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Aramayoite: Ag3Sb2(Sb,Bi)S6 Miargyrite: AgSbS2
Comments: Aramayoite is present as large thin plates (blue iridescence) to 1mm in massive gray miargyrite matrix. Location: Julcani Silver mine, Huancavelica Dept., Peru. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Argutite: GeO2
Comments: Sub microscopic grains of argutite invisible to the eye within sphalerite. Location: Rimbatz, Argut-Dessus, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Scale: Thumbnail 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Arhbarite: Cu2Mg(AsO4)(OH)3
Comments: Deep blue, smooth, botryoidal aggregate of arhbarite in a 2mm vug associated with atacamite. Location: El Guanaco mine, Atacama, Tal Tal(?), Chile. Scale: Picture size 1 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Arrojadite: KNa4CaMn++4Fe++10Al(PO4)12(OH,F)2
Comments: Tabular, diamond shaped golden yellow crystal of arrojadite. Location: Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada. Scale: Crystal to 5mm.. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Arseniopleite: (Ca,Na)(Na,Pb)Mn++(Mn++,Mg,Fe++)2(AsO4)3
Comments: Massive, orange arseniopleite. Location: Sjögruvan, Grythyttan, Örebro, Sweden. Scale: Not Given. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Arsenogorceixite: BaAl3AsO3(OH)(AsO4,PO4)(OH,F)6
Comments: White arsenogorceixite spherules to less than 0.25mm in vuggy matrix. Location: Clara mine, Schwarzwald, Germany. Scale: Picture size 0.5 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Arsenogoyazite: (Sr,Ca,Ba)Al3(AsO4,PO4)2(OH,F)5·(H2O)
Comments: Clear, white micro (<0.25mm) rhombohedral arsenogoyazite crystals. Location: Clara mine, Schwarzwald, Germany. Scale: Picture size 0.5 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Arsenolamprite: As
Comments: Needle like gray crystals of arsenolamprite in calcite matrix. Location: Mackenheim,, Odenwald, Germany. Scale: Crystal size 1 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Arthurite: CuFe+++2(AsO4,PO4,SO4)2(O,OH)2·4(H2O)
Comments: Radiating sprays of acicular arthurite. Location: Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada, USA. Scale: Spray size 2.5 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Artsmithite: Hg+4Al(PO4)1.74(OH)1.78
Comments: White or faint green platy micro crystals of artsmithite on matrix. Location: Funderburk prospect, Pike County, Arkansas, USA. Scale: Crystal size 0.5 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix