page_title: Neptunite
hierarchical_section_title: Neptunite
caption_attribution_description: English: Neptunite Locality&#160;: Dallas Gem Mine (Benitoite Mine; Benitoite Gem Mine; Gem Mine), Dallas Gem Mine area, San Benito River headwaters area, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA Size&#160;: (Crystal size 2.5&#160;cm) Français&#160;: Cristal de Neptunite Localité&#160;: Dallas Gem Mine, dans le Comté de San Benito, en Californie (États-Unis) Taille du cristal&#160;: 2,5&#160;cm.
context_page_description: Neptunite is a silicate mineral with the formula KNa₂Li(Fe²⁺, Mn²⁺)₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄. With increasing manganese it forms a series with mangan-neptunite. Watatsumiite is the variety with vanadium replacing the titanium in the formula.
  It was first described in 1893 for an occurrence in the Narssârssuk pegmatite of West Greenland. It is also found within natrolite veins in glaucophane schist within serpentinite in San Benito County, California, US. It also occurs in Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec and in the Kola Peninsula of Russia.
  The mineral is named for Neptune, Roman god of the sea because of its association with aegirine from Àgir, the Scandinavian sea-god.
  The Gemological Institute of America identified an 11.78-carat faceted specimen as neptunite based on Raman spectroscopy.
context_section_description: Neptunite is a silicate mineral with the formula KNa₂Li(Fe²⁺, Mn²⁺)₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄. With increasing manganese it forms a series with mangan-neptunite. Watatsumiite is the variety with vanadium replacing the titanium in the formula.
  It was first described in 1893 for an occurrence in the Narssârssuk pegmatite of West Greenland. It is also found within natrolite veins in glaucophane schist within serpentinite in San Benito County, California, US. It also occurs in Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec and in the Kola Peninsula of Russia.
  The mineral is named for Neptune, Roman god of the sea because of its association with aegirine from Àgir, the Scandinavian sea-god.
  The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) identified an 11.78-carat faceted specimen as neptunite based on Raman spectroscopy.
caption: Neptunite crystal from the New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito County, California (Crystal size 2.5 cm)
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