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Diaboleite: Pb2CuCl2(OH)4

Comments: Coarsely crystalline, blue diaboleite.
Location: Mammoth Mine, Tiger, Arizona. USA. Scale: 2.8 x 2.5 cm.
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Diaspore: AlO(OH)

Comments: Crystals of deep violet-colored diaspore exposed from numerous vugs.
Location: Saga Quarry, Oslo Region Norway. Scale: Crystal size 1 cm.
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Dioptase: CuSiO2(OH)2  
Minrecordite: CaZn(CO3)2

Comments: Blue-green dioptase covered with minute, rhombic crystals of transparent minrecordite one mm or less in size.
Location: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
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Duftite-alpha: PbCu(AsO4)(OH)  
Mimetite: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl

Comments: Mimetite crystals are replaced by Duftite-alpha on a gossanous matrix.
Location: Mt. Bonnie Mine, Northern Territory, Australia. Scale: Crystal size to 3mm.
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Effenbergerite: BaCuSi4O10  
Sugilite: KNa2(Fe+++,Mn+++,Al)2Li3Si12O30

Comments: Blue effenbergerite pods to across in massive purple sugilite.
Location: Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: Crystal size 4 mm.
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Ellestadite: Ca5(SiO4,PO4,SO4)3(F,OH,Cl)

Comments: Honey yellow hexagonal dipyramids of ellestadite in light blue marble matrix.
Location: Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California, USA. Scale: 6 x 7.7 cm.
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Elpidite: Na2ZrSi6O15·3(H2O)

Comments: Blocky, intergrown crystals of elpidite.
Location: Narsasuk, Greenland. Scale: Crystal size 2 cm.
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Embolite: Ag(Br,Cl)

Comments: An exposed 3 x 2 cm vug in barite completely filled with a mass of embolite comprised of myriad crystals to 2 mm.
Location: Broken Hill Mine, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: Picture size 4 cm.
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Emmonsite: Fe+++2Te++++3O9·2(H2O)

Comments: Quartz with small blebs of pea green emmonsite.
Location: Barrbolla Mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: Bleb size 2 mm.
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Eosphorite: MnAl(PO4)(OH)2·(H2O)  
Zanazziite: Ca2(Mg,Fe++)(Mg,Fe++,Al,Mn,Fe+++)4Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6(H2O)

Comments: Minor crystals of equant, olive green zanazziite and brown, lath-like crystals of eosphorite on quartz.
Location: Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
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Epistolite: (Na,[ ])2{(Na,Ti)4[Nb2(O,H2O)4Si4O14](OH,F)2}·2H2O

Comments: Plate-like crystals of pearly white epistolite to 2.7 cm.
Location: Ilimaussaq, Kvanefjeld, Greenland. Scale: 3.5 cm.
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Erythrite: Co3(AsO4)2·8(H2O)  
Skutterudite: (Co,Ni)As3-x

Comments: Erythrite crystal on massive skutterudite.
Location: Bou Azzer, Morocco. Scale: Crystal size 1.5 cm.
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Ettringite: Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·26(H2O)

Comments: Small glassy whitish micro crystals of ettringite on a white powdery matrix.
Location: Ettringen, Eifel, Allemagne, Germany. Scale: 2.5 x 1 x 2 cm.
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Eudialyte: Na4(Ca,Ce)2(Fe++,Mn,Y)ZrSi8O22(OH,Cl)2 (?)  
Natrolite: Na2[Al2Si3O10]·2(H2O)

Comments: Druse of gemmy, red eudialyte crystals to 1 mm on white natrolite.
Location: Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
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Euxenite-(Y): (Y,Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6

Comments: Crystal of euxenite-(Y) in matrix.
Location: Trout Creek Pass, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA. Scale: Crystal size 1.5 cm.
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Evansite: Al3(PO4)(OH)6·6(H2O) (?)

Comments: Cream-colored, amorphous evansite coating an unknown striated, prismatic mineral, now missing (see hollow shells)..
Location: Cobalt, Idaho. Scale: Picture size 3 cm.
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Falcondoite: (Ni,Mg)4Si6O15(OH)2·6(H2O)

Comments: Solid mass of lime green falcondoite.
Location: Riddle, Douglas County, Oregon. USA. Scale: 4 cm.
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Ferritaramite: Na(CaNa)(Fe++,Mg)3Fe+++2[Si6Al2O22](OH)2  
Potassic-ferritaramite:

Comments: Lightly to moderately etched, blocky, jet black ferritaramite (potassic-ferritaramite is a not approved mineral name).
Location: Niaslo, Basha Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan. Scale: 5 x 1.5 x 0.3 cm.
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Ferrokesterite: Cu2(Fe,Zn)SnS4  
Andorite: PbAgSb3S6

Comments: Small, tetragonal crystal of gray ferrokesterite (circled in thumbnail) attached on the surface of a larger striated andorite specimen.
Location: San Jose mine, Oruro, Bolivia. Scale: Crystal size 0.2 mm.
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Fizelyite: Pb14Ag5Sb21S48 (?)

Comments: Galena and sphalerite with minor chalcopyrite and a heavy druse of acicular fizelyite crystals.
Location: Herja, Kisbanya, Transylvania, Romania. Scale: Crystal size 3 mm.
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