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Cordierite: Mg2Al4Si5O18
Comments: Brown rectangular cordierite crystals in matrix. These crystals are not gemmy enough to be called iolite. Location: Richmond Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA. Scale: 24x20x15 mm. © John Betts - Fine Minerals
Comments: Piece of near-gem-quality glassy gray-blue cordierite with some yellowish internal reflections. Location: Mt. Bity District, Madagascar. Scale: Overall: 2 x 1 x 1.5 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Cordylite-(Ce): Ba(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2 Synchysite-(Ce): CaCe(CO3)2F
Comments: Yellow crystals of cordylite-(Ce) on light brownish synchysite-(Ce). Location: Narssârssuk (Narsarsuk), Igaliko, Greenland. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Corkite: PbFe+++3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 Hinsdalite: (Pb,Sr)Al3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Comments: Small brown rounded translucent crystals of corkite on darker brown botryoidal hinsdalite. Location: Grube Schone Aussicht, near Dernbach, Montabaur, Rheinland-Pflaz, Germany. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Cornetite: Cu3(PO4)(OH)3
Comments: Crystals of cornetite on matrix. Location: Etoile Mine, Katanga Province, Dem. Rep. of Congo. Scale: Crystal size 0.5 cm. © John Veevaert
Comments: Radial groups of intense blue cornetite crystals in green malachite. Location: Mine de l'Etoile, Shaba, Lubumbashi Zaire. Scale: Picture size 5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Cornubite: Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 Conichalcite: CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Comments: Blue green crystalline cornubite alteration of enargite with green conichalcite in white calcite. Location: Lime Bluff Quarry, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Cornwallite: Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4
Comments: Emerald green botryoidal crystals of cornwallite. Location: Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, USA. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Coronadite: Pb(Mn++++,Mn++)8O16 Crocoite: PbCrO4
Comments: Black coronadite with red crocoite on matrix. Location: Callenberg North (no. 1) open cut, Callenberg, Glauchau, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Specimen size 7 cm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Coronadite: Pb(Mn++++,Mn++)8O16 Iodargyrite: AgI
Comments: Dark, fine-grained massive coronadite with yellowish octahedral iodargyrite crystals. Location: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: Picture size 3x2 cm. © Dave Barthelmy
Corrensite: (Ca,Na,K)(Mg,Fe,Al)9(Si,Al)8O20(OH)10·n(H2O)
Comments: White earthy crust of corrensite on matrix. Location: Bolet, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Comments: Platy, authigenic chloritic mixed-layer clays (Corrensite?), lining the pore spaces of a sandstone. SEM image from a core sample. Location: Unknown. Scale: Picture size 33 µ-m. © OMNI Laboratories, Inc