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Mendozite: NaAl(SO4)2·11(H2O)
Comments: White chalky massive mendozite. Location: Gold Bottom Mine, Inyo County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Meneghinite: Pb13CuSb7S24
Comments: Black, acicular crystals of meneghinite on matrix. Location: Bottino Mine, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: 1x1 cm. © Dave Barthelmy
Menezesite: Ba2MgZr4(BaNb12O42)·12H2O
Comments: Orange rhombododecahedral crystals of menezesite to 0.75mm on matrix. Location: Jacupiranga mine, Cajati county, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Scale: Picture size 1 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Comments: Brownish-red rhombododecahedral crystals of menezesite over calcite (with tiny black tochilinite inclusions). AmMin v93:82. Location: Jacupiranga mine, in Cajati county, São Paulo state, Brazil. Scale: Crystal size 0.5 mm. © American Mineralogist
Menshikovite: Pd3Ni2As3 Paolovite: Pd2Sn
Comments: BSE image showing menshikovite (mnv), paolovite (plv), isomertieite (ism), cobaltite (cob), and chalcopyrite (ccp) with quartz (qtz) and a Fe-rich aluminosilicate (sil). Location: Lower (exo)-contact of the Chiney intrusion in Siberia. (CanMin, v40:679). Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist
Mercallite: KHSO4
Comments: Pale blue to white powdery aggregate of mercallite. Location: Vesuvius, Campania, Italy. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Mercury: Hg
Comments: Small silvery droplets of mercury on tan-colored rock matrix. Location: Sonoma Co., California, USA. Scale: Picture size 5 cm. © Kevin Ward
Comments: Silvery metallic mercury coatings on quartz. Location: Socrates Mine, Sonoma County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Mereheadite: Pb2O(OH)Cl
Comments: Yellowish crystals of mereheadite to 1mm embedded in matrix. Location: Merehead quarry, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Merenskyite: (Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)2 Borovskite: Pd3SbTe4 Temagamite: Pd3HgTe3
Comments: Borovskite (Bvk) - temagamite (Tmg) - merenskyite (Mrk) composite grain included in chalcopyrite (Ccp). (CanMin, v 42, p 674). Location: McBratney high-grade PGE-Au occurrence, Bear Lake mafic unit, Proterozoic Flin Flon greenstone belt, Manitoba, Canada. Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist