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Nielsenite Image

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Nielsenite: PdCu3

Comments: BSE images of nielsenite (nls), skaergaardite (sk), chalcocite + bornite (cc + bn), bornite (bn) and chalcocite (cc) in non-magnetic ore concentrates..
Location: Skaergaard Intrusion, Greenland.. Scale: See Images.
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Nielsenite Image

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Nielsenite: PdCu3

Comments: BSE images of nielsenite (nls), skaergaardite (sk), chalcocite + bornite (cc + bn), bornite (bn) and chalcocite (cc) in non-magnetic ore concentrates..
Location: Skaergaard Intrusion, Greenland.. Scale: See Images.
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Nioboaeschynite-(Y) Image

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Nioboaeschynite-(Y): [(Y,REE),Ca,Th,Fe](Nb,Ti,Ta)2(O,OH)6

Comments: BSE image of a nioboaeschynite-(Y) grain. (CanMin, v46:395).
Location: Bear Lake Diggings, Bancroft area, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Image.
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Nioboaeschynite-(Y) Image

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Nioboaeschynite-(Y): [(Y,REE),Ca,Th,Fe](Nb,Ti,Ta)2(O,OH)6

Comments: BSE image of a nioboaeschynite-(Y) grain. (CanMin, v46:395).
Location: Bear Lake Diggings, Bancroft area, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Image.
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Niobokupletskite Image

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Niobokupletskite: K2Na(Mn,Zn,Fe)7(Nb,Zr,Ti)2Si8O26(OH)4(O,F)  
Kupletskite: K2Na(Mn,Fe++)7(Ti,Nb)2Si8O26(OH)4F

Comments: Back-scattered electron image of Niobokupletskite (Nkpt) rimming kupletskite (Kpt). The zoning in the kupletskite is from Nb-poor to Nb-rich in the direction of the arrow (dark to medium gray). (CanMin v 38, p 628).
Location: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: Scale bar 100 µ-m.
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Niobokupletskite Image

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Niobokupletskite: K2Na(Mn,Zn,Fe)7(Nb,Zr,Ti)2Si8O26(OH)4(O,F)  
Kupletskite: K2Na(Mn,Fe++)7(Ti,Nb)2Si8O26(OH)4F

Comments: Back-scattered electron image of Niobokupletskite (Nkpt) rimming kupletskite (Kpt). The zoning in the kupletskite is from Nb-poor to Nb-rich in the direction of the arrow (dark to medium gray). (CanMin v 38, p 628).
Location: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: Scale bar 100 µ-m.
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Nullaginite Image

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Nullaginite: Ni2(CO3)(OH)2

Comments: BSE image of a nullaginite nodule in a polished section. (CanMin, v19:315).
Location: Otwav deposit, Nullagine district, Western Australia.. Scale: See Image.
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Nullaginite Image

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Nullaginite: Ni2(CO3)(OH)2

Comments: BSE image of a nullaginite nodule in a polished section. (CanMin, v19:315).
Location: Otwav deposit, Nullagine district, Western Australia.. Scale: See Image.
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Numanoite Image

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Numanoite: Ca4CuB4O6(OH)6(CO3)2  
Borcarite: Ca4MgB4O6(OH)6(CO3)2

Comments: Zoned borcarite (Bc) crystal with a core of green numanoite (Nm). CanMin 45:307.
Location: Fuka mine, 40 km west-northwest of Okayama City, western Japan. Scale: See Image.
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Numanoite Image

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Numanoite: Ca4CuB4O6(OH)6(CO3)2  
Borcarite: Ca4MgB4O6(OH)6(CO3)2

Comments: Zoned borcarite (Bc) crystal with a core of green numanoite (Nm). CanMin 45:307.
Location: Fuka mine, 40 km west-northwest of Okayama City, western Japan. Scale: See Image.
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Oosterboschite Image

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Oosterboschite: (Pd,Cu)7Se3

Comments: Polished section showing oosterboschite (metallic yellow) and its alteration product (light brown) as intergranular veinlets surrounding mineralized malachite and quartz (dark grey), and several grains of goethite (light grey).
Location: Copper Hills in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia. (CanMin, v 40:419). Scale: Picture Size 0.56 mm.
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Oosterboschite Image

