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Benitoite : BaTi[Si3O9] | |
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Mina Numero Uno, San Benito Co., California, USA This specimen comes from the Mina Numero Uno Mine which is located about 8 km northwest of the Benitoite Mine. This location does not have much in the way of natrolite so most benitoite found there is exposed in thin veins. Only when the veins open up do you find crystals like this one. Most of the veins are very narrow resulting in benitoite ... |
| © 1995-2001 Trinity Mineral Co. | Photo ID: 1485 View Count: 642 |
Benitoite : BaTi[Si3O9], Albite : Na[AlSi3O8], Joaquinite-(Ce) : Ba2NaCe2FeTi2Si8O26(OH,F) · H2O | |
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Mina Numero Uno, San Benito Co., California, USA Unusual stacking of Benitoite crystals associated with Joaquinite and Albite. Individual Benitoite crystals are approximately 3mm across. Multi-focus photo was taken with Olympus SZ3060 and Sony F714 digital camera. |
| © Minresco | Photo ID: 60019 View Count: 431 |
Joaquinite-(Ce) : Ba2NaCe2FeTi2Si8O26(OH,F) · H2O, Albite : Na[AlSi3O8] | |
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Mina Numero Uno, San Benito Co., California, USA Joaquinite (Ce) crystals on Albite. Crystal cluster is approximately 2mm across. Multi-focus photo was taken with Olympus SZ3060 and Sony F714 digital camera. |
| © Minresco | Photo ID: 60020 View Count: 305 |
Neptunite : Na2KLi(Fe2+,Mn2+)2Ti2[Si8O24] | |
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Mina Numero Uno, San Benito Co., California, USA Width of field is 2.5 mm. Collection of Jesse Crawford. The depth of field has been enhanced using Helicon Focus (22 exposures). Equipment: Nikon D-100 digital camera on a homemade microscope |
| © 2008 Jesse Crawford | Photo ID: 175189 View Count: 128 |
Neptunite : Na2KLi(Fe2+,Mn2+)2Ti2[Si8O24], Benitoite : BaTi[Si3O9], Albite : Na[AlSi3O8] | |
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Mina Numero Uno, San Benito Co., California, USA Neptunite associated with light blue Benitoite crystals and minor Albite. These are free standing crystals not etched from Natrolite. Neptunite crystal is 1 mm in length. Photo is from a stack of 10 images taken with a DinoLite AM413T at ~150X. |
| © minresco | Photo ID: 232187 View Count: 59 |
Strontiojoaquinite : Sr2Ba2(Na,Fe)2Ti2Si8O24(O,OH)2·H2O, Albite : Na[AlSi3O8] | |
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Mina Numero Uno, San Benito Co., California, USA Strontiojoaquinite single crystal (~1mm) with several crystalized Albite crystals. Multi-focus photo was taken with Olympus SZ3060 and Sony F714 digital camera. |
| © Minresco | Photo ID: 60022 View Count: 229 |
Strontiojoaquinite : Sr2Ba2(Na,Fe)2Ti2Si8O24(O,OH)2·H2O, Albite : Na[AlSi3O8] | |
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Mina Numero Uno, San Benito Co., California, USA Strontiojoaquinite single crystal (0.5 mm) on Albite. Multi-focus photo was taken with Olympus SZ3060 and Sony F714 digital camera. |
| © Minresco | Photo ID: 60025 View Count: 212 |
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