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Boromullite: Al4.5SiB0.5O9.5
Comments: BSE image of holotype boromullite prism in thin section 2006-MST22a. Bmu = boromullite, Crd = cordierite, Hc = hercynite, Kfs = K-feldspar, Sil = sillimanite. Eur. J. Mineral v20:935. Location: Mount Stafford, central Australia. Scale: See Image. © Eur. J. Mineral
Comments: PPL image of holotype boromullite prism in thin section 2006-MST22a. Bmu = boromullite, Crd = cordierite, Hc = hercynite, Kfs = K-feldspar, Sil = sillimanite. Eur. J. Mineral v20:935. Location: Mount Stafford, central Australia. Scale: See Image. © Eur. J. Mineral
Chukanovite: Fe2(CO3)(OH)2
Comments: Left - acicular to fibrous individuals of chukanovite. Right - spherulites of chukanovite up to 1 mm (Eur. J. Mineral, v19:891). Location: Found in cavities of weathered fragments of the Dronino ataxite iron eteorite found near the Dronino village, Kasimov district, Ryazan’ Oblast, Russia. Scale: See Images. © Eur. J. Mineral
Coesite: SiO2
Comments: Coesite inclusion in garnet of eclogite sample (Eur. J. Mineral, 13:567). Location: Ultra high-pressure metamorphic area of the Saidenbach reservoir, Erzgebirge, Germany, where micro-diamond-bearing gneiss occurs. Scale: Scale Bar 50 µm. © Eur. J. Mineral
Ferrorosemaryite: [ ]NaFe++Fe+++Al(PO4)3
Comments: B&W PPL image of idiomorphic, semi-opague grains of ferrorosemaryite in white scorzalite. (Eur J Mineralogy, v17:749. Location: Rubindi pegmatite, Rwanda. Scale: See Image. © Eur. J. Mineral
Gilmarite: Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3
Comments: Scanning electron image of prismatic gilmarite crystals (Eur. J. Mineral, 11:549). Location: Roua deposit, Guillaumes municipality, about 50 km from Nice, France. Scale: Picture size 80 µm. © Eur. J. Mineral
Heulandite-Ba: (Ba,Ca,K,Na,Sr)5Al9Si27O72·22(H2O)
Comments: BSE image of a heulandite crystal. Darker areas are enriched in Ca and Sr, while lighter areas are enriched in Ba. (Eur. J. Mineral, v17:143). Location: Northern Ravnås silver prospect, southern Vinoren, Flesberg community, Buskerud county, Norway. Scale: Scale bar is 0.1 mm. © Eur. J. Mineral
Krettnichite: PbMn+++2(VO4)2(OH)2 Brackebuschite: Pb2(Mn,Fe++)(VO4)2(OH)
Comments: Scanning electron microscope image of a prismatic krettnichite (kr) aggregate associated with manganite (ma) and barian brackebuschite (br) in a vug. The inset is a close-up illustrating the morphology of brackebuschite. (Eur. J. Mineral, 13:146). Location: hydrothermal manganite-quartz vein at the historic manganese deposit of Krettnich, Saarland, Germany. Scale: See Image. © Eur. J. Mineral
Paganoite: (Ni,Co)BiAsO5
Comments: Scanning electron microscope photomicrograph of blocky subhedral to euhedral crystals of paganoite and more fine-grained mottled material that is aerugite. (Eur. J. Mineral, 13:169). Location: Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony, Germany, mined in the mid-1800’s, nothing was preserved of its previous history until it was located in 1981 by the American mineral dealer David New in the back of a drawer in an old mineral shop in Germany.. Scale: See Image. © Eur. J. Mineral
Pertsevite: Mg2(BO3)F
Comments: Backscattered electron (BSE) picture of pertsevite (P, darker grey) partially replacing clinohumite (C, lighter grey). The still lighter grey mineral with cleavage at the top contacting only pertsevite is calcite. (Eur. J. Mineral, 15:1008). Location: Contact-metasomatic kotoite marble from the region east of Verkhoyansk, Sakha-Yakutia, northeastern Siberia.. Scale: See Image. © Eur. J. Mineral