Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Benitoite (pronounced /bɛn.ˈi.toʊ.aɪt/) is a rare blue barium titanium silicate mineral found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite. Benitoite fluoresces under short wave ultraviolet light appearing bright blue to bluish white in color. The more rarely seen clear to white benitoite crystals fluoresce red under long-wave UV light.It was first described in 1907 by George D.
