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Boromullite: Al4.5SiB0.5O9.5
Comments: BSE image of holotype boromullite prism in thin section 2006-MST22a. Bmu = boromullite, Crd = cordierite, Hc = hercynite, Kfs = K-feldspar, Sil = sillimanite. Eur. J. Mineral v20:935. Location: Mount Stafford, central Australia. Scale: See Image. © Eur. J. Mineral
Comments: PPL image of holotype boromullite prism in thin section 2006-MST22a. Bmu = boromullite, Crd = cordierite, Hc = hercynite, Kfs = K-feldspar, Sil = sillimanite. Eur. J. Mineral v20:935. Location: Mount Stafford, central Australia. Scale: See Image. © Eur. J. Mineral
Boromuscovite: KAl2(Si3B)O10(OH,F)2
Comments: Grayish-white coatings of boromuscovite on lavender lepidolite crystals. Location: Little Three Mine, Ramona, San Diego County, Californi, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Borovskite: Pd3SbTe4 Temagamite: Pd3HgTe3 Merenskyite: (Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)2
Comments: Borovskite (Bvk) - temagamite (Tmg) - merenskyite (Mrk) composite grain included in chalcopyrite (Ccp). (CanMin, v 42, p 674). Location: McBratney high-grade PGE-Au occurrence, Bear Lake mafic unit, Proterozoic Flin Flon greenstone belt, Manitoba, Canada. Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist
Botallackite: Cu2Cl(OH)3
Comments: Well crystallized (although the crystals are small) botallackite on matrix. Location: A European classic from the type locality, Botallack mine, St Just, England. Scale: 5 x 4 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Botryogen: MgFe+++(SO4)2(OH)·7(H2O)
Comments: Reddish to yellowish crystalline botryogen. Location: Redington Mercury Mine, Knoxville, Napa County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Botryogen: MgFe+++(SO4)2(OH)·7(H2O) Redingtonite: (Fe++,Mg,Ni)(Cr,Al)2(SO4)4·22(H2O)
Comments: Pale pink granular redingtonite on yellow-brown botryogen. Location: Redington Mine, Knoxville, Napa County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Comments: Bright orange botryogen on white calcite showing it's characteristic botryoidal "grape-like" morphology. Location: Cerro Pintados, Poza Almonte, Pampa del Tamarugal, Chile. Scale: Picture size 1 cm. © John Veevaert
Bottinoite: NiSb+++++2(OH)12·6(H2O)
Comments: Pale blue botryoidal bottinoite on calcite. Location: Dornberg, Ramsbeck, Sauerland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Bouazzerite: Bi6(Mg,Co)11Fe14[AsO4]18O12(OH)4(H2O)86
Comments: SEM image of prismatic bouazzerite crystals associated with botryoidal powellite and minute cubic crystals of alumopharmacosiderite. Location: From the "Filon 7" (French for Vein 7) through "Puits 1" (shaft 1), Bou Azzer mine, Anti-Atlas, Morocco.. Scale: See Image. © American Mineralogist