Origin: Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3.1 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm (top/2nd row), 3.1 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm (3rd row),
2.5 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm (4th/5th row), 2.2 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm (6th row), 2.3 x 1.7 x
1.7 cm (7th/8th row), 3.3 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm (9th row), 2.6 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
(10th/11th row), 2.6 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm (12th row), 2.7 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm (13th row),
2.7 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm (bottom)
Benitoite fluoresces light blue under SW-UV light
This specimen of
natrolite included
crossite
hosts a cluster of triply terminated crystals of benitoite to 1 cm across.
There are also several small
neptunite
crystals present
Origin: Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7 x 5 cm (top), 3.7 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (2nd/3rd row), 6 x 3.7 x
1.4 cm (4th row), 5.5 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm (bottom)
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