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2 items @ $50.00  

Benitoite

#65873

Benitoite

#65873
Availability
Sold
Size
4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm - Miniature 
Formula
BaTiSi3O9 (RRUFF)
Locality
Gem mine, San Benito Co., California, United States

Very good blue Benitoite crystals to 4mm.

Benitoite

Formula
BaTiSi3O9 
Crystal System
Hexagonal 
Crystal Habit
Tabular 
Cleavage
Poor, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
blue, purple, pink, white, colorless 
Streak
white 
Class
Hexagonal - Ditrigonal Dipyramidal 
Fracture
Conchoidal 
Hardness
6-6.5 

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