Mineral Specimen Images (I)

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

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: 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

Ingersonite: Ca3Mn++Sb+++++4O14

Comments: Yellowish green crystals of ingersonite to about 0.7mm embedded in matrix rich in dark grains of flipstadite.
Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: 14x10x6mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Ingersonite: Ca3Mn++Sb+++++4O14

Comments: Yellowish green crystals of ingersonite to about 0.7mm embedded in matrix rich in dark grains of flipstadite.
Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: 14x10x6mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Ingodite: Bi(S,Te)  
Telluronevskite: Bi3TeSe2  
Nevskite: Bi(Se,S)

Comments: Intergrown metallic grains of ingodite, telluronevskite, and nevskiite.
Location: Poruba pod Vihorlatom, Vihorlat Mountains, Kosice Slovak Republic. Scale: Specimen Size 2.8 × 1.7 × 1 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Ingodite: Bi(S,Te)  
Telluronevskite: Bi3TeSe2  
Nevskite: Bi(Se,S)

Comments: Intergrown metallic grains of ingodite, telluronevskite, and nevskiite.
Location: Poruba pod Vihorlatom, Vihorlat Mountains, Kosice Slovak Republic. Scale: Specimen Size 2.8 × 1.7 × 1 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Innelite: (Na,Mg,Ca)2(Ba,K)4Ti3(Si2O7)2(SO4)2(OH,F)

Comments: Yellow crystalline granular innelite.
Location: Inagli, Aldan, Republic of Sakha, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Innelite: (Na,Mg,Ca)2(Ba,K)4Ti3(Si2O7)2(SO4)2(OH,F)

Comments: Yellow crystalline granular innelite.
Location: Inagli, Aldan, Republic of Sakha, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Insizwaite: Pt(Bi,Sb)2  
Moncheite: (Pt,Pd)(Te,Bi)2

Comments: Back-scattered electron image showing b) intergrowth of taimyrite-tatyanaite with moncheitei-insizwaite (CanMin, v 42, p 611).
Location: Kondyor PGE placer, Khabarovskiy Kray, eastern Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Insizwaite: Pt(Bi,Sb)2  
Niggliite: PtSn

Comments: B&W image of a polished section showing insizwaite grain (I) showing details of niggliite (N) inclusions and exsolved chalcopyrite (C) lamellae in the pentlandite (P). (MinMag, v38:299).
Location: Insizwa deposit, Waterfall Gorge, Pondoland and East Griqualand areas (Transkei), South Africa. Scale: See Image.
© Mineralogical Magazine

Insizwaite: Pt(Bi,Sb)2  
Moncheite: (Pt,Pd)(Te,Bi)2

Comments: Back-scattered electron image showing b) intergrowth of taimyrite-tatyanaite with moncheitei-insizwaite (CanMin, v 42, p 611).
Location: Kondyor PGE placer, Khabarovskiy Kray, eastern Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Insizwaite: Pt(Bi,Sb)2  
Niggliite: PtSn

Comments: B&W image of a polished section showing insizwaite grain (I) showing details of niggliite (N) inclusions and exsolved chalcopyrite (C) lamellae in the pentlandite (P). (MinMag, v38:299).
Location: Insizwa deposit, Waterfall Gorge, Pondoland and East Griqualand areas (Transkei), South Africa. Scale: See Image.
© Mineralogical Magazine

Inyoite: Ca2B6O6(OH)10·8(H2O)

Comments: Glassy gray translucent crystals of inyoite 1.5 cm.+, with minor alteration to white meyerhofferite.
Location: Loma Blanca Mine, Jujuy Province, Argentina. Scale: 5.2x4.1x3.1 cm.
© Richard Dale / Dale Minerals

Inyoite: Ca2B6O6(OH)10·8(H2O)

Comments: Glassy gray translucent crystals of inyoite 1.5 cm.+, with minor alteration to white meyerhofferite.
Location: Loma Blanca Mine, Jujuy Province, Argentina. Scale: 5.2x4.1x3.1 cm.
© Richard Dale / Dale Minerals

Iodargyrite: AgI

Comments: Aggregate crystal of Iodargyrite on matrix.
Location: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Iodargyrite: AgI

Comments: Aggregate crystal of Iodargyrite on matrix.
Location: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Iodargyrite: AgI  
Coronadite: Pb(Mn++++,Mn++)8O16

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

Iodargyrite: AgI  
Embolite: Ag(Br,Cl)

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