benitoite crystals that are a nice cornflower blue color, with sharp crystal terminations.  The benitoite fluoresces a pink color.  There are several tiny orange joaquinite crystals with one on a benitoite crystals.   There is one large, 2.2 cm long, dark neptunite crystal that is terminated.  With natrolite on crossite.  There are no more of these being found.  

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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

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

Joaquinite-(Ce)

Formula: 
NaBa2Ce2FeTi2[Si4O12]2O2(OH,F)·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CE.25
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
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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$10
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$20
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$30

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