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Kurgantaite: CaSr[B5O9]Cl·(H2O)
Comments: Crystal fragment of white kurgantaite on sticky stuff. Location: Korshunovskoye Deposit, Transbaikal, Irkutsk District, Russia. Scale: Specimen Size 6x3x2 mm. © Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy
Kurilite: (Ag,Au)2(Te,Se,S) Hessite: Ag2Te
Comments: Metallic crystal of hessite on matrix. Hessite is also known as kurilite. Location: Botes, Zlatna, Transylvania, Romania. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Kurnakovite: MgB3O3(OH)5·5(H2O)
Comments: Chalky white outer alteration, else gray, translucent, coarsely-crystalline kurnakovite. Location: The Open Pit, Boron, Kern Co., California, USA. Scale: 5x4x3cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Comments: Very pale lilac-colored crystal of kurnakovite. Location: Boron, Kramer District, Kern County, California, USA. Scale: 7.2x4x2.5 cm. © Richard Dale / Dale Minerals
Kusachiite: CuBi2O4
Comments: Black kusachiite with blue henmilite. Location: Fuka, Bicchu-cho, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Scale: Picture Size 0.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke
Kutnohorite: Ca(Mn,Mg,Fe++)(CO3)2
Comments: Light-pinkish, parallel bundles of kutnohorite crystals on matrix. Location: Wessels mine, Hotazel, Kuruman District, South Africa. Scale: 5 x 4.7 x 3 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Kuzmenkoite-Mn: (K,Na)2(Mn,Fe)(Ti,Nb)4[Si4O12]2(OH)4·5(H2O) Calciohilairite: CaZrSi3O9·3(H2O)
Comments: White rhombododecahedral crystals of calciohilairite associated with orange=brown stout prismatic kuzmenkoite-Mn on matrix. Location: Flora Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: FOV ~1x1 cm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Kuzmenkoite-Mn: (K,Na)2(Mn,Fe)(Ti,Nb)4[Si4O12]2(OH)4·5(H2O)
Comments: Yellowish brown kuzmenkoite-Mn crystals on matrix, with smaller, more brown colored labuntsovite-Mn. Location: Mnt Flora, Lovozero, Kola, Russia. Scale: Sample Size 2x3 cm. © Diederik Visser
Kyanite: Al2SiO5 = Al[6]Al[6]OSiO4
Comments: Cluster of 4, green, gemmy, fluorescent blades of kyanite. Location: Pech, Afghanistan. Scale: 1.7 x 1.0 x 0.3 cm. © Kieth Hayes
Comments: Two terminated, bright blue crystals of kyanite in a white quartz matrix. Location: Barra do Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: 9.5 x 4 x 4 cm. © Isaias Casanova / IC Minerals