#Benitoite (/bəˈniːtoʊaɪt/) is a rare, blue, barium titanium cyclosilicate mineral, found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite. It forms in low-temperature, high-pressure environments typical of subduction

#Benitoite (/bəˈniːtoʊaɪt/) is a rare, blue, barium titanium cyclosilicate mineral, found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite. It forms in low-temperature, high-pressure environments typical of subduction

#Benitoite (/bəˈniːtoʊaɪt/) is a rare, blue, barium titanium cyclosilicate mineral, found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite. It forms in low-temperature, high-pressure environments typical of subduction

#Benitoite, #Neptunite, #Djurleite and #Joaquinite
Photo by Kiyoshi Kiikuni
By #GeologicalWondersToo / Karen Kemp
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A cool birthday gift from my husband! I collect minerals and have been after UV reactive ones lately. I had a cheap dual wave UV light that likes to die, so he got me a more powerful longwave UV flashlight. It really makes most of the rocks glow and as a bonus, seems to charge up my glow-in-the-dark stuff real fast!
#mineralcollection #uvlight #willemite #yooperlite #calcite #garnet #benitoite #rocks #glowinthedark