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.

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Unknown owner

Purchase

The Arkenstone

Richardson, Texas, USA

Unknown previous owners

Earth

Origin

Benstonite With Fluorite and Sphalerite

SpeciesSize

Fluorite, SphaleriteSmall

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