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Yeatmanite: Mn++9Zn6Sb+++++2Si4O28
Comments: BSE image of willemite (Wil), unaltered yeatmanite (Yeat) and alteration phase (Alt). Location: Garpenberg Norra mine in Dalarna County, Sweden. (CanMin, v41:201). Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist
Zabuyelite: Li2CO3
Comments: Spodumene-hosted fluid inclusion containing a) a vapor bubble, b) zabuyelite, and c) spodumene. CanMin v39:1513. Location: Spodumene from Bernic Lake (Tanco), Manitoba, Canada. Scale: Scale Bar 15 µm. © Canadian Mineralogist
Zincospiroffite: Zn2Te3O8
Comments: Polished section showing zincospiroffite (x) intergrown with native gold (Ng) as the oxidation products of calaverite (Cv) + sphalerite (Sph) ± pyrite. (CanMin, v 42, p 765). Location: Quartz ore of the Zhongshangou gold deposit, Chongli County, Hebei Province, China. Scale: Field of view 2 mm. © Canadian Mineralogist