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| Type Locality: | Dallas Gem Mine (Benitoite Mine; Benitoite Gem Mine; Gem Mine), Dallas Gem Mine area, San Benito River headwaters area, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA is the type locality for Bario-orthojoaquinite |
| Comments: | Occurs in natrolite-filled veins cutting blueschist. Veins occur below the benitoite-neptunite joaquinite. Crystals to 8 mm long. |
| Habit: | Steep bipyramidal, truncated by the basal pinacoid. |
| Colour: | Unknown |
| Quality of samples: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Rarity at site: | Rare |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| References: | American Mineralogist (1982): 67: 809-816; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 470. |
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| Associates: | Natrolite
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Bario-orthojoaquinite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Dallas Gem Mine (Benitoite Mine; Benitoite Gem Mine; Gem Mine), Dallas Gem Mine area, San Benito River headwaters area, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA |
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