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Caryopilite: (Mn++,Mg,Zn,Fe++)3(Si,As)2O510(OH,Cl)4
Comments: Small white balls of caryopilite next to larger barite crystals. Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Cascandite: Ca(Sc,Fe++)Si3O8(OH) Jervisite: (Na,Ca,Fe++)(Sc,Mg,Fe++)Si2O6
Comments: White, acicular jervisite crystals and pink cascandite crystals. Location: Seula min,, Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy. Scale: Crystal Size 1 mm. © Sergio Varvello / Mineral Service
Cassedanneite: Pb5(VO4)2(CrO4)2·(H2O)
Comments: Crystalline mass of cassedanneite, colored green by included descloizite. Location: Berezovskoye Mine, near Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk District, Middle Urals, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Cassiterite: SnO2
Comments: Gemmy, doubly terminated cassiterite on quartz-mica matrix. Location: Langcangjiang river area, Yunnan, China. Scale: 2.7 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Comments: Very brilliant black crystals of cassiterite on white mica. Location: Xue Bao Diang, Sichuan, China. Scale: Size Not Given. © Fabre Minerals
Caswellsilverite: NaCrS2 Schollhornite: Na0.3CrS2·(H2O) Daubreelite: Fe++Cr2S4
Comments: Polished section (PPL) of schiillhornite (Sh), coexisting with caswellsilverite (Cw), ferromagnesian alabandite (Ab) and daubreelite (Db). (AmMin, v70:638). Location: Norton County (Kansas-Nebraska) enstatite achondrite meteorite. Scale: Scale bar is 0.08 mm. © American Mineralogist
Caswellsilverite: NaCrS2
Comments: B&W PPL image showing anhedral grain of caswellsilverite (Cw) associated with daubrdelite (Db), ferromagnesian alabandite (Ab) and kamacite (Km), containing perryite (Pr), as well as enstatite (En). Location: Norton County enstatite achondrite meteorite. (AmMin, v67:132). Scale: Scale Bar 0.1 mm. © American Mineralogist
Catamarcaite: Cu6GeWS8 Luzonite: Cu3AsS4
Comments: Catamarcaite (Ct) in contact with luzonite (Luz), unnamed Cu8Fe2ZnGe2S12 (un), sphalerite (Sp) and fine-grained chalcocite - covellite (Cc/Cv). (CanMin v44:1481). Location: Bornite-rich ore from old dumps near the La Rosario vein, Capillitas epithermal deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina. Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist
Catamarcaite: Cu6GeWS8 Briartite: Cu2(Zn,Fe)GeS4 Bornite: Cu5FeS4
Comments: Briartite-type phase (Bri) in close association with catamarcaite (Ct) lining a cavity in massive bornite (Bn) - chalcocite (Cc) ore; Sp is sphalerite (CanMin v44:1481). Location: Bornite-rich ore from old dumps near the La Rosario vein, Capillitas epithermal deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina.. Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist
Catamarcaite: Cu6GeWS8
Comments: Fractured aggregate of catamarcaite (Ct) composed of twinned grains with red internal reflections; Dg is digenite, Sp sphalerite. Oil immersion, crossed polars. (CanMin, v44:1481). Location: Bornite-rich ore from old dumps near the La Rosario vein, Capillitas epithermal deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina. Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist
Catamarcaite: Cu6GeWS8 Putzite: (Cu4.7Ag3.3)GeS6
Comments: Polished section of putzite (pu) grain in close association with unnamed Cu8Fe2ZnGe2S12 (un1) and catamarcaite (ca), as inclusions in chalcocite-sphalerite (cc/sp) (CanMin 42:1761). Location: Old dumps near the Rosario vein, Capillitas mining district, Department of Andalgalá, Catamarca Province, Argentina.. Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist