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Bushmakinite: Pb2Al(PO4)(VO4)(OH)
Comments: Small grain of bushmakinite on sample holder. Location: Beresovskoye Deposit, Middle Urals, Russia. Scale: Grid Size 1 mm. © Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy
Bussenite: Na2(Ba,Sr)2(Fe,Mn)TiSi2O7(CO3)(OH)3F
Comments: Crystal fragment of bussenite on sticky tape. Location: Kukisvumchorr Mt., Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Crystal size 2 mm. © Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy
Bussyite-(Ce): (Ce,REE)3(Na,H2O)6MnSi9Be5(O,OH)30F4
Comments: SEM image of a spray of bussyite-(Ce) with hexagonal plates of catapleiite. Inset image shows detail of crystal terminations. (CanMin, v47:193). Location: Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. Scale: Picture size 1.5mm. © Canadian Mineralogist
Bustamite: (Mn,Ca)3Si3O9
Comments: Very course crystals of brownish red bustamite to 3cm in pink calcite. Location: Zinc Corp mine, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia. Scale: 7 cm. © John Attard
Butlerite: Fe+++(SO4)(OH)·2(H2O)
Comments: Orange butlerite crystals. Location: United Verde mine, Jerome, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Butschliite: K2Ca(CO3)2
Comments: Slightly fibrous to granular massive butschliite. Location: Near Shavings Lake, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Buttgenbachite: Cu19Cl4(NO3)2(OH)32·2(H2O)
Comments: A blue crystal of buttgenbachite. Location: Likasi Mine, Likasi, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaïre). Scale: Crystal length 3.1 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Bykovaite: BaNa{(Na,Ti)4[(Ti,Nb)2(OH,O)3Si4O14](OH,F)2}·3H2O
Comments: Creamy transparent silky bykovaite crystals in matrix. Location: Mt. Alluaiv, Lovozero, Kola, Russia. Scale: Not Given. © Diederik Visser
Bystrite: (Na,K)7Ca(Si6Al6)O24S4.5·(H2O) Lazulite: MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2
Comments: Brownish-yellow bystrite grains with blue lazulite in an igneous rock. Location: Malo-Bystrinskoye lazurite deposit, Tunka Valley, Sludyanka, Lake Baikal Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 7 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Bystromite: MgSb2O6
Comments: Dark brown bystromite in quartz. Location: La Fortuna Mine, El Antimonio, Aqua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species