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Bobjonesite: VO(SO4)(H2O)3
Comments: The silicified log and its coalified margin that hosts bobjonesite and other sulfate minerals. (CanMin, 41:85). Location: Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah, USA. Scale: Bob Jones is shown for scale. © Canadian Mineralogist
Bobtraillite: (Na,Ca)13Sr11(Zr,Y,Nb)14Si42B6O132(OH)12·12H2O
Comments: Transparent, hexagonal bobtraillite prisms, co-type material. Location: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. Scale: See Image. © Rruff Database
Boehmite: AlO(OH)
Comments: Crystalline boehmite in bauxite rock. Location: Bauxite, Saline County, Arkansas, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Bogdanovite: (Au,Te,Pb)3(Cu,Fe)
Comments: Heavy mineral concentrate with ilmenite (ilm), pyroxene (pyr) and bogdanovite (bgd) grains. Location: Skaergaard intrusion, Greenland. Scale: See Images. © Diederik Visser
Boggsite: NaCa2(Al5Si19O48)·17(H2O)
Comments: Pure white spheroidal boggsite crystal. Location: Neer Road, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA. Scale: Crystal size 0.5 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Comments: White translucent botryoidal crystals of boggsite lining vug in basalt. Location: Neer Road Pit, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, uSA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Bohdanowiczite: AgBiSe2
Comments: PPL polished section with Se-rich digenite (Se-dig) exsolved from massive bornite (Bn). Note the disseminated grains of bohdanowiczite (Bo) and naumannite surrounding the exsolved digenite. Location: Kidd Creek Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide deposit, Western Abitibi Subprovince, Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Scale: Picture Size. © National Resouces of Canada
Bokite: (Al,Fe+++)1.3(V++++,Fe)8O20·4.7(H2O)
Comments: Dark brown micro crystal rosettes of bokite in matrix. Location: Monument #2 Mine, Apache County, Arizona. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Comments: Tannish "spots" as very micro acicular bokite crystals filling in between grains. Eaton Collection. Location: Monument #2 mine, Apache Co.,, Arizona, USA. Scale: Picture size 0.5 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Boleite: KPb26Ag9Cu24Cl62(OH)48 Cumengite: Cu20Pb21Cl42(OH)40·6H2O
Comments: Inky blue cumengite "sixling" epitaxially overgrown on boleite. Location: Amelia mine, Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Boleite: KPb26Ag9Cu24Cl62(OH)48
Comments: Floater crystal of deep, inky blue boleite with interpenetration twinning. Location: Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Baja California, Mexico. Scale: 0.7 cm. © John Veevaert