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Actinolite: Ca2(Mg,Fe++)5Si8O22(OH)2
Comments: Sharp, floater actinolite crystal with a slight green tint. Location: Namibian dessert, more or less due West of Uis, Namibia. Scale: 8.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Adamite: Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Comments: Sprays of adamite with intense color and well defined crystals which stand out from the matrix. Location: Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Scale: 5 x 5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Adamite: Zn2(AsO4)(OH) Cryptomelane: K(Mn++++,Mn++)8O16
Comments: Black, rounded balls of cryptomelane and purple, transparent adamite. Location: Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Druango, Mexico. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Adamsite-(Y): NaY(CO3)2·6(H2O)
Comments: Sprays of adamsite-(Y) crystals on matrix. Location: Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: 1.5 cm. © John Veevaert
Adelite: CaMg(AsO4)(OH)
Comments: Yellowish glassy grains of adelite to 1mm in matrix. Location: Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: Sample Size 6 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6 Manganotychite: Na6(Mn++,Fe++,Mg)2(SO4)(CO3)4
Comments: Pale rose-tan granular manganotychite with black aegirine prism. Location: Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6 Catapleiite: (Na,Ca,[ ])2ZrSi3O9·2(H2O)
Comments: Clear crystals of catapleiite with an attached 1.8 cm prismatic crystal of dark aegirine. Location: Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: 3.5 x 2.2 cm. © John Veevaert
Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6 Calcioburbankite: Na3(Ca,REE,Sr)3(CO3)5
Comments: Tan crystal spray of calcioburbankite on dark green aegirine. Location: Mont Saint Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6 Pectolite: NaCa2Si3O8(OH)
Comments: White, cottony pectolite tufts with acicular aegirine. Location: 3M quarry, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6 Lourenswalsite: (K,Ba)2(Ti,Mg,Ca,Fe)4(Si,Al,Fe)6O14(OH)12
Comments: Light brownish rosettes of lourenswalsite with dark green crystals of aegirine and white feldspar. Location: Diamond Jo quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Springs Co., Arkansas, USA. Scale: Picture size 3 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6 Henrymeyerite: BaFe++Ti7O16
Comments: A nearly black crystal of henrymeyerite with dark green prismatic crystals of aegirine in quartz. Location: Green River formation, Uintah County, Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 3 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag