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Dashkovaite: Mg(HCOO)2·2(H2O)
Comments: White fibrous dashkovaite. Location: Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 2.3 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Datolite: CaBSiO4(OH)
Comments: Cluster of doubly-terminated datolite crystals to 3.3 cm across with a scattering of brown inclusions. Location: Boron Pit, Dal'Negorsk, Russia. Scale: 5x3.9x3.7 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Daubreeite: BiO(OH,Cl)
Comments: Massive yellow daubreeite. Location: Cerro Tazna, Atocha-Quechisla district, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Daubreelite: Fe++Cr2S4 Alabandite: MnS
Comments: Daubreelite (D), bright metallic white, with alabandite (A) (dull yellow) as inclusions in a polished section of an achondrite meteorite. Location: Norton County, Kansas. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Daubreelite: Fe++Cr2S4 Schollhornite: Na0.3CrS2·(H2O) Caswellsilverite: NaCrS2
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
Davanite: K2TiSi6O15
Comments: B&W plane-polarized light (PPL) image of davanite crystals, with a hexagonal outline, in a Sr-Ca carbonate matrix. (AmMin, v71:1473). Location: Lamproites at Smoky Butte, Montana, USA. Scale: Scale Bar 20 µm. © American Mineralogist
Davidite-(Ce): (Ce,La)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe+++)20O38
Comments: Black, granular crystals of davidite-(Ce) in matrix. Location: Kukisvumchorr Mt., Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Specimen Size 9x5x5 mm. © Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy
Davidite-(La): (La,Ce,Ca)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe+++)20O38
Comments: Prismatic crystals of davidite in carbonatite. Location: Thackering, South West Australia, Australia. Scale: Crystal size 2 cm. © John Veevaert
Davisite: Ca(Sc,Ti+++,Mg,Ti++++)AlSiO6
Comments: BSE image of the davisite-containing refractory inclusion in a polished section (USNM 7555). (AmMin, v94:845). Location: Allende meteorite. Scale: See Image. © American Mineralogist
Davreuxite: MnAl6Si4O17(OH)2
Comments: Pale yellow fibrous davreuxite on quartz. Location: Ottre, Luxembourg, Belgium. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species