Benitoite

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What Wikipedia says

Benitoite () is a rare, blue, barium titanium cyclosilicate mineral, found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite. It forms in low-temperature, high-pressure environments typical of subduction zones at convergent plate boundaries.

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