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Ellestadite-(F): Ca5(SiO4,PO4,SO4)3(F,OH,Cl)
Comments: Blue-green granular fluorellestadite in calcium rich rock matrix. Location: Kopeisk, Chelyabinsk District, Southern Urals, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Ellestadite-(OH): Ca5(SiO4,SO4)3(OH,Cl,F) Yeelimite: Ca4Al6O12(SO4)
Comments: Ye'elimite and hydroxylellestadite intimately intergrown as a brownish aggregate in massive anhydrite. Location: Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 6 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Ellestadite-(OH): Ca5(SiO4,SO4)3(OH,Cl,F)
Comments: Pale violet crystalline massive hydroxylellestadite. Location: Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Ellisite: Tl3AsS3
Comments: SEM image of ellisite grains showing rhombohedral cleavage fragments. (AmMin, v64,701). Location: Mineralized laminated carbonaceous dolomite beds in the Carlin gold deposit, Eureka County, Nevada, USA. Scale: See Image. © American Mineralogist
Elpasolite: K2NaAlF6
Comments: Colorless crystal of elpasolite in matrix. Location: Cetine di Cotorniano mine (Cetine mine), Rosia, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: Picture size 2.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Elpidite: Na2ZrSi6O15·3(H2O) Gjerdingenite-Mn: (K,Na)2(Mn,Fe)(Nb,Ti)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·6(H2O)
Comments: Golden brown crystal of gjerdingenite-Mn, in white elpidite. Location: Gjerdingselva (Gjerdingen), Nordmarka, Lunner, Oppland, Norway. Scale: Crystal Size 0.02 cm. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Elpidite: Na2ZrSi6O15·3(H2O)
Comments: Blocky, intergrown crystals of elpidite. Location: Narsasuk, Greenland. Scale: Crystal size 2 cm. © John Veevaert
Elyite: Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4·(H2O)
Comments: Purple acicular crystals of elyite. Location: Kurfurst-Ernst, Bonkhausen, Sauerland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Embolite: Ag(Br,Cl)
Comments: An exposed 3 x 2 cm vug in barite completely filled with a mass of embolite comprised of myriad crystals to 2 mm. Location: Broken Hill Mine, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: Picture size 4 cm. © John Veevaert
Embolite: Ag(Br,Cl) Iodargyrite: AgI
Comments: Cubo-octahedral crystals of iodaryrite (I) with smaller and darker octahedral crystals of embolite (E). Location: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: Specimen size 2x1 cm. © Dave Barthelmy