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Weloganite Image

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Weloganite: Sr3Na2Zr(CO3)6·3(H2O)

Comments: Pseudo-hexagonal "stacked" plates of white weloganite with flat pedion termination.
Location: Francon quarry, Montréal, Jacques Cartier Co., Québec, Canada. Scale: Crystal size 3 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Weloganite Image

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Weloganite: Sr3Na2Zr(CO3)6·3(H2O)

Welshite Image

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Welshite: Ca4Mg9Sb3O4[Si6Be3AlFe2O36]

Comments: Deep red, prismatic crystal of welshite in matrix.
Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: Crystal size 1.5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Welshite Image

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Welshite: Ca4Mg9Sb3O4[Si6Be3AlFe2O36]

Comments: Deep red, prismatic crystal of welshite in matrix.
Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: Crystal size 1.5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Wesselsite Image

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Wesselsite: SrCu++Si4O10

Comments: Fragment of blue wesselsite.
Location: Wessels mine, Kalahari Mn Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: Sample Size 0.5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Wesselsite Image

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Wesselsite: SrCu++Si4O10

Comments: Fragment of blue wesselsite.
Location: Wessels mine, Kalahari Mn Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: Sample Size 0.5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Whiteite-(MnFeMg) Image

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Whiteite-(MnFeMg): (Mn++,Ca)(Fe++,Mn++)Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O)

Comments: Spherical micro crystalline aggregates of whiteite- (MnFeMg) on matrix to 0.3 mm.
Location: Foote Mine, Kings Mtn. Dist., Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA. Scale: Specimen Size 2 x 1 x 1 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Whiteite-(MnFeMg) Image

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Whiteite-(MnFeMg): (Mn++,Ca)(Fe++,Mn++)Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O)

Xocomecatlite Image

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Xocomecatlite: Cu3Te++++++O4(OH)4

Comments: Green spheroidal crystals to 0.5 mm of very rare xocometcatlite.
Location: Centennial-Eureka mine, Tintic district, Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 2 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Xocomecatlite Image

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Xocomecatlite: Cu3Te++++++O4(OH)4

Xonotlite Image

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Xonotlite: Ca6Si6O17(OH)2

Comments: White fibrous crystals of xonotlite to 1mm in a vug.
Location: Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, United States. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Xonotlite Image

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Xonotlite: Ca6Si6O17(OH)2

Comments: White fibrous crystals of xonotlite to 1mm in a vug.
Location: Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, United States. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Zalesiite Image

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Zalesiite: (Ca,Y)Cu6[(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6]·3(H2O)

Comments: Light blue acicular sprays of zalesiite to 0.75mm.
Location: Gold Hill mine, Tooele Co., Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 2 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Zalesiite Image

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Zalesiite: (Ca,Y)Cu6[(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6]·3(H2O)

Comments: Light blue acicular sprays of zalesiite to 0.75mm.
Location: Gold Hill mine, Tooele Co., Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 2 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Zussmanite Image

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Zussmanite: K(Fe++,Mg,Mn)13[AlSi17O42](OH)14

Comments: Light to dark green crystals of zussmanite (.75 mm) embedded in schist..
Location: Longvale quarry, Mendocino Co., California, USA. Scale: Picture Size 2 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Zussmanite Image

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Zussmanite: K(Fe++,Mg,Mn)13[AlSi17O42](OH)14