benitoite
English
editEtymology
editSan Benito County, California, where it can be found, + -ite.
Noun
editbenitoite (plural benitoites)
- (mineralogy) A rare hard blue silicate mineral found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite.
Translations
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Further reading
edit- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Benitoite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “benitoite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.