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Incaite: Pb4Sn4FeSb2S15
Comments: Formless gray lump of incaite, sawn on 2 sides. Former Franz Bauer (Munich) collection. Location: The label says "Mejillones, Chile" which is certainly wrong, but Mejillones is a railhead and port which served exports from Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy, Argentina. Scale: Lump size 2 mm. © Richard Dale / Dale Minerals
Inderborite: CaMg[B3O3(OH)5]2·6(H2O)
Comments: Translucent glassy crystalline inderborite. Location: Lake Inder, Atyrau, Kazakhstan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Inderite: MgB3O3(OH)5·5(H2O) Pinnoite: MgB2O4·3(H2O)
Comments: Pale green translucent crystalline pinnoite on chalky white inderite. Location: Lake Inder, Atyrau, Kazakhstan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Inderite: MgB3O3(OH)5·5(H2O)
Comments: Prismatic colorless crystal of inderite. Location: Boron, Kern County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Indialite: Mg2Al4Si5O18
Comments: Gray glassy crystalline indialite in rock. Location: Daimonji yama, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Comments: SEM images of indialite clusters. (AmMin, 89:3). Location: Somma-Vesuvius volcano in unusual pyrometamorphic ejecta. Scale: Scale bar 100 µ-m. © American Mineralogist
Indite: Fe++In2S4
Comments: Two metallic-gray grains of fresh indite in quartz associated with brown and creamy-colored cassiterite. Location: Dzhalinda Sn Deposit, Malyi Khingan Range, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 3x2 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Indium: In
Comments: A grain of native indium. Location: Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 1.2 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Inesite: Ca2Mn7Si10O28(OH)2·5(H2O) Ruizite: CaMn+++Si2O6(OH)·2(H2O)
Comments: 1- 3 mm crystal spray of red orange ruizite in an exposed vug in pink inesite. Location: Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: Picture size 1 cm. © John Veevaert
Inesite: Ca2Mn7Si10O28(OH)2·5(H2O) Hubeite: Ca2Mn++Fe+++Si4O12(OH)(H2O)2
Comments: Brown hubeite aggregates accompanied by prismatic pinkish inesite crystals. Location: Fengjiashan Mine, Daye, Hubei China. Scale: 5.3 x 3.7 x 1.1 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Inesite: Ca2Mn7Si10O28(OH)2·5(H2O)
Comments: Bladed crystals of orangish pink Inesite. Location: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari, South Africa. Scale: 14 x 7.5 cm. © John Veevaert
Comments: Translucent, deep root beer brown, platy hueite crystals in fan-like groups to 1mm with delicate pink laths of inesite. Location: Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China. Scale: Picture Size 5 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix