benitoite

English

Etymology

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

Noun

benitoite (plural benitoites)

1. (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^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.