Mineral Specimen Images (N)

Nitratine: NaNO3

Comments: Euhedral crystalline aggregate of nitratine.
Location: Taltal, Antofagasta, Chile. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Nitratine: NaNO3  
Iquiqueite: K3Na4Mg(Cr++++++O4)B24O39(OH)·12(H2O)

Comments: Yellow iquiqueiite in clear, massive nitration.
Location: Salar de Miraje, Antofagasta, Chile. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
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Nitromagnesite: Mg(NO3)2·6(H2O)

Comments: Tan crystalline nitromagnesite grain, deliquescent.
Location: Baume, Jura, France. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Nitromagnesite: Mg(NO3)2·6(H2O)

Comments: Tan crystalline nitromagnesite grain, deliquescent.
Location: Baume, Jura, France. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Niveolanite: NaBe(CO3)(OH)·2H2O

Comments: Typical wool-like aggregate of fibrous niveolanite on albite (dark particles are fragments of bituminous films). (CanMinv,v46:1343).
Location: Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Québec, Canada. Scale: See Image.
© I.V. Pekov & A.V. Kasatkin

Niveolanite: NaBe(CO3)(OH)·2H2O

Comments: Typical wool-like aggregate of fibrous niveolanite on albite (dark particles are fragments of bituminous films). (CanMinv,v46:1343).
Location: Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Québec, Canada. Scale: See Image.
© I.V. Pekov & A.V. Kasatkin

Nobleite: CaB6O9(OH)2·3(H2O)

Comments: Platy nobleite microcrystals on colemanite.
Location: Corkscrew Mine, Corkscrew Canyon, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Nobleite: CaB6O9(OH)2·3(H2O)

Comments: Platy nobleite microcrystals on colemanite.
Location: Corkscrew Mine, Corkscrew Canyon, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Noelbensonite: BaMn+++2(Si2O7)(OH)2·(H2O)

Comments: Brownish, massive noélbensonite.
Location: Woods Mine (Wood's Rhodonite Mine), Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: Picture size 1.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Noelbensonite: BaMn+++2(Si2O7)(OH)2·(H2O)

Comments: Brownish, massive noélbensonite.
Location: Woods Mine (Wood's Rhodonite Mine), Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: Picture size 1.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Nolanite: (V+++,Fe++,Fe+++,Ti)10O14(OH)2

Comments: Dark gray to black massive nolanite.
Location: Fishhook Bay, Saskatchewan, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Nolanite: (V+++,Fe++,Fe+++,Ti)10O14(OH)2

Comments: Dark gray to black massive nolanite.
Location: Fishhook Bay, Saskatchewan, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Nontronite: Na0.3Fe+++2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·n(H2O)

Comments: Green massive nontronite in quartz.
Location: Horni Slavkov, Zapadocesky, Czech Republic. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Nontronite: Na0.3Fe+++2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·n(H2O)

Comments: Green massive nontronite in quartz.
Location: Horni Slavkov, Zapadocesky, Czech Republic. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Norbergite: Mg3(SiO4)(F,OH)2

Comments: Yellow orange norbergite inclustions in white marble (calcite)..
Location: Oakssaung Hill, Mogok, Mandalay Myanmar. Scale: Crystal size 5 mm.
© Fabre Minerals

Norbergite: Mg3(SiO4)(F,OH)2

Comments: Numerous orange to orange-brown dipyramidal crystals of norbergite in white matrix.
Location: Piukkala, Near Pargas, Finland. Scale: 2.1 X 2.7 cm.
© John Veevaert

Norbergite: Mg3(SiO4)(F,OH)2

Comments: Numerous orange to orange-brown dipyramidal crystals of norbergite in white matrix.
Location: Piukkala, Near Pargas, Finland. Scale: 2.1 X 2.7 cm.
© John Veevaert

Norbergite: Mg3(SiO4)(F,OH)2

Comments: Yellow orange norbergite inclustions in white marble (calcite)..
Location: Oakssaung Hill, Mogok, Mandalay Myanmar. Scale: Crystal size 5 mm.
© Fabre Minerals

Nordenskioldine: CaSnB2O6  
Magnetite: Fe++Fe+++2O4

Comments: Colorless to white bladed crystals of nordenskiöldine with black magnetite.
Location: Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Gallery, Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Nordenskioldine: CaSnB2O6  
Magnetite: Fe++Fe+++2O4

Comments: Colorless to white bladed crystals of nordenskiöldine with black magnetite.
Location: Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Gallery, Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag