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Benitoite on serpentinite

San Benito Co., California, USA.

Benitoite on serpentinite
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Article code:  VIII.E.0110.001
The benitoite crystal are not intact, but this stays a stunning specimen for a UV mineral collection; when short wave UV- light strikes the specimen, the benitoite emits very bright blue to bluish white light.
We think it’s one of the most stunning fluorescent minerals under short-wave UV-light.
Measures approximately 130x70x35 mm and weighs approximately 0,360 kilogramme.
Benitoite from San Benito Co., California, USA. Benitoite is a rare blue barium titanium silicate mineral, found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite.
Benitoite fluoresces under short wave ultraviolet light, appearing bright blue to bluish white in color.

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