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Mimetite: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl Plumbogummite: PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·(H2O)
Comments: White, fuzzy aggregates of plumbogummite covering lime green mimetite (campylite) crystals. Location: Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Mimetite: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl Wulfenite: PbMoO4
Comments: Gemmy, pale yellow mimetite crystal with brownish-orange wulfenite. Former James and Dawn Minette Collection. Location: Gem Pocket 1971, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: 2 x 1 x 1 cm. © Rob Lavinsky
Mimetite: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl Duftite-alpha: PbCu(AsO4)(OH)
Comments: Mimetite crystals are replaced by Duftite-alpha on a gossanous matrix. Location: Mt. Bonnie Mine, Northern Territory, Australia. Scale: Crystal size to 3mm. © John Veevaert
Minamiite: (Na,Ca,K)Al3(SO4)2(OH)6
Comments: White granular powdery minamiite aggregate. Location: Okumanza, Gumma, Japan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Minasgeraisite-(Y): CaY2Be2Si2O10
Comments: SEM image of spherical aggregate of growth-zoned minasgeraisite crystals showing elongation along a and simple pedion termination. (AmMin, v71:603). Location: Lawa de Sr. Jose Pinto pegmatite body, Jaguaracu, Municipo de Timoteo, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Tick Marks 10 µm. © American Mineralogist
Minasragrite: VO(SO4)·5(H2O) Patronite: VS4
Comments: Blue coatings of minasragrite on patronite. Location: Minas Ragra, near Cerro de Pasco, Junin, Peru. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Minehillite: (K,Na)2-3Ca28(Zn4Al4Si40)O112(OH)16 Margarosanite: Pb(Ca,Mn++)2Si3O9 Wollastonite-1A: CaSiO3
Comments: White pearly crystalline minehillite with white margarosanite and dark gray lead, in pale pink opaque wollastonite (distinguished by blue-white fluorescence). Location: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Minium: Pb++2Pb++++O4
Comments: Bright orange minium with curved, conchoidal surfaces. Location: Santa Fé Mine, Bolaños, Mun. de Bolaños, Jalisco, Mexico. Scale: 33x22x14 mm. © John Betts - Fine Minerals
Minnesotaite: (Fe++,Mg)3Si4O10(OH)2
Comments: Greenish-gray dull minnesotaite masses in iron ore matrix. Location: Virginia, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Minrecordite: CaZn(CO3)2 Wendwilsonite: Ca2(Mg,Co)(AsO4)2·2(H2O)
Comments: Wendell Wilson, publisher, editor-in-chief of the Mineralogical Record, and the person whom wendwilsonite was named after, kindly provided the mineral name pronunciations for minrecordite and wendwilsonite. Location: Tucson Convention Center, 50th Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, February 14, 2004. Scale: NA. © Dave Barthelmy
Minrecordite: CaZn(CO3)2 Dioptase: CuSiO2(OH)2
Comments: Blue-green dioptase covered with minute, rhombic crystals of transparent minrecordite one mm or less in size. Location: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: Picture size 1 cm. © John Veevaert