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Titanite: CaTiSiO5 Amesite: Mg2Al(SiAl)O5(OH)4
Comments: Green titanite (sphene) crystals on purple chromamesite (clinochlore?). Location: Saranovskaya Deposit, Middle Ural Mountains, Russia. Scale: Picture size 7 cm. © Dave Barthelmy
Trona: Na3(CO3)(HCO3)·2(H2O) Nahcolite: NaHCO3
Comments: Massive, coarse-grained Trona from a drill core of the upper mixed-layer Saltbed. White areas are nahcolite alteration. Location: Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Scale: 12 x 15 cm. © Dave Barthelmy
Tsugaruite: Pb4As2S7
Comments: Dark gray veinlet of tsuraruite in matrix. Location: Yunosawa mine, Tsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Scale: Picure size 3x2 cm. © Dave Barthelmy
Ulexite: NaCaB5O6(OH)6·5(H2O)
Comments: Tray of fibrous Ulexite fragments which have been cut and polished perpendicular to the fibers. This shows the fiber-optic "TV stone" effect which transmit images through the fragments. Location: U.S. Borax Mine, Boron, Kramer District, Kern County, California, USA. Scale: Picture size 10 cm. © Dave Barthelmy
Valentinite: Sb2O3 Antimony: Sb
Comments: Beige valentinite crystals with red kermesite in a matrix of gray, massive antimony. Location: South-Ham Antimony mine, Lake Nicolet, Quebec, Canada. Scale: Picture Size 3 cm. © Dave Barthelmy
Wakabayashilite: (As,Sb)6As4S14
Comments: Golden colored, acicular crystals of wakabayashilite on matrix. Location: White Cap mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA. Scale: Picture size 3 cm. © Dave Barthelmy
Wendwilsonite: Ca2(Mg,Co)(AsO4)2·2(H2O) Minrecordite: CaZn(CO3)2
Comments: Wendell Wilson, publisher, editor-in-chief of the Mineralogical Record, and the person whom wendwilsonite was named after, kindly provided the mineral name pronunciations for minrecordite and wendwilsonite. Location: Tucson Convention Center, 50th Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, February 14, 2004. Scale: NA. © Dave Barthelmy
Whiteite-(CaFeMg): Ca(Fe++,Mn++)Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O)
Comments: Blocky, beige-pink whiteite-(CaFeMg) crystals on matrix. Location: Cross-cut Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada. Scale: Crystal size 2x3x3.5 cm. © Dave Barthelmy
Wicksite: NaCa2(Fe++,Mn++)4MgFe+++(PO4)6·2(H2O) Wolfeite: (Fe++,Mn++)2(PO4)(OH)
Comments: Cleaved nodule of fine-grained aggregate of wicksite and wolfeite. Location: Big Fish River, Yukon, Canada. Scale: 3 x 1.5 cm. © Dave Barthelmy
Wulfenite: PbMoO4
Comments: Tabular crystal druse of brownish orange wulfenite on matrix. Location: Ahumada mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. Scale: Crystal size 5-10 mm. © Dave Barthelmy