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Orpiment: As2S3
Comments: Deep orange-colored orpiment crystal aggregate. Location: Twin Creeks mine, 62 bench, north of Winnemucca, Humboldt County, Nevada. USA. Scale: 6.5 x 5.5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Orthochamosite: (Fe++,Mg,Fe+++)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH,O)8
Comments: Pale green micaceous orthochamosite in quartz. Location: Near Manggruvan, Sweden. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Orthochrysotile: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
Comments: Pale tan asbestos fiber (orthochrysotile) vein in rock. Location: El Dorado Mine, Salt River Canyon, Gila County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Orthoclase: KAlSi3O8 Lorenzenite: Na2Ti2Si2O9
Comments: Striated, dark violet crystal of lorenzenite in cream-colored orthoclase. Location: Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: 1.3 x 1.2 cm. © John Veevaert
Orthoclase: KAlSi3O8
Comments: Gemmy, twinned adularia (orthoclase) specimen on matrix. Former Bally Museum collection. Location: Rhonegletscher, Switzerland. Scale: Crystal size 3 x 2 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Comments: Carlsbad twinned crystal of orthoclase. Former Martín Oliete Fontela collection. Location: Zarzalejo, Madrid. Scale: 5.2x4.6x2.2 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Orthoericssonite: BaMn2(Fe+++O)Si2O7(OH) Ericssonite: BaMn++2Fe+++O[Si2O7](OH) Tephroite: Mn2SiO4
Comments: Dark brown ericssonite, intergrown with orthoericssonite, with pink rhodonite, light brown diopside (var. schefferite) and gray tephroite. Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Orthominasragrite: VO(SO4)·5(H2O)
Comments: Dark blue, spherical aggregate of orthominasragrite. Location: Temple Mountain, Emery Co., Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 1 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Orthoserpierite: Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3(H2O)
Comments: Vivid blue green sheets and coatings of orthoserpierite on matrix. Location: Galiuro Mt. Copper Creek, Pinal County, Arizona, USA. Scale: 3.0 X 4.4 cm. © John Veevaert
Orthowalpurgite: (UO2)Bi4O4(AsO4)2·2(H2O)
Comments: Plastic container with fragments of the holotype specimen for orthowalpurgite. Location: Schmiedestollen, Black Forest, near Wittichen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Scale: Not Given. © German Type Specimen Catalogue