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Isomertieite: Pd11Sb2As2 Arsenopalladinite: Pd8(As,Sb)3 Gold: Au Bornite: Cu5FeS4
Comments: Light grayish grain of intimately intergrown isomertieite and arsenopalladinite (in the center of the picture), with pale yellow gold and brownish to violet bornite. Polished section (from microprobe analysis) in reflected light. Location: Noril'sk, Putoran Mts, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 0.1 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Isovite: (Cr,Fe)23C6
Comments: Dark gray metallic grain of isovite. Location: Verkhneivinsk, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia. Scale: Grain size 0.7 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Jachymovite: (UO2)8(SO4)(OH)14·13(H2O)
Comments: Yellow crystals of jáchymovite. Location: Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Krusné Hory (Erzgebirge), Západoceský Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 3 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Jensenite: Cu++3Te++++++O6·2(H2O)
Comments: Small green crystals of jensenite in matrix. Location: Centennial Eureka Mine, Tintic District, Juab Co., Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 1.2 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Jeromite: As(S,Se)2
Comments: Orange, powdery jeromite on matrix. Location: Salar de Surire, Tarapaca, Chile. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Johnsomervilleite: Na2Ca(Mg,Fe++,Mn)7(PO4)6
Comments: Dark brownish johnsomervilleite. Location: Sapucaia Mine, Conselheiro Pena district, Galiléia, Governador Valadares, Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Jordisite: MoS2
Comments: Black earthy jordisite on matrix. Location: Glückauf Shaft, Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 6 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Juonniite: CaMgSc(PO4)2(OH)·4(H2O)
Comments: Brownish grain of juonniite on matrix. Location: Kovdor Mine, Kovdor massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 4 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Kaatialaite: Fe+++[H2As+++++O4]3·5-5.5(H2O)
Comments: White kaatialaite with arsenolite on native arsenic. Location: Shaft 371, Schlema-Hartenstein area, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Kambaldaite: NaNi4(CO3)3(OH)3·3(H2O)
Comments: Light green kambaldaite blebs and crusts. Location: Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, WA, Australia. Scale: Picture size 3 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag