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Bouazzerite Image

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Bouazzerite: Bi6(Mg,Co)11Fe14[AsO4]18O12(OH)4(H2O)86

Comments: SEM image of prismatic bouazzerite crystals associated with botryoidal powellite and minute cubic crystals of alumopharmacosiderite.
Location: From the "Filon 7" (French for Vein 7) through "Puits 1" (shaft 1), Bou Azzer mine, Anti-Atlas, Morocco.. Scale: See Image.
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Bouazzerite: Bi6(Mg,Co)11Fe14[AsO4]18O12(OH)4(H2O)86

Comments: SEM image of prismatic bouazzerite crystals associated with botryoidal powellite and minute cubic crystals of alumopharmacosiderite.
Location: From the "Filon 7" (French for Vein 7) through "Puits 1" (shaft 1), Bou Azzer mine, Anti-Atlas, Morocco.. Scale: See Image.
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Calderonite Image

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Calderonite: Pb2Fe+++(VO4)2(OH)

Comments: Secondary electron image showing a cluster of prismatic calderonite crystals. (AmMin, 88:1704).
Location: Santa Marta, Badajoz province, Spain. Scale: See Image.
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Calderonite Image

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Calderonite: Pb2Fe+++(VO4)2(OH)

Comments: Secondary electron image showing a cluster of prismatic calderonite crystals. (AmMin, 88:1704).
Location: Santa Marta, Badajoz province, Spain. Scale: See Image.
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Carlinite Image

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Carlinite: Tl2S

Comments: B&W image of carlinite fragments (opaque grains), with some quartz (transparent gralns. (AmMin, v60:559).
Location: Carbonaceous limestones exposed in the east pit of ihe Carlin mine, Nevada, USA. Scale: See Image.
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Carlinite Image

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Carlinite: Tl2S

Comments: B&W image of carlinite fragments (opaque grains), with some quartz (transparent gralns. (AmMin, v60:559).
Location: Carbonaceous limestones exposed in the east pit of ihe Carlin mine, Nevada, USA. Scale: See Image.
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Carlosruizite Image

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Carlosruizite: K6(Na,K)4Na6Mg10(Se++++++O4)12(IO3)12·12(H2O)

Comments: Trigonal crystal of carlosruizite. (AmMin, v79:1003).
Location: Platy crystals in samples of iquiqueite obtained by leaching caliche amarillo (yellow nitrate ore) from samples in the Iquique office of the former Servicio de Minas del Estado of Chile. Scale: Scale Bar 10 µm.
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Carlosruizite: K6(Na,K)4Na6Mg10(Se++++++O4)12(IO3)12·12(H2O)

Comments: Trigonal crystal of carlosruizite. (AmMin, v79:1003).
Location: Platy crystals in samples of iquiqueite obtained by leaching caliche amarillo (yellow nitrate ore) from samples in the Iquique office of the former Servicio de Minas del Estado of Chile. Scale: Scale Bar 10 µm.
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Carmichaelite Image

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Carmichaelite: (Ti,Cr,Fe)[O2-x(OH)x],x~0.5

Comments: Backscattered electron (BSE) image of a grain of carmichaelite included in pyrope in GRPy-40. (AmMin 85:794).
Location: Garnet Ridge, an ultramafic diatreme on the Colorado Plateau in Arizona.. Scale: See Image.
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Carmichaelite: (Ti,Cr,Fe)[O2-x(OH)x],x~0.5

Comments: Backscattered electron (BSE) image of a grain of carmichaelite included in pyrope in GRPy-40. (AmMin 85:794).
Location: Garnet Ridge, an ultramafic diatreme on the Colorado Plateau in Arizona.. Scale: See Image.
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Carraraite Image

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Carraraite: Ca3Ge(OH)6(SO4)(CO3 )·12H2 O

Comments: Scanning electron microscope image of tabular, hexagonal carraraite crystals. (AmMin 86:1294).
Location: Marble quarries of the Carrara basin (Apuan Alps, Italy). Scale: See Image.
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Carraraite: Ca3Ge(OH)6(SO4)(CO3 )·12H2 O

Comments: Scanning electron microscope image of tabular, hexagonal carraraite crystals. (AmMin 86:1294).
Location: Marble quarries of the Carrara basin (Apuan Alps, Italy). Scale: See Image.
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Caswellsilverite Image

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Caswellsilverite: NaCrS2

Comments: B&W PPL image showing anhedral grain of caswellsilverite (Cw) associated with daubrdelite (Db), ferromagnesian alabandite (Ab) and kamacite (Km), containing perryite (Pr), as well as enstatite (En).
Location: Norton County enstatite achondrite meteorite. (AmMin, v67:132). Scale: Scale Bar 0.1 mm.
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Caswellsilverite Image

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Caswellsilverite: NaCrS2

Comments: B&W PPL image showing anhedral grain of caswellsilverite (Cw) associated with daubrdelite (Db), ferromagnesian alabandite (Ab) and kamacite (Km), containing perryite (Pr), as well as enstatite (En).
Location: Norton County enstatite achondrite meteorite. (AmMin, v67:132). Scale: Scale Bar 0.1 mm.
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Changbaiite Image

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Changbaiite: PbNb2O6

Comments: BSE image of a zircon grain with inclusions of bastnasite? (bs), columbite (cb), cerofluorite (ce), chanbaiite (ch), cryolite (cry), thorite (th), xenotime (xe) and niobium-rich iron oxides (Nb-Fea).
Location: Rhyolite laccoliths from the Sierra Blanca Peaks, Trans-Peco region, Texas. (AmMin, v 74:865). Scale: See Image.
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Changbaiite Image

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Changbaiite: PbNb2O6

Comments: BSE image of a zircon grain with inclusions of bastnasite? (bs), columbite (cb), cerofluorite (ce), chanbaiite (ch), cryolite (cry), thorite (th), xenotime (xe) and niobium-rich iron oxides (Nb-Fea).
Location: Rhyolite laccoliths from the Sierra Blanca Peaks, Trans-Peco region, Texas. (AmMin, v 74:865). Scale: See Image.
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Chivruaiite Image

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Chivruaiite: Ca4(Ti,Nb)5[(Si6O17)2[(OH,O)5]·13-14H2O

Comments: SEM image of radiating aggregate of chivruaiite from a microcline vein in eudialyte-bearing lujavrite. (AmMin, v91, p923).
Location: Chivruai River valley, the Lovozero massif, Khibiny massif, Kola peninsula, Russia. Scale: See Image.
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Chivruaiite: Ca4(Ti,Nb)5[(Si6O17)2[(OH,O)5]·13-14H2O

Comments: SEM image of radiating aggregate of chivruaiite from a microcline vein in eudialyte-bearing lujavrite. (AmMin, v91, p923).
Location: Chivruai River valley, the Lovozero massif, Khibiny massif, Kola peninsula, Russia. Scale: See Image.
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Chladniite Image

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Chladniite: Na2Ca(Mg,Fe++)7(PO4)6

Comments: B&W reflected light image of chladniite (Ch). Silicates are olivine (Ol), pyroxene (Px), and plagioclase (Pl). Chlorapatite (Ca). Schreibersite (Sc) and Fe,Ni metal (M) encloses the entire assemblage.
Location: Carlton (IIICD) iron meteorite. (AmMin, v79:375). Scale: Scale Bar 200 µm.
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Chladniite: Na2Ca(Mg,Fe++)7(PO4)6

Comments: B&W reflected light image of chladniite (Ch). Silicates are olivine (Ol), pyroxene (Px), and plagioclase (Pl). Chlorapatite (Ca). Schreibersite (Sc) and Fe,Ni metal (M) encloses the entire assemblage.
Location: Carlton (IIICD) iron meteorite. (AmMin, v79:375). Scale: Scale Bar 200 µm.
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