Mineral Specimen Images (K)

Kotoite: Mg3B2O6

Comments: White massive kotoite crystals.
Location: Baita Mine (Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania. Scale: Picture size 8 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Kotoite: Mg3B2O6

Comments: White massive kotoite crystals.
Location: Baita Mine (Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania. Scale: Picture size 8 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Kottigite: Zn3(AsO4)2·8(H2O)

Comments: Köttigite crystals on gossanous matrix up to 0.5 cm in length.
Location: Oujela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Scale: Picture size 3 cm.
© John Veevaert

Kottigite: Zn3(AsO4)2·8(H2O)

Comments: Köttigite crystals on gossanous matrix up to 0.5 cm in length.
Location: Oujela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Scale: Picture size 3 cm.
© John Veevaert

Kotulskite: Pd(Te,Bi)  
Telluropalladinite: Pd9Te4  
Keithconnite: Pd3-xTe(x=0.14 to 0.43)

Comments: Polyphase grain of (1) ferroan platinum corroded by (2) Pt(Fe,Cu) and overgrown by (5) telluropalladinite, an unknown (6) Pd-Te-Fe-Si-O phase, (7) Fe-hydroxide and (8) a Ca-Mn-Fe silicate with inclusions of (3) kotulskite and (4) keithconnite. (BGR).
Location: Stream sediments of rivers in the vicinity of the original discovery of the Merensky Reef on the farm Maandagshoek close to Burgersfort in the Eastern Bushveld, South Africa.. Scale: See Image.
© Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources

Kotulskite: Pd(Te,Bi)  
Telluropalladinite: Pd9Te4  
Keithconnite: Pd3-xTe(x=0.14 to 0.43)

Comments: Polyphase grain of (1) ferroan platinum corroded by (2) Pt(Fe,Cu) and overgrown by (5) telluropalladinite, an unknown (6) Pd-Te-Fe-Si-O phase, (7) Fe-hydroxide and (8) a Ca-Mn-Fe silicate with inclusions of (3) kotulskite and (4) keithconnite. (BGR).
Location: Stream sediments of rivers in the vicinity of the original discovery of the Merensky Reef on the farm Maandagshoek close to Burgersfort in the Eastern Bushveld, South Africa.. Scale: See Image.
© Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources

Koutekite: Cu5As2  
Algodonite: Cu6As

Comments: Silvery metallic koutekite with darker gray algodonite.
Location: Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Koutekite: Cu5As2  
Algodonite: Cu6As

Comments: Silvery metallic koutekite with darker gray algodonite.
Location: Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Kovdorskite: Mg5(PO4)2(CO3)(OH)2·4.5(H2O)

Comments: Gemmy crystal of icy blue kovdorskite.
Location: Kheleznyi Mine, Kovdor, Kola Penisula, Russia. Scale: Crystal size 1 cm.
© John Veevaert

Kovdorskite: Mg5(PO4)2(CO3)(OH)2·4.5(H2O)

Comments: Gemmy crystal of icy blue kovdorskite.
Location: Kheleznyi Mine, Kovdor, Kola Penisula, Russia. Scale: Crystal size 1 cm.
© John Veevaert

Kozoite-(La): La(CO3)(OH)  
Kozoite-(Nd): (Nd,La,Sm,Pr)(CO3)(OH)

Comments: Backscatter electron image of polished section through a sperical aggregate showing the zonation form kosoite-(La) to kosolite-(Nd). (JMPS, v 98, p 138).
Location: Cavity in alkaline basalt near Mitsukoshi, Saga Prefecture, Japan. Scale: See Image.
© JMPS

Kozoite-(La): La(CO3)(OH)  
Kozoite-(Nd): (Nd,La,Sm,Pr)(CO3)(OH)

Comments: Backscatter electron image of polished section through a sperical aggregate showing the zonation form kosoite-(La) to kosolite-(Nd). (JMPS, v 98, p 138).
Location: Cavity in alkaline basalt near Mitsukoshi, Saga Prefecture, Japan. Scale: See Image.
© JMPS

Kozoite-(Nd): (Nd,La,Sm,Pr)(CO3)(OH)

Comments: White grain of kozoite-(Nd) in matrix.
Location: Niikoba, Hizen-cho, Higashi-Matsuura-gun, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu Island, Japan. Scale: Picture size 6 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Kozoite-(Nd): (Nd,La,Sm,Pr)(CO3)(OH)

Comments: White grain of kozoite-(Nd) in matrix.
Location: Niikoba, Hizen-cho, Higashi-Matsuura-gun, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu Island, Japan. Scale: Picture size 6 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Kozoite-(Nd): (Nd,La,Sm,Pr)(CO3)(OH)

Comments: Photomicrograph of the spherical aggregate composed of kosoite-(Nd). (JMPS, v 98, p 138).
Location: Cavity in alkaline basalt near Mitsukoshi, Saga Prefecture, Japan. Scale: See Image.
© JMPS

Kozoite-(Nd): (Nd,La,Sm,Pr)(CO3)(OH)

Comments: Photomicrograph of the spherical aggregate composed of kosoite-(Nd). (JMPS, v 98, p 138).
Location: Cavity in alkaline basalt near Mitsukoshi, Saga Prefecture, Japan. Scale: See Image.
© JMPS

Kozulite: NaNa2Mn++4(Fe+++,Al)Si8O22(OH)2

Comments: Dark reddish-black granular kozulite in pale pink rhodonite with dark brown braunite.
Location: Tanohata Mine, Tanohata Muro, Shimoheii gun, Iwate, Japan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Kozulite: NaNa2Mn++4(Fe+++,Al)Si8O22(OH)2

Comments: Dark reddish-black granular kozulite in pale pink rhodonite with dark brown braunite.
Location: Tanohata Mine, Tanohata Muro, Shimoheii gun, Iwate, Japan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Kraisslite: (Mn++,Mg)24Zn3Fe+++(As+++O3)2(As+++++O4)3(SiO4)6(OH)18

Comments: Yellow crystalline kraisslite in calcite.
Location: Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Kraisslite: (Mn++,Mg)24Zn3Fe+++(As+++O3)2(As+++++O4)3(SiO4)6(OH)18

Comments: Yellow crystalline kraisslite in calcite.
Location: Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species