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Columbite-(Fe): Fe++Nb2O6
Comments: Dark grains of columbite-(Fe) wtth small brown grains of fluorcarbonates of LREE. Corrected identificaton by Pavel M. Kartashov who analyzed this occurrence of 'chagbaiite'. Location: Round Top Rhyolite, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA. Scale: Picture Size 1 mm. © Thomas Witzke
Columbite-(Mn): (Mn,Fe++)(Nb,Ta)2O6
Comments: Small brown tabular crystals of manganocolumbite in a pegmatite. Location: Neuland Quarry, Döbschütz, Königshain, Oberlausitz, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 4 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Comancheite: Hg13(Cl,Br)8O9
Comments: Small orange crystals of comancheite on matrix. Location: Mariposa mine, Terlingua, Terlingua district, Brewster County, Texas, USA. Scale: Picture size 1.4 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Compreignacite: K2(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8(H2O)
Comments: Yellow crystals of compreignacite on matrix. Location: Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Coquandite: Sb6O8(SO4)·(H2O)
Comments: Silky coquandite with stibnite. Location: Pereta mine, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Corderoite: Hg3S2Cl2
Comments: Small dark brown dodecahedral crystal of corderoite. Location: Hohe Buche, Königsberg, Wolfstein, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Cordylite-(Ce): Ba(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2 Synchysite-(Ce): CaCe(CO3)2F
Comments: Yellow crystals of cordylite-(Ce) on light brownish synchysite-(Ce). Location: Narssârssuk (Narsarsuk), Igaliko, Greenland. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Coronadite: Pb(Mn++++,Mn++)8O16 Crocoite: PbCrO4
Comments: Black coronadite with red crocoite on matrix. Location: Callenberg North (no. 1) open cut, Callenberg, Glauchau, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Specimen size 7 cm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Cosalite: Pb2Bi2S5
Comments: Metallic-lustered cosalite on matrix. Location: Limestone Quarry, Hammerunterwiesenthal, Oberwiesenthal, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 8 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Crichtonite: (Sr,La,Ce,Y)(Ti,Fe+++,Mn)21O38
Comments: Black crichtonite crystal in quartz. Location: Kriegalptal, Binntal, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag