A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Joaquinite, natrolite and benitoite from San Benito County, California |
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| Description | This sample contains yellow-brown joaquinite with white natrolite and blue-green benitoite from San Benito, California, USA. Benitoite is a rare mineral having composition BaTiSi3O9. Joaquinite, also rare, has composition NaBa2FeCe2(Ti,Nb)2(SiO3)8O2(OH,F)·H2O. Natrolite is a zeolite with composition Na2Al2Si3O10-2H2O. These minerals are only found together in San Benito California, where they formed by alteration of a serpentinite. This specimen is about 7 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ San Benito. Joaquin Ridge, Diablo Range. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-03-28. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1228. |
| Key words | joaquinite, natrolite, benitoite, California |
| Tech details | 751 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 273 |
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