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Banalsite: BaNa2Al4Si4O16
Comments: Massive brown to flesh colored banalsite in matrix. Location: Benallt Mine, Lleyn Peninsula, Wales, UK. Scale: Specimen Size 5x6 cm. © Diederik Visser
Belkovite: Ba3(Nb,Ti)6(Si2O7)2O12
Comments: Brown hypidiomorphic granular grains of belkovite in tonalite. Location: Seblyavr Massif, Kola, Russia. Scale: Not Give - 2 cm?. © Diederik Visser
Benleonardite: Ag8(Sb,As)Te2S3
Comments: Gray-black benleonardite on hessite. Location: Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: Specimen Size 2x3 cm. © Diederik Visser
Berezanskite: KLi3Ti2Si12O30
Comments: Granular white berezanskite in quartz. Location: Dara-i-Pioz Glacier, Altai Range, Tadzhikistan. Scale: Specimen Size 1.5x2.5 cm. © Diederik Visser
Billingsleyite: Ag7AsS6
Comments: Gray-black billingsleyite crystals on matrix with famatinite, arsenopyrite. Location: Grube Clara, Oberwolfach, Schwarzwald, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.0 x 0.6 cm. © Diederik Visser
Biraite-(Ce): Ce2Fe++(CO3)(Si2O7)
Comments: Brown grains of biraite-(Ce) in matrix. Location: Biraya Fe-REE Ore occurrence, Vitim Highland, Buratie Republic, Eastern Siberia, Russia. Scale: Not Given. © Diederik Visser
Bogdanovite: (Au,Te,Pb)3(Cu,Fe)
Comments: Heavy mineral concentrate with ilmenite (ilm), pyroxene (pyr) and bogdanovite (bgd) grains. Location: Skaergaard intrusion, Greenland. Scale: See Images. © Diederik Visser
Braitschite-(Ce): (Ca,Na2)7(Ce,La)2B22O43·7(H2O)
Comments: Aggregates of white to red-brown platy Braitschite-(Ce) in halite matrix. Location: Cane Creek near Moab, Grand Co., Utah, USA. Scale: Specimen Size 2x2.5 cm. © Diederik Visser
Bykovaite: BaNa{(Na,Ti)4[(Ti,Nb)2(OH,O)3Si4O14](OH,F)2}·3H2O
Comments: Creamy transparent silky bykovaite crystals in matrix. Location: Mt. Alluaiv, Lovozero, Kola, Russia. Scale: Not Given. © Diederik Visser
Calciotantite: Ca(Ta,Nb)4O11 Tantalite-(Mn): MnTa2O6
Comments: SEM image showing calciotantite (CT), manganotatntalite (MTT), microlite (MT) and lithiowodginite (LW) association. Location: Granitic pegmatites, Kalba, Kazakhstan. Scale: Scale bar 100 µm and 10 µm. © Diederik Visser