[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"minerals:one:626":3},{"id":4,"longid":5,"guid":6,"name":7,"shortcode_ima":8,"entrytype":9,"entrytype_text":10,"varietyof":11,"synid":11,"polytypeof":11,"groupid":11,"weighting":12,"nolocadd":13,"blacklisted":13,"mindat_formula":14,"mindat_formula_note":15,"ima_formula":14,"elements":16,"sigelements":22,"key_elements":23,"impurities":11,"cim":24,"ima_status":25,"ima_notes":11,"ima_history":11,"approval_year":11,"publication_year":27,"discovery_year":28,"strunz10ed1":29,"strunz10ed2":30,"strunz10ed3":31,"strunz10ed4":32,"dana8ed1":33,"dana8ed2":34,"dana8ed3":35,"dana8ed4":36,"csystem":37,"cclass":38,"spacegroup":39,"spacegroupset":40,"a":41,"b":40,"c":42,"alpha":40,"beta":40,"gamma":40,"aerror":11,"berror":11,"cerror":11,"alphaerror":11,"betaerror":11,"gammaerror":11,"va3":11,"z":43,"csmetamict":13,"commentcrystal":11,"twinning":11,"tranglide":11,"parting":11,"epitaxidescription":11,"morphology":44,"tlform":45,"hmin":43,"hmax":46,"hardtype":11,"vhnmin":40,"vhnmax":40,"vhnerror":11,"vhng":11,"vhns":11,"commenthard":11,"dmeas":47,"dmeas2":47,"dcalc":48,"dmeaserror":11,"dcalcerror":11,"commentdense":11,"lustre":49,"lustretype":49,"commentluster":11,"diapheny":50,"streak":51,"colour":52,"commentcolor":11,"colors":53,"streak_colors":57,"luminescence":58,"uv":59,"cleavage":60,"cleavagetype":61,"fracturetype":11,"tenacity":11,"commentbreak":11,"opticaltype":62,"opticalsign":63,"opticalalpha":40,"opticalalpha2":40,"opticalalphaerror":11,"opticalbeta":40,"opticalbeta2":40,"opticalbetaerror":11,"opticalgamma":40,"opticalgamma2":40,"opticalgammaerror":11,"opticalomega":64,"opticalomega2":40,"opticalomegaerror":11,"opticalepsilon":65,"opticalepsilon2":40,"opticalepsilonerror":11,"opticaln":40,"opticaln2":40,"opticalnerror":11,"optical2vcalc":40,"optical2vcalc2":40,"optical2vcalcerror":11,"optical2vmeasured":40,"optical2vmeasured2":40,"optical2vmeasurederror":11,"rimin":66,"rimax":67,"opticaldispersion":11,"opticalpleochroism":11,"opticalpleochorismdesc":11,"opticalbirefringence":11,"opticalcomments":11,"opticalcolour":11,"opticalinternal":11,"opticaltropic":11,"opticalanisotropism":11,"opticalbireflectance":11,"opticalextinction":11,"opticalr":11,"specdispm":11,"ir":11,"electrical":11,"magnetism":11,"thermalbehaviour":11,"other":68,"industrial":11,"occurrence":69,"otheroccurrence":70,"type_specimen_store":71,"description_short":72,"aboutname":73,"rock_parent":11,"rock_parent2":11,"rock_root":9,"rock_bgs_code":11,"meteoritical_code":11,"updttime":74,"reviewed_at":11,"variety_of":11,"varieties":75,"group_members":76,"associates":77,"confused_with":86,"type_localities":87,"occurrence_total":94,"citations":95,"images":136,"structures":218,"synonyms":225,"language_names":226,"wikidata_qid":277,"texts":278},626,"1:1:626:8","f6fd9cf4-ae2c-4bb0-a61c-9ed7fbf52a93","Benstonite","Ben",0,"mineral",null,592,false,"Ba\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Ca\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Mg(CO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>13\u003C\u002Fsub>","Ba may be replaced by minor Sr, and Ca by minor Mn.",[17,18,19,20,21],"Ba","Ca","Mg","O","C",[17,18,19,20,21],[17],"11.5.7",[26],"APPROVED",1961,"1961","5","A","B","55","14","2","3","1","Trigonal",10,80,"0","18.280","8.652",3,"Rhombohedral crystals to 1cm.","White cleavable masses, with cleavage faces to 1 cm across.",4,"3.956","3.695","Vitreous","Translucent","White","White to ivory, very pale yellow, pale yellowish brown",[54,55,56],"white","yellow","brown",[54],"Phosphorescent fluorescent","Red or yellow in SW-UV, LW-UV, or X-rays. \r\nRed phosphorescence.","Good on (31_42)","Distinct\u002FGood","Uniaxial","-","1.690","1.527",1.527,1.69,"Soluble in HCl.","Baryte deposit.","Barite deposits","Mineralogische Sammlungen, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, number S.21.3.5.1 (holotype).\r\nNational Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA numbers 120234 and 120236 (type).","Compare the chemically very similar alstonite and its dimorphs.","Named in honor of Orlando J. Benston (February 1901, Whalan, Minnesota, USA - 20 January 1966, Malvern, Arkansas, USA), an ore dressing metallurgist for the Baroid Division, National Lead Co., Malvern, Arkansas, USA, who supplied the first specimens.","2025-08-11 12:14:18",[],[],[78],{"id":79,"name":80,"entrytype":9,"csystem":81,"ima_formula":82,"mindat_formula":82,"hmin":46,"hmax":83,"dmeas":84,"dcalc":84,"primary_image_id":85},146,"Alstonite","Triclinic","BaCa(CO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>",4.5,"3.67",895,[],[88],{"id":89,"txt":90,"latitude":91,"longitude":92,"country":93},3409,"Baroid Sales Division pit, Baroid Mine (Chamberlain Creek Barite Mines), Chamberlain Creek Valley, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA",34.4730236,-92.8127767,"USA",19,[96,99,103,107,111,116,120,124,128,132],{"id":97,"year":27,"html":98,"doi":11},523639,"Fleischer, M. (1961) New mineral names. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  46 (11-12). 1513-1520 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM46\u002FAM46_1513.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":100,"year":27,"html":101,"doi":102},5717508,"Lippmann, Friedrich (1961) Benstonit, Ca7Ba6(CO3)13, ein neues Mineral. \u003Ci>Die Naturwissenschaften\u003C\u002Fi>, 48 (16). 