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Ilsemannite: Mo3O8·n(H2O) (?)
Comments: Dark blue ilsemannite. Location: Glückauf Shaft, Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Iltisite: HgSAg(Cl,Br)
Comments: Reddish brown acicular iltisite crystals associated with baryte, cornwallite, strashmirite and quartz. Location: Cap Garonne Mine, Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. Scale: See Image. © Rruff Database
Ilvaite: CaFe++2Fe+++Si2O7O(OH) Hedenbergite: CaFe++Si2O6
Comments: Doubly terminated, black ilvaite on crystals of greenish gray hedenbergite with minor galena. Location: First Sovietsky mine, Dalnjegorsk, Russia. Scale: 4 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Ilvaite: CaFe++2Fe+++Si2O7O(OH) Quartz: SiO2
Comments: Black, prismatic ilvaite with quartz. Location: First Sovietskij mine, Dalnjegorsk, Russia. Scale: 3.5 x 4.5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Imandrite: Na12Ca3Fe+++2Si12O36
Comments: Honey-yellow colored rims of imandrite surrounding grains of pink eudialyte. Location: Vuonnemiok River Valley, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 5 mm. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Imhofite: Tl6CuAs16S40
Comments: Spherical, spikey-radial brownish black aggregate of imhofite with blocky gray sulfosalt on white dolomite. Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: Picture width 3 mm. © Walter Gabriel
Comments: Dark red crystals and aggregates of imhofite in matrix. Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland. Scale: Picture size 1.2 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Imiterite: Ag2HgS2
Comments: Back metallic prismatic microcrystals of imiterite in white calcite. Location: Imiter Mine, Jbel Sarho, Anti-Atlas Region, Morocco. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Comments: Silvery needle-like wire crystals of imiterite with rounded tips to 0.5 to .75mm in vuggy calcite. Location: Imiter mine, Anti-Atlas Mts., Dades Region, Morocco. Scale: Picture size 0.5 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Imogolite: Al2SiO3(OH)4
Comments: Tan powdery massive imogolite. Location: Fukaiwa, Nanuma-shi, Tochigi, Japan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species