BENITOITE & Neptunite
Benitoite is the official California mineral ! real nice and rare mineral that shows up on the matrix. The crystals of benitoite show the typical triangular shape, with a nice blue color, quite often they are associated with benitoite that has a dark red color. Here you can see a nice selection of the latest specimen we have cleaned and prepared for you to see. The san benito Gem mine is now closed ... no more specimens will be available for many years to come ... I have some specimens to clean, so there will be more to come in the next weeks !
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USA-C21 BENITOITE, NEPTUNITE and JOAQUINITE SAN BENITO GEM MINE, SAN BENITO CO., CA, USA - A great specimen with 3 of the minerals from this locality ! There are 2 well terminated benitoite crystals, with a great blue color. The benitoites are 1-1.2 cm on the edge while the neptunites are up to 1 cm. There also some joaquinite crystals. Overall size is 4.5x2.5x2 cm. € 250 |
 
  USA-C22 BENITOITE SAN BENITO GEM MINE, SAN BENITO CO., CA, USA - Nice small specimen hosting 2 terminated benitoites. Great crystals up to 0.9 on the edge though on a small matrix. Overall size is 1.2x1x1 cm. € 100 |
  USA-C23 reserved BENITOITE SAN BENITO GEM MINE, SAN BENITO CO., CA, USA - On a white crossite matrix there are 3 benitoites. The largest is 1 cm in size. The color is the typical blue. Overall size is 3x1.5x1 cm. € 100 |
  USA-C24 BENITOITE SAN BENITO GEM MINE, SAN BENITO CO., CA, USA - Terminated benitoite crystal of 0.7 cm on the edge shows on this rock. The color is typically blue. Overall size is 2.5x2x1.5 cm. € 65 |
 
 USA-C25 BENITOITE and NEPTUNITE SAN BENITO GEM MINE, SAN BENITO CO., CA, USA - This crossite matrix hosts 3 benitoite crystals and a neptunite. The benitoites are up to 0.9-1 cm in size while the neptunites are up to 0.5 cm. Nice specimen of 2.5x1.5x0.8 cm. € 100 |
 
 USA-C26 BENITOITE and NEPTUNITE SAN BENITO GEM MINE, SAN BENITO CO., CA, USA - There are 4 terminated benitoite crystals on this specimen ! Though 2 are quite small (3 mm or so) the other 2 are quite large. The largest of the 2 is 1 cm on the edge. All of them show a nice blue color. Overall size is 2.5x1.5x1.5 cm. € 130 |
 
  USA-C27 BENITOITE and NEPTUNITE SAN BENITO GEM MINE, SAN BENITO CO., CA, USA - Rich specimen ! There are more than 8 benitoite crystals here. Their size is up to 0.5-0.6 cm with a nice blue color, typical for the species. Overall size is 3x3x1.2 cm. € 130 |
 
 USA-C28 BENITOITE and NEPTUNITE SAN BENITO GEM MINE, SAN BENITO CO., CA, USA - This specimen has a quite large benitoite specimen that is partly included in the matrix. The crystal is complete and 1.3 cm across ! There is an other benitoite of 0.6 cm on the edge on the back of the rock together with some neptunites. Overall size is 2.2x1.7x1.1 cm. € 130 |
