benitoiten.
/bɛˈniːtəʊʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A sapphire-blue crystallized barium titano-silicate.
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1907 G. 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.
1912 Brit. Museum Return 196 Benitoite crystals.
1965 C. S. G. Phillips & R. J. P. Williams Inorg. Chem. I. xiv. 541 This ion occurs in benitoite BaTiSi3O9.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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