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benitoite Min.|bɛˈniːtəʊaɪt| [f. San Benito County, California, where found: see -ite1.] A sapphire-blue crystallized barium titano-silicate.
1907G. D. Louderback in Bull. Dept. Geol. Univ. Calif. V. 149 It is a new mineral species, it has been called benitoite, as it occurs near the head waters of the San Benito River in San Benito County. 1912Brit. Museum Return 196 Benitoite crystals. 1965Phillips & Williams Inorg. Chem. I. xiv. 541 This ion occurs in benitoite BaTiSi3O9. |