30665: Benitoite and Strontiojoaquinite -
$30 Junnila Mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California Miniature - 4.9 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm 26 grams Fluorescent (SW) Specimen status: Available Send an email with specimen number to order Many collectors are familiar with
superb benitoite crystals from the type locality, the
Dallas Gem Mine, but benitoite occurs at other, more
obscure localities. This example, from another San Benito
County locality, features a somewhat overgrown, partial
benitoite (contacted and/or broken), 1.2 cm long, most
easily seen under shortwave UV light where it glows its
characteristic bright blue-white color. Also present are a
few incomplete (ingrown/contacted) strontiojaoquite
crystals to about 2 mm. Strontiojoaquinite is an uncommon
strontium barium titanium cyclosilicate - Sr
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