550-551 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fbf00639159'>doi:10.1007\u002Fbf00639159\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fbf00639159",{"id":104,"year":105,"html":106,"doi":11},523704,1962,"Lippmann, Friedrich (1962) Benstonite, Ca7Ba6(CO3)13, a new mineral from the barite deposit in Hot Spring County, Arkansas. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  47 (5-6) 585-598 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM47\u002FAM47_585.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":108,"year":109,"html":110,"doi":11},523873,1963,"Fleischer, Michael (1963) New Mineral Names. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  48 (3-4) 433-436 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM48\u002FAM48_433.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":112,"year":113,"html":114,"doi":115},6046,1967,"IMA (1967) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society\u003C\u002Fi>,  36 (277) 131-136 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fminmag.1967.036.277.20'>doi:10.1180\u002Fminmag.1967.036.277.20\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002FMinMag\u002FVolume_36\u002F36-277-131.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fminmag.1967.036.277.20",{"id":117,"year":118,"html":119,"doi":11},16102075,1969,"Welin, E. (1969) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden. \u003Ci>Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi\u003C\u002Fi>,  4 (6, nr 30). 499-541",{"id":121,"year":122,"html":123,"doi":11},12906479,1970,"Jarosewich, Eugene, White, John Sampson (1970) Second Occurrence of Benstonite. \u003Ci>The Mineralogical Record\u003C\u002Fi>, 1 (4) 140-141",{"id":125,"year":126,"html":127,"doi":11},16102786,1979,"Effenberger, H. (1979) Kristallstruktur und chemische Formel des Benstonits, Ba6Ca6Mg(CO3)13. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen: 136: 326-337.",{"id":129,"year":130,"html":131,"doi":11},16053023,2004,"Konev A A, Kartashev P M, Koneva A A, Ushchapovskaya Z F, Nartova N V (2004): Mg-deficient strontium benstonite from the ore occurrence Biraya (Siberia). Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 133 (6), 65-73.",{"id":133,"year":134,"html":135,"doi":11},16963187,2005,"(2005) Benstonite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fbenstonite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",[137,147,157,166,174,181,189,198,205,212],{"id":138,"source_url":139,"license_code":140,"credit_html":141,"title":142,"description":143,"author":144,"original_width":145,"original_height":146},35454,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118187808","CC BY-SA 2.0","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118187808\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Benstonite (48522617762).jpg","\u003Cp>Chamberlain Creek Barite Deposit - Hot Spring County\n\u003C\u002Fp>\nArkansas, USA","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada",6000,4000,{"id":148,"source_url":149,"license_code":150,"credit_html":151,"title":152,"description":153,"author":154,"original_width":155,"original_height":156},35455,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146664710","CC BY-SA 3.0","HolDu, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146664710\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Benstonit (OM1-441A).JPG","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBenstonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Benstonite\">Benstonite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Murun Massif, Eastern Siberia, Russia\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","HolDu",5126,3724,{"id":158,"source_url":159,"license_code":150,"credit_html":160,"title":161,"description":162,"author":163,"original_width":164,"original_height":165},3057,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10126199","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10126199\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Benstonite-Calcite-37920.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBenstonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Benstonite\">Benstonite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Calcite\">Calcite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mahoning No. 1 Mine (Minerva No. 1 Mine), Ozark-Mahoning Group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FIllinois\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Illinois\">Illinois\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3754.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>These sharp pagoda-like towers of benstonite come to a finer point than you commonly see for the occurrence, and thus the piece is very dramatic. Small peripheral damage, but none to the 2 largest spikes. Superb miniature, very showy! 4.8 x 3.8 x 3. cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",707,800,{"id":167,"source_url":168,"license_code":150,"credit_html":169,"title":170,"description":171,"author":163,"original_width":172,"original_height":173},35446,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10126197","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10126197\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Benstonite-Calcite-Fluorite-37919.