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Fresnoite with Benitoite

#35802

Fresnoite with Benitoite

#35802
Availability
Sold
Size
4.5 x 3.5 x 1 cm - Miniature 
Formula
Ba2TiO(Si2O7) (RRUFF)
Locality
Esquire #7 claim, Big Creek, Fresno Co., California, United States

Bright to light yellow crystal grains to 1mm and less strung out in "veinlets" and disseminations associated with faint blue Benitoite crystal grains less than 0.75mm. Both minerals are fluorescent. The Fresnoite is yellow FL, while the Benitoite is bright blue. The matrix ia a metamorphic barium rich rock of Sanbornite and sulfides. The photo shows the Fresmoite at the red arrows and the Benitoite at the yellow arrows.

Type Locality

Fresnoite

Formula
Ba2TiO(Si2O7
Crystal System
Tetragonal 
Cleavage
Distinct, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
greenish yellow, lemon 
Streak
white 
Class
Tetragonal - Ditetragonal Pyramidal 
Hardness
3-4 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

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