Mindat Logo
Home Page Log In Message Board The Mindat Directory
Register Search Pages Mineral Chatroom The Mindat Store

Benitoite Group

This page is currently not sponsored. Click here to sponsor this page.
Big Photo

Benitoite
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
© 1995-2001 Trinity Mineral Co.

Show Benitoite Group Photos (240)



This page provides mineralogical data about Benitoite Group.

Classification of Benitoite Group

mindat.org URL:http://www.mindat.org/min-32300.html
Please feel free to link to this page.

Relationship of Benitoite Group to other Species

Group Members:
Bazirite
BaZr(Si
 
3
O
 
9
)
Benitoite
BaTi(Si
 
3
O
 
9
)
Pabstite
Ba(Sn,Ti)(Si
 
3
O
 
9
)
Wadeite
K
 
2
Zr(Si
 
3
O
 
9
)

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Benitoite Group

Reference List:

- +
Hawthorne, F.C. (1987) The crystal chemistry of the benitoite group minerals and structural relations in
(Si3O9) ring structures. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte (1987): 16-30.

Internet Links for Benitoite Group

Search Engines:
  • Look for Benitoite Group on Google
  • Look for Benitoite Group images on Google
    • Mineral Dealers:
  • Buy RARE Minerals from Rocks of Africa
  • Buy from David K Joyce minerals
  • By minerals from YourMineralCollection
  • Top quality minerals from Kristalle of California
  • DAKOTA MATRIX offers Cabinet and Rare Species from Worldwide Localities.
  • Wilensky Fine Minerals
  • Edwards Minerals - Fine Specimens
  • webminerals
  • The Arkenstone - Fine Minerals
  • Mineral Classics - Worldwide Collector Quality Minerals and Gems
  • High-end worldwide specimens & outstanding customer service
  • Fine Minerals from Weinrich Minerals, Inc.
    • Jobs:
  • Mining & Geology Jobs

    • Localities for Benitoite Group

    The map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.
    Hide Locality List
    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Australia
     
    • Western Australia
      • Derby-West Kimberley Shire
        • Kimberley
          • Noonkanbah sheep station
    		[Wadeite] Mineralogical Magazine 1939 25 : 373-387; Mineralogical Magazine 1984 48 : 263-266
      • Fitzroy Crossing
    		[Wadeite] The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia, 1986.
    [Wadeite] The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia, 1986.
      • West Kimberley Province
    		[Wadeite] The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia, 1986.
    [Wadeite] The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia, 1986.
    [Wadeite] The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia, 1986.
      • Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire
        • Kimberley
          • Lake Argyle area
    		[Wadeite] [MinRec 21:561]
    Brazil
     
    • Minas Gerais
      • Poços de Caldas plateau
        • Poços de Caldas
    		[Wadeite] Atencio et al. (1999) Can. Min. 37, 91-98.
    Canada
     
    • Québec
      • Montérégie
        • Rouville RCM
          • Mont Saint-Hilaire
    		[Wadeite] No reference listed
    Japan
     
    • Honshu Island
      • Chubu Region
        • Niigata Prefecture
          • Itoigawa City
    		[Benitoite] specimens in numerous japanese collections
    [Benitoite] specimens in numerous japanese collections
    [Benitoite] The Mineral Species of Japan (5th ed) Matsubara
    [Benitoite] Hiroaki Tano specimen
      • Kanto Region
        • Tokyo Prefecture
          • Nishi-Tama-gun
            • Okutama-cho
    		[Benitoite] Ohe Rikosha specimens, and collector labels.
    • Kyushu Region
      • Oita Prefecture
        • Saeki City
    		[Benitoite] Ohe Rikosha specimen
    Mexico
     
    • Baja California (Baja California Norte; BC Norte)
      • Tres Pozos
    		[Bazirite] American Mineralogist, Volume 69, pages 358-373, 1984
    Mongolia
     
    • Hovd Aimag (Khovd Aimag)
      • Altai Mts
    		[Bazirite] P.M. Kartashov data
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e)
        • Irkutskaya Oblast'
    		[Wadeite] Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
      • Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia)
        • Aldan Shield
          • Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence
    		[Wadeite] [Lapis 1993:4 p.13-20]
              • Ditmar stream
    		[Wadeite] Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
              • Sirenevyi Kamen' Deposit
    		[Wadeite] Konev, A.A., Vorob'yev, E.I., and Lazebnik, K.A. (1996) The Mineralogy of the Murun Massif. Russian Academy of Science Press, Siberian Branch, Novosbirsk, Russia (in Rus.)
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Khibiny Massif
    		[Wadeite] [World of Stones 95:5-6, p64]; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
    [Wadeite] P.M. Kartashov data
    [Wadeite] Pekov, I.V. & Podlesnyi, A.S. (2004): Kukisvumchorr Deposit: Mineralogy of Alkaline Pegmatites and Hydrotermalites. Mineralogical Almanac, vol. 7, 140 pages + xxiv photo's pages
            • Rasvumchorr Mt
    		[Wadeite] P.M. Kartashov data
    [Wadeite] Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 4, 2000; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
            • Yukspor Mt
    		[Wadeite] Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
          • Kovdor Massif
    		[Wadeite] [World of Stones 95:5-6, p64]
    [Wadeite] www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/lovo.htm
    South Africa
     
    • Northwest Province
      • Swartruggens
    		[Wadeite] Mineralogy and Petrology Volume 76 Issue 1-2 (2002) pp 1-19
    Spain
     
    • Murcia
      • Jumilla
        • La Celia
    		[Wadeite] E. Salvioli-mariani et al. , Eur. J. Mineral. , 1996, 8, pp. 1027-1039.
    Tajikistan
     
