Benitoite crystals to 1.5 cm on white
natrolite
matrix
Great piece with well placed
neptunite
to 1.5 cm, terminated sitting next to a large nice blue benitoite crystal to 8
mm
Few dozen benitoite crystals to 1.2 cm and
neptunite
to 1cm
About a dozen
joaquinite crystals to 1 mm strung about white
natrolite
matrix with two very nice, blue benitioite crystals to 1.5 cm. There are also
three
neptunite crystals to 3 mm
Benitoite with
neptunite
This specimen of
natrolite
and crossite
hosts several crystals of blue colored benitoite to 0.6 cm across. There are
two crystals at the top of the specimen that are intergrown with the largest
being a triply terminated crystal. There are also small crystals of
neptunite on this specimen.
This specimen has a sharp and lustrous crystal of
neptunite with 1.6 cm nearly triply terminated crystal of benitoite set
beside it.
Origin: Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito Co., California, United States
Sample size: 2.5 x 2 x 1cm (top), 5 x 4 x 2 cm (2nd row), 5.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm (3rd
row), 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm (4th row), 9.5 x 6.5 x 2 cm (5th row), 5 x 3.5 x 1 cm
(6th row), 8 x 5 x 1.5 cm (7th row), 8.5 x 5.5 x 3.1 cm (8th/9th/10th row),
3.5 x 2.5 x 1.4 cm (11th row), 2.9 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm (12th row), 3 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm
(bottom)
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