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBenstonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Benstonite\">Benstonite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Calcite\">Calcite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFluorite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fluorite\">Fluorite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mahoning No. 1 Mine (Minerva No. 1 Mine), Ozark-Mahoning Group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FIllinois\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Illinois\">Illinois\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3754.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A very attractive, balanced, display-quality specimen that features two pagoda-like towers of benstonite sticking up from the matrix of benstonite-covered calcite and fluorite. NICE! 6.4 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",543,782,{"id":175,"source_url":176,"license_code":150,"credit_html":177,"title":178,"description":179,"author":163,"original_width":180,"original_height":165},3058,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10126200","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10126200\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Benstonite-Sphalerite-37921.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBenstonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Benstonite\">Benstonite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSphalerite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sphalerite\">Sphalerite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mahoning No. 1 Mine (Minerva No. 1 Mine), Ozark-Mahoning Group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FIllinois\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Illinois\">Illinois\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3754.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Benstonite was one of the more rare species found in the Illinois fluorspar district. Specimens were exceptionally uncommon, and tended to go back aways, even before the mines closed in the late 1990s. This piece features a doubly-terminated benstonite cluster of 5 cm (just over two inches) perched smartly and well exposed on contrasting sphalerite matrix. A very aesthetic specimen, which is rare indeed for this material! It displays superbly and should be considered a competition level specimen. 7.8 x 4.9 x 4 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",515,{"id":182,"source_url":183,"license_code":150,"credit_html":184,"title":185,"description":186,"author":163,"original_width":187,"original_height":188},3059,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146529","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146529\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Benstonite-Calcite-Fluorite-154901.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBenstonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Benstonite\">Benstonite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Calcite\">Calcite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFluorite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fluorite\">Fluorite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mahoning No. 1 Mine (Minerva No. 1 Mine), Ozark-Mahoning Group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FIllinois\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Illinois\">Illinois\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3754.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 15.4 x 12.2 x 11.9 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is an OLD, unusual, very large specimen from Hardin County that is very uncommon to see on the market. What you have is these large, very spiky calcite scalenohedra (some of them do have tip cleaves), with a coating of whitish benstonite. The calcites have grown on a layer of teal-colored fluorite. Two layers of this fluorite sandwich a layer of brownish-yellow calcite. An old-timer! Ex. collection of Gary Hansen, noted Mid-west dealer until 1980s.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",600,466,{"id":190,"source_url":191,"license_code":150,"credit_html":192,"title":193,"description":194,"author":195,"original_width":196,"original_height":197},3060,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=20548613","Chris857, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=20548613\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Benstonite on Calcite - Hardin County.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBenstonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Benstonite\">Benstonite\u003C\u002Fa> on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002Fcalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:calcite\">calcite\u003C\u002Fa> from \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHardin_County\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Hardin County\">Hardin County\u003C\u002Fa> (State unknown). Held in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FA._E._Seaman_Mineral_Museum\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum\">A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum\u003C\u002Fa>.","Chris857",3968,2976,{"id":199,"source_url":200,"license_code":150,"credit_html":201,"title":202,"description":203,"author":163,"original_width":165,"original_height":204},35447,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10126201","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10126201\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Benstonite-Sphalerite-Fluorite-37922.