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Wadalite: Ca6Al5Si2O16Cl3
Comments: Gray wadalite masses in matrix. Location: Tadano, Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Wadalite: Ca6Al5Si2O16Cl3 Kumtyubeite: Ca5(SiO4)2F2 Srebrodolskite: Ca2Fe+++2O5 Rondorfite: Ca8Mg(SiO4)4Cl2
Comments: BSE image of kumtyubeite (Kmt) associated with srebrodolskite (Srb), bultfonteinite (Blt), Ca- kydrosilicates, wadalite (Wad), rondorfite (Rndr), and ettringite (dark gray). (AmMin, v94:1361). Location: Rock-forming mineral found in skarn carbonate-xenoliths in ignimbrites of the Upper Chegem volcanic structure, Kabardino-Balkaria, Northern Caucasus, Russia. Scale: See Image. © American Mineralogist
Wadeite: K2ZrSi3O9
Comments: Sharp hexagonal crystal of wadeite with included dark green aegirine. Location: Mt. Kukisvumchurr, Khibiny Massif (Russia). Scale: 12x10x6 mm. © Richard Dale / Dale Minerals
Wadsleyite: (Mg,Fe++)2SiO4
Comments: Synthetic wadsleyite crystals. Location: None, laboratory grown. Scale: See Image. © Rruff Database
Wagnerite: (Mg,Fe++)2(PO4)F
Comments: Crudely formed opaque wagnerite crystal in pegmatite. Location: Hollengraben, Salzberg, Austria. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Wairakite: CaAl2Si4O12·2(H2O)
Comments: White nearly opaque crystalline massive wairakite, with a few crystals faces present. Location: Tohi Mine, Shizuoka, Japan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Wairakite: CaAl2Si4O12·2(H2O) Dmisteinbergite: CaAl2Si2O8
Comments: Pearly platy crystalline dmisteinbergite with dull white wairakite on matrix. Location: Kurumazawa, Katashina, Gumma, Japan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Wairauite: CoFe
Comments: Octahedra of wairauite in serpentinite. AmMin v33:942. Location: Red Hills serpentinites of the Wairau Valley, South Island, New Zealand. Scale: See Image. © American Mineralogist
Wakabayashilite: (As,Sb)6As4S14
Comments: Golden colored, acicular crystals of wakabayashilite on matrix. Location: White Cap mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA. Scale: Picture size 3 cm. © Dave Barthelmy
Wakefieldite-(Ce): (Ce+++,Pb++,Pb++++)VO4
Comments: Bluish black crystal of wakefieldite-(Ce) on matrix. Location: Yellow Lake, Olala, British Columbia, Canada. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals