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Mascagnite: (NH4)2SO4
Comments: White, botryoidal mascagnite. Location: Carola Mine, Freital, Dresden, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 6 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Mascagnite: (NH4)2SO4 Lecontite: (NH4,K)Na(SO4)·2(H2O)
Comments: SEM BSE image of fine-grained lecontite (Le) and thenardite, occupying the space between mascagnite (M) crystals. CanMin 47:573. Location: Coal-waste heap in Avion, northern France, that has been undergoing subsurface combustion for several decades. Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist
Maslovite: PtBiTe Froodite: PdBi2 Altaite: PbTe
Comments: Reflected light photomicrograph of maslovite (M), froodite (F), and altaite (A), in chalcopyrite matrix. Location: Oktyabr'skoye Mine, Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Massicot: PbO
Comments: Small nugget of reddish-yellow massicot. Location: Wytheville, Wythe Co., Virginia, USA. Scale: 18x10x5 mm. © John Betts - Fine Minerals
Massicot: PbO Litharge: PbO
Comments: Dark red litharge with brownish-yellow scaly massicot and white cerussite. Location: Patagonia, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Masutomilite: K(Li,Al,Mn++)3[(Si,Al)4O10](F,OH)2
Comments: Transparent to translucent micaceous pale violet masutomilite with yellow iron stains. Location: Hisu Kawa Mine, Gifu, Japan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Masuyite: Pb[(UO2)3O3(OH)2]·3(H2O)
Comments: Bright reddish orange crystals of masuyite. Location: Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Comments: Dark reddish brown aggregate of masuyite with green metatorbernite on matrix. Location: Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, (Katanga), Congo (Zaïre). Scale: Picture size 2 mm. © Paul M. Schumacher
Mathiasite: (K,Ca,Sr)(Ti,Cr,Fe,Mg)21O38
Comments: Mathiasite (M) exhibiting typical curvilinear cracks and incipient decomposition (upper left and lower right). Sample JFIS-I, Jagersfontein. Reflected light in air. (AmMin, v68:494). Location: Metasomatized peridotites and heavy media concentrates from four kimberlites in the Republic of South Africa. Scale: Scale Bar 0.2 mm. © American Mineralogist
Matildite: AgBiS2 Bismuth: Bi Bismuthinite: Bi2S3
Comments: SEM image of native Bi replaced by bismuthinite and matildite. Black areas represent gangue minerals. (CanMin, v43:899). Location: Uranium deposit at Niederschlema-Alberoda, Germany. Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist
Matildite: AgBiS2
Comments: Gray platy metallic crystalline matildite in white quartz. Location: Sullivan Mountain, Montezuma District, Summit County, Colorado, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species