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Oosterboschite: (Pd,Cu)7Se3

Comments: Polished section showing oosterboschite (metallic yellow) and its alteration product (light brown) as intergranular veinlets surrounding mineralized malachite and quartz (dark grey), and several grains of goethite (light grey).
Location: Copper Hills in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia. (CanMin, v 40:419). Scale: Picture Size 0.56 mm.
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Osmium Image

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Osmium: (Os,Ir)  
Cooperite: (Pt,Pd,Ni)S  
Vasilite: (Pd,Cu)16(S,Te)7  
Vysotskite: (Pd,Ni)S

Comments: BSE image taken with a SEM of the sulfide-dominant microparagenesis filling a gas vacuole. Cooperite crystal surrounded by Pd-Cu-Pt-S phase (vasilite?), vysotskite and osmium laths (white) in chalcopyrite-bornite matrix (dark). (CanMin 38:1258).
Location: Pustaya River placer deposit, situated within the Koryak-Kamchatka platinum-bearing belt of Alaskan-type intrusions in eastern Russia. Scale: See Image.
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Osmium Image

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Osmium: (Os,Ir)  
Cooperite: (Pt,Pd,Ni)S  
Vasilite: (Pd,Cu)16(S,Te)7  
Vysotskite: (Pd,Ni)S

Comments: BSE image taken with a SEM of the sulfide-dominant microparagenesis filling a gas vacuole. Cooperite crystal surrounded by Pd-Cu-Pt-S phase (vasilite?), vysotskite and osmium laths (white) in chalcopyrite-bornite matrix (dark). (CanMin 38:1258).
Location: Pustaya River placer deposit, situated within the Koryak-Kamchatka platinum-bearing belt of Alaskan-type intrusions in eastern Russia. Scale: See Image.
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Oxykinoshitalite Image

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Oxykinoshitalite: (Ba,K)(Mg,Fe++,Ti)3(Si,Al)4O10O2

Comments: Back-scattered-electron image of oxykinoshitalite, showing the prominent (001) cleavage, (CanMin, v43:1501).
Location: Fernando de Noronha Island, Pernambuco, Brazi. Scale: See Image.
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Oxykinoshitalite Image

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Oxykinoshitalite: (Ba,K)(Mg,Fe++,Ti)3(Si,Al)4O10O2

Comments: Back-scattered-electron image of oxykinoshitalite, showing the prominent (001) cleavage, (CanMin, v43:1501).
Location: Fernando de Noronha Island, Pernambuco, Brazi. Scale: See Image.
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Paarite Image

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Paarite: Cu1.7Pb1.7Bi6.3S12  
Krupkaite: PbCuBi3S6

Comments: A mosaic of large grains of a low-Cu bismuthinite derivative, decomposed into an intergrowth of paarite (bd42) and krupkaite (bd49).
Location: In quartz veins of the Felbertal scheelite deposit, Salzburg Province, Austria. (CanMin v43:909). Scale: See Image.
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Paarite Image

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Paarite: Cu1.7Pb1.7Bi6.3S12  
Krupkaite: PbCuBi3S6

Comments: A mosaic of large grains of a low-Cu bismuthinite derivative, decomposed into an intergrowth of paarite (bd42) and krupkaite (bd49).
Location: In quartz veins of the Felbertal scheelite deposit, Salzburg Province, Austria. (CanMin v43:909). Scale: See Image.
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Pakhomovskyite Image

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Pakhomovskyite: Co3(PO4)2·8(H2O)

Comments: Pink crystals of pakhomovskyite on the matrix. (CanMin, v44:117).
Location: Dolomite carbonatite cutting phoscorites in the Iron-Ore Complex, Kovdor, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: See Image.
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Pakhomovskyite Image

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Pakhomovskyite: Co3(PO4)2·8(H2O)

Comments: SEM image of crystals of pakhomovskyite on the matrix. (CanMin, v44:117).
Location: Dolomite carbonatite cutting phoscorites in the Iron-Ore Complex, Kovdor, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: See Image.
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