Benitoite
at-auction$ 50
- Locality
- Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA
- Minerals
- Benitoite
- Dimensions
- 6 x 4 x 1.5 cm
- Size class
- Small Cabinet
- SID
- R345
Two blue Benitoite crystals with white Natrolite on a schist matrix. The larger Benitoite is 1.3 cm wide, and there is a smaller, sharply formed Benitoite just above the large crystal. This mine is long closed and specimens are getting harder to find.