English Explanatory Dictionary

benitoite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare hard blue silicate mineral found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite.

Word forms

benitoite benitoites

Etymology

San Benito County, California, where it can be found, + -ite.

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