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBenstonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Benstonite\">Benstonite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSphalerite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sphalerite\">Sphalerite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFluorite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fluorite\">Fluorite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mahoning No. 1 Mine (Minerva No. 1 Mine), Ozark-Mahoning Group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FIllinois\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Illinois\">Illinois\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3754.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A large and showy specimen covered all around with pagoda-like towers of benstonite! This piece is amazingly, nearly pristine. It is one of the largest benstonite specimens I have ever seen for sale, and is certainly the richest in terms of coverage. The pedigree is an added bonus. 7.5 x 6.5 x 6 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",746,{"id":206,"source_url":207,"license_code":150,"credit_html":208,"title":209,"description":210,"author":163,"original_width":187,"original_height":211},35448,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10153472","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10153472\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Benstonite-Fluorite-Sphalerite-181549.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBenstonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Benstonite\">Benstonite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFluorite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fluorite\">Fluorite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSphalerite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sphalerite\">Sphalerite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mahoning No. 1 Mine (Minerva No. 1 Mine), Ozark-Mahoning Group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FIllinois\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Illinois\">Illinois\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3754.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.3 x 4 x 3.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is a very rare and complex carbonate species that was found only sporadically, in small pockets, in the older days of this mine. This is a niece specimen showing the paragenesis of the mineral, on altering fluorite matrix. Ex. Martin Zinn Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",439,{"id":213,"source_url":214,"license_code":150,"credit_html":215,"title":216,"description":217,"author":163,"original_width":187,"original_height":211},35449,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453444","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453444\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Benstonite-Fluorite-Sphalerite-mrz273a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBenstonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Benstonite\">Benstonite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFluorite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fluorite\">Fluorite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSphalerite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sphalerite\">Sphalerite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Minerva #1 Mine, Cave in Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 6.3 x 4 x 3.5 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Benstonite with Fluorite and Sphalerite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Named after Orlando J. Benston, an ore dressing metallurgist with the University of Illinois, this is a very rare and COMPLEX carbonate species that was found only sporadically, i nsmall pockets, in the odler days of this mine. This is a niec specimen showing the paragenesis of the mineral, on altering fluorite matrix.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",[219],{"id":220,"url":221,"label":222,"formula":223,"spacegroup":224,"year":126},1392,"\u002Fcif\u002F1392.cif","Effenberger 1979","Ba6 Ca6 Mg O39 C13","R -3",[],[227,232,236,240,244,247,251,254,258,261,265,269,273],{"lang":228,"names":229},"ar",[230,231],"بينسونايت","بينسونيت",{"lang":233,"names":234},"ca",[235],"benstonita",{"lang":237,"names":238},"de",[239],"Benstonit",{"lang":241,"names":242},"es",[243],"Benstonita",{"lang":245,"names":246},"eu",[243],{"lang":248,"names":249},"fr",[250],"benstonite",{"lang":252,"names":253},"it",[250],{"lang":255,"names":256},"mk",[257],"Бенстонит",{"lang":259,"names":260},"mn",[257],{"lang":262,"names":263},"nl",[264],"benstoniet",{"lang":266,"names":267},"sl",[268],"benstonit",{"lang":270,"names":271},"uk",[272],"Бенстоніт",{"lang":274,"names":275},"zh",[276],"菱碱土矿","Q424786",{"history":11,"applications":11}]