Clear Creek (San Benito River)
Encyclopedia
Clear Creek is a 9.9 miles (15.9 km) tributary of the San Benito River
in California
, in the United States. The creek is the site of a BLM
natural recreation area that is currently closed due to an asbestos
hazard. The headwaters area of the creek is the only known location of gem quality benitoite
, the designated California State Gem.
San Benito River
The San Benito River is a river on the Central Coast of California. From its headwaters near San Benito Mountain in the Diablo Range, it flows northwest between the Diablo Range and the Gabilan Range, traveling for about before its confluence with the Pajaro River, about upstream from the river's...
in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, in the United States. The creek is the site of a BLM
BLM
BLM may stand for: Saint Barthélemy using ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code*Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren, a railway in Switzerland, part funicular, part adhesion*Bilayer lipid membrane*Black Mage, a job in Final Fantasy XI...
natural recreation area that is currently closed due to an asbestos
Asbestos
Asbestos is a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals used commercially for their desirable physical properties. They all have in common their eponymous, asbestiform habit: long, thin fibrous crystals...
hazard. The headwaters area of the creek is the only known location of gem quality benitoite
Benitoite
Benitoite is a rare blue barium titanium silicate mineral, found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite. Benitoite fluoresces under short wave ultraviolet light, appearing bright blue to bluish white in color. The more rarely seen clear to white benitoite crystals fluoresce red under long-wave UV...
, the designated California State Gem.