Tin Mineral Gallery

Tin: Sn

Comments: Stream rounded silvery metallic tin grains.
Location: Near Oban, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tin: Sn  
Sorosite: Cu(Sn,Sb)  
Stistaite: SnSb

Comments: Back-scattered electron image of large sorosite crystal (So=partly skeletal) adjacent to stistaite (St). Tn=native tin. Note abundant microcrystals of sorosite isolated within native tin. (AmMin 83:903).
Location: Baimka gold-platinum group mineral placer deposit, Chukotka, Russian Far East. Scale: Image Size 1.5 cm.
© American Mineralogist

Tin: Sn

Comments: Stream rounded silvery metallic tin grains.
Location: Near Oban, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tin: Sn  
Sorosite: Cu(Sn,Sb)  
Stistaite: SnSb

Comments: Back-scattered electron image of large sorosite crystal (So=partly skeletal) adjacent to stistaite (St). Tn=native tin. Note abundant microcrystals of sorosite isolated within native tin. (AmMin 83:903).
Location: Baimka gold-platinum group mineral placer deposit, Chukotka, Russian Far East. Scale: Image Size 1.5 cm.
© American Mineralogist

Tinaksite: K2Na(Ca,Mn++)2(Ti,Fe)O[Si7O18(OH)]  
Charoite: K5Ca8(Si6O15)2(Si2O7)Si4O9(OH)·3(H2O)

Comments: Yellow-brown prismatic tinaksite crystals in purple charoite with black aegirine.
Location: Murun, Aldan Uplift, Chara and Olekma Rivers, near Olekminsk, Republic of Sakha, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tinaksite: K2Na(Ca,Mn++)2(Ti,Fe)O[Si7O18(OH)]  
Charoite: K5Ca8(Si6O15)2(Si2O7)Si4O9(OH)·3(H2O)

Comments: Polished slab of deep purple chariote with inclusions of black augite, white feldspar and orange tinaksite.
Location: Murun, Siberia, Russia. Scale: Picture size 10 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Tinaksite: K2Na(Ca,Mn++)2(Ti,Fe)O[Si7O18(OH)]  
Charoite: K5Ca8(Si6O15)2(Si2O7)Si4O9(OH)·3(H2O)

Comments: Yellow-brown prismatic tinaksite crystals in purple charoite with black aegirine.
Location: Murun, Aldan Uplift, Chara and Olekma Rivers, near Olekminsk, Republic of Sakha, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tinaksite: K2Na(Ca,Mn++)2(Ti,Fe)O[Si7O18(OH)]  
Charoite: K5Ca8(Si6O15)2(Si2O7)Si4O9(OH)·3(H2O)

Comments: Polished slab of deep purple chariote with inclusions of black augite, white feldspar and orange tinaksite.
Location: Murun, Siberia, Russia. Scale: Picture size 10 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Tincalconite: Na6[B4O5(OH)4]3·8(H2O)

Comments: Pristine white tincalconite pseudomorph after a single borax crystal.
Location: Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA. Scale: 30x14x5 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Tincalconite: Na6[B4O5(OH)4]3·8(H2O)

Comments: Pristine white tincalconite pseudomorph after a single borax crystal.
Location: Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA. Scale: 30x14x5 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Tinsleyite: KAl2(PO4)2(OH)·2(H2O)  
Phosphosiderite: Fe+++PO4·2(H2O)  
Rockbridgeite: (Fe++,Mn)Fe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5

Comments: Violet botryoidal tinsleyite on bluish-purple botryoidal phosphosiderite on dark, massive rockbridgeite.
Location: Bendada, Guarda, Portugal. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tinsleyite: KAl2(PO4)2(OH)·2(H2O)  
Phosphosiderite: Fe+++PO4·2(H2O)  
Rockbridgeite: (Fe++,Mn)Fe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5

Comments: Violet botryoidal tinsleyite on bluish-purple botryoidal phosphosiderite on dark, massive rockbridgeite.
Location: Bendada, Guarda, Portugal. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tinticite: Fe+++5(PO4,VO4)4·7(H2O)

Comments: Porcelaneous tinticite chip.
Location: Near Tintic Standard Mine, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tinticite: Fe+++5(PO4,VO4)4·7(H2O)

Comments: Porcelaneous tinticite chip.
Location: Near Tintic Standard Mine, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tintinaite: Pb22Cu+4(Sb,Bi)30S69

Comments: Massive silvery metallic tintinaite in matrix.
Location: Roznava, Slovak Republic. Scale: Specimen Size 2 x 4 cm.
© Diederik Visser

Tintinaite: Pb22Cu+4(Sb,Bi)30S69

Comments: Massive silvery metallic tintinaite in matrix.
Location: Roznava, Slovak Republic. Scale: Specimen Size 2 x 4 cm.
© Diederik Visser

Tinzenite: (Ca,Mn,Fe)3Al2BO3Si4O12(OH)  
Epidote-(Sr): CaSrAl2Fe+++(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)

Comments: B&W image of a radial aggregate of epidote-(Sr) in tinzenite. (Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, v103:400).
Location: Nagakawara and Hohnomori deposits at the Ananai mine, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Scale: See Image.
© Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Tinzenite: (Ca,Mn,Fe)3Al2BO3Si4O12(OH)

Comments: Orange bladed aggregate of tinzenite crystals and clear quartz.
Location: Molinello mine, Val Graveglia, Italy. Scale: 5.8x3.6x3.3 cm.
© Richard Dale / Dale Minerals

Tinzenite: (Ca,Mn,Fe)3Al2BO3Si4O12(OH)  
Epidote-(Sr): CaSrAl2Fe+++(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)

Comments: B&W image of a radial aggregate of epidote-(Sr) in tinzenite. (Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, v103:400).
Location: Nagakawara and Hohnomori deposits at the Ananai mine, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Scale: See Image.
© Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Tinzenite: (Ca,Mn,Fe)3Al2BO3Si4O12(OH)

Comments: Orange crystalline tinzenite with quartz and black braunite.
Location: Cassagne mine, near Chiavari, Liguria, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species