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Barite: BaSO4 Jacobsite: (Mn++,Fe++,Mg)(Fe+++,Mn+++)2O4
Comments: Sharp, octahedral crystals of Jacobsite on a bladed barite matrix. Location: N' Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, South Africa. Scale: 3x2.5x1.9 cm. © Isaias Casanova / IC Minerals
Barite: BaSO4
Comments: Tabular, clear crystal of barite on a small matrix of pinkish dolomite. Fluorescence under UV light. Location: Cerro Warihuyn, 2850 m, Miraflores, Huamalias, Huanuco Peru. Scale: 3.4 x 2.8 x 0.9 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Barite: BaSO4 Wurtzite: (Zn,Fe)S
Comments: Compact, dark, metallic crystals of wurtzite intermixed with galena crystals and white barite blades. Location: Huanzala, Huanuco Dept., Peru. Scale: 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm. © Isaias Casanova / IC Minerals
Comments: Honey-colored very transparent barite crystal group. Location: (1998) Meikle mine, Elko Co. Nevada, USA. Scale: 5 x 6 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Barnesite: Na2V6O16·3(H2O)
Comments: Bright red, acicular crystals of barnesite on matrix. Location: Cactus Rat claim, Thompson, Grand County, Utah, USA. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Barrerite: (Na,K,Ca)2Al2Si7O18·6(H2O)
Comments: Barrerite, an extremely rare zeolite was found in large cavities on a tidal flat. Location: Rocky Pass, Kuiu Island, Alaska. Scale: 5.5 x 6 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Barringerite: (Fe,Ni)2P
Comments: Dark barringerite inclusions in nickel-iron meteorite (polished section. Location: Canon Diablo Meteorite, Meteor Crater, Canon Diablo, Coconino County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Barringtonite: MgCO3·2(H2O) Lansfordite: MgCO3·5(H2O)
Comments: Optical images of clusters of glassy lansfordite crystals and one white dehydrated barringtonite ? crystal. (AmMin, 88:1883). Location: Crystals associated with the remains of a saguaro, Carnegiea gigantea from south and west central Arizona. Scale: Scale bar 800 µ-m. © American Mineralogist
Barroisite: [ ](CaNa)Mg3AlFe+++Si7AlO22(OH)2
Comments: Black, acicular, compact, massive barroisite. Location: Monte Beigua, Savona, Liguria, Italy. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Barstowite: Pb4(CO3)Cl6·(H2O)
Comments: SEM images of irregular prismatic barstowite with phosgenite. (MinMag, v55:378). Location: Lead-antimony vein at the southwestern end of Bounds Cliff, St Endellion, Cornwall, UK. Scale: Scale bar left 400 µm right 100 µm. © Mineralogical Magazine
Bartonite: K3Fe10S14
Comments: B&W polished section image showing an irregular remnant of bright pyrrhotite (py) in a matrix of bartonite (ba) veined by silicates. (AmMin, v66:369). Location: Found in a mafic, alkalic diatreme at Coyote Peak, Humboldt County, California, USA. Scale: Picture Size 1.3? x 1.94 mm. © American Mineralogist