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benitoite

rare blue barium titanium cyclosilicate
Class type of: benitoite mineral group Q411137

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
benitoite mineral group
Crystal system
hexagonal crystal system[5]
Density
+3650.0[12]
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Bni[14]
IMA status and/or rank
grandfathered mineral (G)[6]
Mohs' hardness
+6[10]
Named after
San Benito County[3]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
9.CA.05[9]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
9.CA.05[8]
Streak color
white[4]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VIII/C.01[7]
Type locality (geology)
California State gem mine[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en benitoite ar بينيتويت cs benitoit es Benitoita es Benitoíta fa بنی توئیت fi benitoiitti fr benitoite fr benitoïte fr bénitoïte he בניטואיט ja ベニトアイト ja ベニト石 ko 베니토아이트 nl benitoiet nl benitoïet pt Benitoite pt benitoíte ru Бенитоит uk Бенітоїт
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Benitoite HD.jpg ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/benitoite
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
benitoite
Freebase ID
/m/03pbxw
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
benitoitt
KBpedia ID
Benitoite
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777340128
Mindat mineral ID
37k (624–37k, n=7)
Minerals.net mineral and gemstone ID
gemstone/benitoite_gemstone, mineral/benitoite
Topic's main category
Category:Benitoite
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Mineral", "Benitoite"]

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Crystal system 1
hexagonal crystal system
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Named after 1
San Benito County
Streak color 1
white
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Summary

benitoite is a mineral species[1]. benitoite is a type of benitoite mineral group[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Handbook of Mineralogy. wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Crystal system → hexagonal crystal system
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Streak color → white
    Named after → San Benito County
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Density: 3,650.0 kilogram per cubic metre, batch #269093"
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