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Kaatialaite: Fe+++[H2As+++++O4]3·5-5.5(H2O)
Comments: White kaatialaite with arsenolite on native arsenic. Location: Shaft 371, Schlema-Hartenstein area, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Kaersutite: NaCa2(Mg4Ti)Si6Al2O23(OH)2
Comments: Dark greenish-brown prismatic kaersutite crystals in matrix. Location: Nugssuaq, Umanak, Greenland. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Kafehydrocyanite: K4Fe++(CN)6·3(H2O)
Comments: Micro platy crystal of kafehydrocyanite. Location: Medvezhii Log, East Sayan Mountains, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Kainite: MgSO4·KCl·3(H2O) Szaibelyite: MgBO2(OH)
Comments: pale violet granular kainite intermixed with white ascharite (szaibelyite). Location: Havesa, Empelde, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Kainosite-(Y): Ca2(Y,Ce)2Si4O12(CO3)·(H2O)
Comments: Group of reddish brown kainosite-(Y) crystals on fluorite. Location: Seula mine (ex Montecatini quarry), Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy. Scale: Crystal Size 1.6 mm. © Sergio Varvello / Mineral Service
Kainosite-(Y): Ca2(Y,Ce)2Si4O12(CO3)·(H2O) Ferriallanite-(Ce): CaCe(Fe+++,Fe++,Al)3[SiO4][Si2O7]O(OH)
Comments: Short prismatic black crystals of ferriallanite-(Ce) in white slightly weathered kainosite-(Y). Orange prisms are zircons of the first generation. Fragment of the holotype specimen. Location: Neprimetnyi pegmatite, Mount Ulyn Khuren, Khaldzan Buragtag Massif, Altai Mts, Hovd Aimag (Khovd Aimag), Mongolia. Scale: Crystal Size 2 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Kalborsite: K6Al4Si6BO20(OH)4Cl
Comments: White crystals of kalborsite rimming eudialyte. Location: Mt. Rasvumchorr, Chibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: FOV Est 4 mm. © Diederik Visser
Kaliborite: KHMg2B12O16(OH)10·4(H2O)
Comments: Translucent colorless crystal of kaliborite. Location: Lake Inder, Atyrau, Kazakhstan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Kalicinite: KHCO3
Comments: Tan crystalline kalicinite on bobierrite. Location: Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 5 mm. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Kalifersite: (K,Na)5Fe+++7Si20O50(OH)6·12(H2O)
Comments: Brownish-red crystalline granular aggregates of kalifersite in rock matrix composed of fibers to 5mm. Location: Mt. Rasvumchorr, Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Specimen size 3.5 x 2 x 1.5cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix