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Rajite: CuTe++++2O5
Comments: Bluish green coating of rajite on matrix. Location: Lone Pine mine, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA. Scale: Picture size 6 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Ralstonite: NaxMgxAl2-x(F,OH)6·(H2O) Cryolite: Na3AlF6
Comments: Massive cryolite with solution cavities lined with octahedral ralstonite crystals. Location: Ivigtut, Greenland. Scale: Picture size 0.5 cm. © John Veevaert
Ralstonite: NaxMgxAl2-x(F,OH)6·(H2O) Gjerdingenite-Fe: K2[(H2O)2(Fe,Mn)][(Nb,Ti)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4]·4(H2O)
Comments: SEM photomicrograph of gjerdingenite-Fe. The mineral is dusted with tiny crystals of two phases. At high magnification, one of them is seen to form cubes and is probably ralstonite. Location: Gjerdingselva, Lunner, Oppland, Oslo Region, Norway. Scale: Crystal length 0.5 mm. © Canadian Mineralogist
Ramanite-(Rb): Rb[B5O6(OH)4]·2H2O Ramanite-(Cs): Cs[B5O6(OH)4]·2H2O Santite: KB5O6(OH)4·2(H2O)
Comments: Unheated Type-B melt inclusions in graphic quartz. 1 = ramanite-(Cs), 2 = sassolite, 3 = ramanite-(Rb), 4 = santite, 5 = topaz, V = vapor. (AmMin, v93:1035). Location: Graphic pegmatite quartz from the Island of Elba, Italy. Scale: Scale Bar 15µm. © American Mineralogist
Rambergite: MnS
Comments: Dark reddish-brown rambergite mass in matrix. Location: Ronneberg, Thuringen, Germany. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Rambergite: MnS Hauerite: MnS2
Comments: Small black octahedral crystals of hauerite with small brown crystals of rambergite. Location: Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 0.8 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Rameauite: K2CaU++++++6O20·9(H2O)
Comments: Yellow crystals of rameauite on matrix. Location: Marignac, Compreignac, Haute Vienne, France. Scale: Picture Size 4 mm. © Thomas Witzke
Rammelsbergite: NiAs2
Comments: Dull gray metallic botryoidal rammelsbergite aggregate with crystalline surface. Location: Hudson Bay Mine, Rusty Lake, Gowganda, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Ramsbeckite: (Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22·6(H2O)
Comments: Green crystals of ramsbeckite on matrix. Location: Gelbe Birke Mine, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Ramsdellite: MnO2
Comments: Large mass of radiating ramsdellite crystals with terminated crystals. Location: Lake Valley District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA. Scale: 11x10x8 cm. © John Betts - Fine Minerals