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Brenkite: Ca2(CO3)F2
Comments: Spherical aggregate of colorless crystals of brenkite. Location: Schellkopf, Brenk, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Scale: Picture size 7.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Brianyoungite: Zn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
Comments: Silky white aggregates of brianyoungite with small yellow crystals of sulfur on sphalerite. Location: St Johannes Mine, Wolkenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 3 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Bukovskyite: Fe+++2(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)·7(H2O) Zykaite: Fe+++4(AsO4)3(SO4)(OH)·15(H2O)
Comments: Pale beige acicular crystals of bukovskýite with white zykaite. Location: Christbescherung Mine, Großvoigtsberg, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.3 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Bunsenite: NiO
Comments: Greenish earthy bunsenite. Location: Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Buryatite: Ca3(Si,Fe+++,Al)[SO4][B(OH)4](OH,O)6·12(H2O)
Comments: Vitreous colorless buryatite on matrix. Location: Solongo B deposit, Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 6 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Buttgenbachite: Cu19Cl4(NO3)2(OH)32·2(H2O)
Comments: A blue crystal of buttgenbachite. Location: Likasi Mine, Likasi, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaïre). Scale: Crystal length 3.1 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Bystrite: (Na,K)7Ca(Si6Al6)O24S4.5·(H2O) Lazulite: MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2
Comments: Brownish-yellow bystrite grains with blue lazulite in an igneous rock. Location: Malo-Bystrinskoye lazurite deposit, Tunka Valley, Sludyanka, Lake Baikal Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 7 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Cabalzarite: Ca(Mg,Al,Fe++)2(AsO4)2(H2O,OH)2
Comments: Brownish crystals of cabalzarite on matrix. Location: Falotta, Tinizong (Tinzen), Sursass (Oberhalbstein), Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Calcurmolite: Ca(UO2)3(MoO4)3(OH)2·11(H2O)
Comments: Calcurmolite in yellow globular aggregates of radiating fibers. Location: Rabejac, Lodeve, Herault, France. Scale: Picture size 7 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Callaghanite: Cu2Mg2(CO3)(OH)6·2(H2O)
Comments: Blue crystals of callaghanite on matrix. Location: Gabbs, Nevada, USA. Scale: Picture size 4 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag