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benitoite

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be⋅ni⋅to⋅ite

[buh-nee-toh-ahyt]
–noun
a rare mineral, barium titanium silicate, BaTiSi3O9, occurring in blue hexagonal crystals exhibiting dichroism.

Origin:
1905–10; named after San Benito County, California; see -ite 1
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