Click on thumbnails for a larger image. Please be patient since some of these pages of thumbnail images take some time to load. These mineral photos are copyrighted by their owners and may not be used without permission.
Ardennite-(As): (Mn++,Ca,Mg)4(Al,Mg,Fe)6(SiO4)2(Si3O10)(AsO4,VO4)(OH)6
Comments: Yellow ardennite crystals in white quartz matrix. Location: Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Ardennes, Luxembourg Province, Belgium. Scale: 30x20x17 mm. © John Betts - Fine Minerals
Arfvedsonite: NaNa2(Fe++4Fe+++)Si8O22(OH)2
Comments: Prismatic crystals of black arfvedsonite in white feldspar matrix. Location: Kangerdluarsuk, Ilímaussaq Massif, Greenland. Scale: 8x3x3 cm. © John Betts - Fine Minerals
Arfvedsonite: NaNa2(Fe++4Fe+++)Si8O22(OH)2 Seidozerite: (Na,Ca)2(Zr,Ti,Mn)2Si2O7(O,F)2
Comments: Dark red translucent seidozerite with vitreous, black arfvedsonite. Location: Seidozero Lake, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Argentite: Ag2S Acanthite: Ag2S
Comments: Dark metallic acanthite crystals up to 3 mm. Most of the crystals are a cubic habit, so the acanthite is pseudomorphing the original argentite. Location: San Juan de Rayas Mine (Rayas Mine), Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. Scale: 18x12x12 mm. © John Betts - Fine Minerals
Argentojarosite: AgFe+++3(SO4)2(OH)6
Comments: Yellow crystalline massive argentojarosite. Location: Eagle Mine, Juab County, Utah, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Argentopentlandite: Ag(Fe,Ni)8S8 Maucherite: Ni11As8
Comments: Reflected light image of a polished section containing argentopentlandite (AgP) with galena (G), native silver (Ag), chalcopyrite (Ch) and maucherite (M). Location: Silver City, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA. Scale: Picture Size 900 µm. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Argentopyrite: AgFe2S3
Comments: Metallic, twinned argentopyrite grain on matrix. Location: St. Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
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
Argyrodite: Ag8GeS6
Comments: Lead gray metallic aggregate of argyrodite crystals. Location: Veta Galufa, Colquechaca, Potosi Dept., Bolivia. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Comments: Gray, metallic, massive, crystalline argyrodite ore. Location: Himmelsfürst mine, Brand-Erbisdorf bei Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Sachsen. Scale: Picture size 4 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag