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Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito Co, CA
Gem locality Source-confirmed findsPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: benitoite, neptunite, joaquinite, natrolite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: benitoite, neptunite, joaquinite in natrolite veins of the Franciscan blueschist
Type locality of benitoite (California state gem) and a documented fee-dig operation on mindat.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Remote mountain road, heat, digging
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