benitoite

English

Etymology

San Benito County, California, where it can be found, +‎ -ite.

Noun

benitoite (plural benitoites)

(mineralogy) A rare hard blue silicate mineral found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite.

Translations

mineral

Catalan: benitoïta f
Finnish: benitoiitti
Russian: бенитои́т (ru) m (benitoít)

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Benitoite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“benitoite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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