    • Region of Republican Subordination
      • Tien Shan Mts
        • Alai (Alayskiy) Range
    		[Bazirite] http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/dara.htm
    UK
     
    [Bazirite] Tindle, A.G. (2008) Minerals of Britian and Ireland
      • Outer Hebrides
        • Rockall Island
    		[Bazirite] Bazirite, Ba Zr Si3 O9, a new mineral from Rockall Island, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Mineral. Mag., G.B., 1978, 42, 35-40
    USA
     
    • Arkansas
      • Hot Spring Co.
        • Magnet Cove
    		[Benitoite] Barwood, H (1995), Benitoite and Joaquinite in Arkansas, Min.News: 11(5):2, 5.
    [Benitoite] EDS id Chris Stefano
    • California
      • Fresno Co.
        • Big Creek-Rush Creek District
          • Rush Creek deposit
            • Big Creek
    		[Bazirite] [MinRec 33:161]; Canadian Mineralogist (2001): 39:1053-1058.
    [Bazirite] Bob Walstrom, p.c.
            • Rush Creek
    		[Bazirite]
    [Bazirite] Marek Patus
      • Kern Co.
        • Lost Hills
    		[Benitoite] Reed, Ralph Daniel & J.P. Bailey (1927), Subsurface correlation by means of heavy minerals: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin: 11: 363; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 288; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California: 466, 484.
    [Benitoite] Reed, Ralph Daniel & J.P. Bailey (1927), Subsurface correlation by means of heavy minerals: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin: 11: 363; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 102.
      • Mariposa Co.
        • Incline
          • Trumbull Peak
    		[Benitoite] [MinRec 30:414]
      • San Benito Co.
        • Diablo Range
          • New Idria District
    		[Benitoite] www.benitoitemine.com
            • Picacho Peak
              • Clear Creek area
                • Hernandez
                  • Clear Creek
    		[Benitoite]
    [Benitoite] Pabst, Adolf (1978) Zur morphologie des taramellits. Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen: 25: 245-256; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 465-466, 467; American Mineralogist (1984): 69: 358-373; Joseph F. Cooper Jr., Gail E. Dunning, Ted A.Hadley (2003) Minerology of the Victor Claim, Clear Creek Area, New Idria District, San Benito County, California.
            • San Benito River headwaters area
              • Dallas Gem Mine area
    		[Benitoite] Louderback, George Davis & Walter C. Blasdale (1909), Benitoite, its mineralogy, paragenesis and mode of occurrence: University of California, Department of Geological Sciences Bulletin: 5: 331; Louderback, George Davis & Walter C. Blasdale (1907), Benitoite, a new California gem mineral, with chemical analysis by Walter C. Blasdale: University of California, Department of Geological Sciences Bulletin: 5: 149-153; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 102; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 372, 466; Wise, W.S & Gill, R.H. (1977): Minerals of the Benitoite Gem mine. Mineralogical Record 8, 442-452.
                • North of the Dallas Gem Mine
    		[Benitoite] Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 467.
      • Santa Cruz Co.
        • Santa Cruz
    		[Pabstite] Gross, Eugene Bischoff & John E.N. Wainwright (1964), Barium-tin-titanium silicate having the benitoite structure (abstract): Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Meeting Program, Seattle, March 1964: 36; Gross, E.B., Wainwright, J.E.N., and Evans, B.W. (1965) Pabstite, the tin analogue of benitoite. American Mineralogist: 50: 1164-1169; Gross, E.B., Chesterman, C.W., Dunning, G.E., and Cooper, J.F. (1967) Mineralogy of the Kalkar quarry, Santa Cruz, California. California Division Mines and Geol. Special Report 92: 3-10; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 467.
      • Tulare Co.
        • Exeter area
          • Chickencoop Canyon
    		[Bazirite] Mineralogical Record: 34(2): 159-166
    • Kansas
      • Woodson Co.
    		Mitchell, Roger H. and Chakhmouradian (1999):Sr-Bearing Perovskite and Loparite from Lamproite and Agpaitic Nepheline Syenite Pegmatites (Canadian Mineralogist 37:99-112).
    • Montana
      • Meagher Co.
    		[Benitoite] Chakhmouradian A.R. & Mitchell R.H. (2002) The mineralogy of Ba- and Zr-rich alkaline pegmatites from Gordon Butte, Crazy Mountains (Montana, USA): comparisons between potassic and sodic agpaitic pegmatites. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 143, 93-114. ; Chakhmouradian, A. R. & Mitchell, R. H. (2002): The mineralogy of Ba- and Zr-rich alkaline pegmatites from Gordon Butte, Crazy Mountains (Montana, USA): comparisons between potassic and sodic agpaitic pegmatites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 143, 93-114.
    • Wyoming
      • Sweetwater Co.
    		[Wadeite] Rocks & Minerals 76:390
    Mineral and/or Locality
    Search Google
     
    Copyright © Jolyon Ralph and Ida Chau 1993-2011. Site Map. Locality, mineral & photograph data are the copyright of the individuals who submitted them. Further information contact the Site hosted & developed by Jolyon Ralph. Mindat.org is an online information resource dedicated to providing free mineralogical information to all. Mindat relies on the contributions of hundreds of members and supporters. Mindat does not offer minerals for sale. If you would like to add information to improve the quality of our database, then click here to register.
    Current server date and time: 9th Sep 2011 06:52:01
    Mineral and Locality Search
    Mineral:
    and/or Locality:
    Options
    Fade toolbar when not in focusFix toolbar to bottom of page
    Hide Social Media Links
    Slideshow frame delay seconds