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Franklinphilite: (K,Na)4(Mn++,Mg,Zn)48(Si,Al)72(O,OH)216·6(H2O)
Comments: A cleavage fragment of nearly pure franklinphilite. Location: Franklin mine, Sussex County, New Jersey.. Scale: Fragment Size 2.5 mm. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Franzinite: [(Na,K)30Ca10][Si30Al30O120](SO4)10·2(H2O)
Comments: Opaque white platy crystals of franzinite on brown vesuvianite crystals. Location: Pitigliano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Freboldite: CoSe
Comments: Copper-red, tarnished, freboldite, as granular material intermixed with darker colored sandstone matrix. Location: Temple Mountain, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA. Scale: Specimen Size 2 cm. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Fredrikssonite: Mg2(Mn+++,Fe+++)O2(BO3) Hausmannite: Mn++Mn+++2O4
Comments: Red-brown elongated crystalline fredrikssonite in calcite with granular hausmannite. Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Frohbergite: FeTe2
Comments: Irregular black mssses of frohbergite in quartzite matrix. Location: San Simon Basin (San Simon River; Bowie Chabazite deposit), Bowie area, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA. Scale: Picture Size 2.5 mm. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Frolovite: CaB2(OH)8
Comments: Clear to white crystalline frolovite in rock. Location: Solongo, Republic of Buryatia, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Froodite: PdBi2
Comments: Froodite grain (see arrow) in mostly chalcopyrite matrix. Location: Oktyabr'skoye Mine, Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Fukuchilite: Cu3FeS8
Comments: Dark brown fine-grained fukuchilite in white gypsum. Location: Hanawa Mine, Kazuno City, Akita, Japan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Furongite: Al2(UO2)(PO4)3(OH)2·8(H2O)
Comments: Pale yellow crystalline furongite. Location: Furong Lin, Ling Wu, Western Hunan Province, China. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Gahnite: ZnAl2O4
Comments: Deep blue octahedral crystals of gahnite in quartz. Location: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species