Mineral Specimen Images (T)

Trippkeite: CuAs+++2O4

Comments: Tiny bluegreen crystals of trippkeite, maximum size about 1 mm in volcanic rock. Type specimen for trippkeite.
Location: Copiapo, Atacama, Chile. Scale: Specimen Size 14x6 mm.
© German Type Specimen Catalogue

Trippkeite: CuAs+++2O4

Comments: Tiny bluegreen crystals of trippkeite, maximum size about 1 mm in volcanic rock. Type specimen for trippkeite.
Location: Copiapo, Atacama, Chile. Scale: Specimen Size 14x6 mm.
© German Type Specimen Catalogue

Tripuhyite: Fe++Sb+++++O4  
Squawcreekite: (Fe+++,Sb+++++,W++++++)O4·(H2O)

Comments: Micro red-orange squawcreekite crystals in matrix. The mineral is now considered to be a Zn-bearing variety of Tripuhyite.
Location: Squaw Creek Tin Mine, Catron County, New Mexico. Scale: Not Given.
© Diederik Visser

Tripuhyite: Fe++Sb+++++O4

Comments: Brown tripuhyite on matrix.
Location: Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Tripuhyite: Fe++Sb+++++O4

Comments: Brown tripuhyite on matrix.
Location: Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Tripuhyite: Fe++Sb+++++O4  
Squawcreekite: (Fe+++,Sb+++++,W++++++)O4·(H2O)

Comments: Micro red-orange squawcreekite crystals in matrix. The mineral is now considered to be a Zn-bearing variety of Tripuhyite.
Location: Squaw Creek Tin Mine, Catron County, New Mexico. Scale: Not Given.
© Diederik Visser

Tristramite: (Ca,U++++,Fe+++)(PO4,SO4)·2(H2O)

Comments: Reflected light, crossed polars showing a cavity with tristramite (white) infill and surrounded by intergrowth of marcasite (dark) and pitchblende (dark). (MinMag, v47:344).
Location: Wheal Trewavas Head dumps, Cornwall, UK. Scale: Scale bar = 0.1 mm.
© Mineralogical Magazine

Tristramite: (Ca,U++++,Fe+++)(PO4,SO4)·2(H2O)

Comments: Reflected light, crossed polars showing a cavity with tristramite (white) infill and surrounded by intergrowth of marcasite (dark) and pitchblende (dark). (MinMag, v47:344).
Location: Wheal Trewavas Head dumps, Cornwall, UK. Scale: Scale bar = 0.1 mm.
© Mineralogical Magazine

Tritomite-(Ce): (Ce,La,Ca,Y,Th)5(Si,B)3(O,OH,F)13

Comments: Dark brown, vitreous grains of tritomite-(Ce) in pegmatite matrix.
Location: Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway. Scale: Crystal size 1 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Tritomite-(Ce): (Ce,La,Ca,Y,Th)5(Si,B)3(O,OH,F)13

Comments: Dark brown, vitreous grains of tritomite-(Ce) in pegmatite matrix.
Location: Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway. Scale: Crystal size 1 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Tritomite-(Y): (Y,Ca,La,Fe++)5(Si,B,Al)3(O,OH,F)13 (?)

Comments: Massive, resinous spencite (Tritomite-(Y)), with brown zircon crystals..
Location: BEMCO prospect (Charlotte Mine), Cranberry Lake, Byram Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA. Scale: Sample Size 2.0 cm.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tritomite-(Y): (Y,Ca,La,Fe++)5(Si,B,Al)3(O,OH,F)13 (?)

Comments: Massive, resinous spencite (Tritomite-(Y)), with brown zircon crystals..
Location: BEMCO prospect (Charlotte Mine), Cranberry Lake, Byram Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA. Scale: Sample Size 2.0 cm.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Trogerite: H2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8(H2O)  
Metazeunerite: Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8(H2O)

Comments: Yellow crystals of trögerite with green metazeunerite.
Location: Walpurgis Flats, Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Trogerite: H2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8(H2O)  
Metazeunerite: Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8(H2O)

Comments: Yellow crystals of trögerite with green metazeunerite.
Location: Walpurgis Flats, Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Trogtalite: CoSe2

Comments: Polished section (PPL). Grains of anhedral trogtalite (Tgt) partly replaced by a veinlet of sulfur-bearing berzelianite (Brz) in malachite-cemented (Mal) quartz (Qtz). (CanMin, v46:219).
Location: Thrust-Slice '2400' of the Musonoi Extension mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Trogtalite: CoSe2

Comments: Polished section (PPL). Grains of anhedral trogtalite (Tgt) partly replaced by a veinlet of sulfur-bearing berzelianite (Brz) in malachite-cemented (Mal) quartz (Qtz). (CanMin, v46:219).
Location: Thrust-Slice '2400' of the Musonoi Extension mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Troilite: FeS  
Cohenite: (Fe,Ni,Co)3C  
Kamacite: alpha-(Fe,Ni)  
Taenite: gamma-(Fe,Ni)

Comments: Brown masses of troilite, with white cohenite, in kamacite/taenite matrix, in meteorite (polished section).
Location: Meteor Crater, Canyon Diablo, Coconino County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Troilite: FeS  
Cohenite: (Fe,Ni,Co)3C  
Kamacite: alpha-(Fe,Ni)  
Taenite: gamma-(Fe,Ni)

Comments: Brown masses of troilite, with white cohenite, in kamacite/taenite matrix, in meteorite (polished section).
Location: Meteor Crater, Canyon Diablo, Coconino County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Trolleite: Al4(PO4)3(OH)3  
Berlinite: AlPO4

Comments: Pinkish crystalline berlinite with blue trolleite.
Location: Ijzer Mine, Vestana, Christiansted, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Trolleite: Al4(PO4)3(OH)3  
Viseite: Ca10Al24(SiO4)6(PO4)7O22F3·72(H2O) (?)

Comments: Chalky white massive viseite with bluish trolleite.
Location: Champion Sillimanite Mine, near Laws, Mono County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species