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Meliphanite: (Ca,Na)2Be[(Si,Al)2O6(F,OH)]
Comments: Honey yellow, translucent sample of Meliphanite. Location: Aroy, Langesundsfjorden, Norway. Scale: 3.6 X 5.3 cm. © John Veevaert
Melliniite: (Ni,Fe)4P Nickelphosphide: (Ni,Fe)3P
Comments: Reflected light image of creamy-yellowish melliniite (1) and nickelphosphide (3). AmMin, v91, p453. Location: Northwest Africa 1054 acapulcoite. Scale: See Image. © American Mineralogist
Melliniite: (Ni,Fe)4P Kamacite: alpha-(Fe,Ni)
Comments: Reflected-light image displaying an anhedral fragment of creamy-yellowish melliniite(1) associated with kamacite (2). AmMin, v91, p453. Location: Northwest Africa 1054 acapulcoite. Scale: See Image. © American Mineralogist
Mellite: Al2[C6(COO)6]·16(H2O)
Comments: Specimen of crystalline mellite. Mellite is a naturally occurring organic mineral species. Location: Csordakhut, Tatabanya, Hungary. Scale: 4 x 3 cm. © John Veevaert
Melonite: NiTe2
Comments: Metallic foil of melonite. Location: Cresson Mine, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Mendipite: Pb3Cl2O2 Crednerite: CuMnO2 Chloroxiphite: Pb3CuCl2(OH)2O2
Comments: Radiating compact with clear to white crystalline mendipite with black crednerite and green chloroxiphite. Location: Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Mendipite: Pb3Cl2O2 Chloroxiphite: Pb3CuCl2(OH)2O2 Crednerite: CuMnO2
Comments: Green, opaque granular chloroxiphite with mendipite and black crednerite. Location: Higher Pitts Farm, Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Mendipite: Pb3Cl2O2 Crednerite: CuMnO2
Comments: Sooty, deep-black, granular to platy crednerite with mendipite. Location: Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Mendozavilite: (Na,Mg)Ca2[Mo++++++8P+++++2Fe+++3O36(OH)]·n(H2O), n~9
Comments: Light yellow micro crystals of mendozavilite and earthy alterations in vuggy quartz matrix with black schorl. Location: Rustler mine, Tooele Co., Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 1 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Comments: Vuggy matrix covered with yellow micro crystals of mendozavilite. Location: Rustler mine, Tooele County, Utah, USA. Scale: Specimen size 1 cm. © John Veevaert