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Adamsite-(Y): NaY(CO3)2·6(H2O)
Comments: Sprays of adamsite-(Y) crystals on matrix. Location: Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: 1.5 cm. © John Veevaert
Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6
Comments: Fully-terminated, prismatic crystal of aegirine. Location: Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Crystal size 2.8 cm. © John Veevaert
Aeschynite-(Y): (Y,Ca,Fe)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6
Comments: Square crystal of aeschynite-(Y) on a matrix of albite, quartz and muscovite. Location: Val. Pellice, Piedmont, Italy. Scale: Crystal Size 1 mm. © John Veevaert
Afwillite: Ca3Si2O4(OH)6
Comments: Crystallized afwillite prisms. Location: Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: Crystal size 1.5 mm. © John Veevaert
Albite: NaAlSi3O8 Plagioclase: (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8
Comments: Crystal group of bladed albite (variety cleavelandite) crystals. Location: Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: 7.4 x 5 cm. © John Veevaert
Allanite-(Ce): (Ce,Ca,Y)2(Al,Fe+++)3(SiO4)3(OH)
Comments: Dual views of the same 0.8 cm Jet black allanite-(Ce) on quartz. Location: Tiro Estrella Mine, El Capitan Mts., Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA. Scale: Crystal Size 0.8 cm. © John Veevaert
Alluaudite: NaCaFe++(Mn,Fe++,Fe+++,Mg)2(PO4)3
Comments: Nearly pure crystalline dark green brown mass of alluaudite. Location: Warusenge Pegmatite, Buranga, Rwanda. Scale: Size Not Given. © John Veevaert
Althausite: Mg2(PO4)(OH,F,O)
Comments: Grayish to maroon colored and opaque crystals of althausite on matrix. Location: Overntjern, Buskerud, Norway. Scale: 3.2 x 5 cm. © John Veevaert
Aluminite: Al2(SO4)(OH)4·7(H2O)
Comments: Snow-white, very pure nodules of aluminite. Location: Newhaven, Sussex, Great Britain. Scale: 5.5 x 3 cm. © John Veevaert
Anapaite: Ca2Fe++(PO4)2·4(H2O)
Comments: Specimen of anapaite on limonite. There are two distinct crystal forms of anapaite - both bladed or tabular and spiky (See inset images). Location: Taman Peninsula, Black Sea, Russia. Scale: 6 x 5 cm. © John Veevaert