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Ellestadite-(OH): Ca5(SiO4,SO4)3(OH,Cl,F)  
Yeelimite: Ca4Al6O12(SO4)

Comments: Ye'elimite and hydroxylellestadite intimately intergrown as a brownish aggregate in massive anhydrite.
Location: Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 6 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Ellestadite-(OH): Ca5(SiO4,SO4)3(OH,Cl,F)

Comments: Pale violet crystalline massive hydroxylellestadite.
Location: Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Ellisite: Tl3AsS3

Comments: SEM image of ellisite grains showing rhombohedral cleavage fragments. (AmMin, v64,701).
Location: Mineralized laminated carbonaceous dolomite beds in the Carlin gold deposit, Eureka County, Nevada, USA. Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist

Elpasolite: K2NaAlF6

Comments: Colorless crystal of elpasolite in matrix.
Location: Cetine di Cotorniano mine (Cetine mine), Rosia, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: Picture size 2.5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Elpidite: Na2ZrSi6O15·3(H2O)

Comments: Blocky, intergrown crystals of elpidite.
Location: Narsasuk, Greenland. Scale: Crystal size 2 cm.
© John Veevaert

Elpidite: Na2ZrSi6O15·3(H2O)  
Gjerdingenite-Mn: (K,Na)2(Mn,Fe)(Nb,Ti)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·6(H2O)

Comments: Golden brown crystal of gjerdingenite-Mn, in white elpidite.
Location: Gjerdingselva (Gjerdingen), Nordmarka, Lunner, Oppland, Norway. Scale: Crystal Size 0.02 cm.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Elyite: Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4·(H2O)

Comments: Purple acicular crystals of elyite.
Location: Kurfurst-Ernst, Bonkhausen, Sauerland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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.
© John Veevaert

Embolite: Ag(Br,Cl)  
Iodargyrite: AgI

Comments: Cubo-octahedral crystals of iodaryrite (I) with smaller and darker octahedral crystals of embolite (E).
Location: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: Specimen size 2x1 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Embreyite: Pb5(CrO4)2(PO4)2·(H2O)

Comments: Orange embreyite crystals on matrix.
Location: Cumbria, England. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Emeleusite: Na4Li2Fe+++2Si12O30

Comments: Clear to pale tan glassy crystalline emeleusite with white albite and dark green aegirine.
Location: Igdlutalik, Greenland. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Emilite: Cu2.68Pb2.68Bi5.32S12

Comments: Polished section epoxy grain mount PPL image of emilite.
Location: Westfeld, Felbertal, Mittersill, Salzburg, Austria. Scale: Picture Size 0.7 mm.
© Bernhard Pracejus

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.
© John Veevaert

Emmonsite: Fe+++2Te++++3O9·2(H2O)  
Schmitterite: (UO2)TeO3

Comments: Yellow schmitterite with green emmonsite.
Location: Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Emmonsite: Fe+++2Te++++3O9·2(H2O)

Comments: Green, mossy emmonsite on matrix..
Location: Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Emplectite: CuBiS2

Comments: Metallic emplectite wire in quartz.
Location: Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Empressite: AgTe  
Tellurium: Te

Comments: Bronze-colored microcrystals of empressite with bright native tellurium crystals.
Location: Rex mine, Boulder County, Colorado, USA. Scale: 1.9 x 1.4 x 0.7 cm.
© Richard Dale / Dale Minerals

Enargite: Cu3AsS4

Comments: Lustrous, metallic gray columnar crystals of enargite with minor quartz.
Location: Quiruvilca, La Libertad Dept., Peru. Scale: 4.2x2x2.3 cm.
© Isaias Casanova / IC Minerals

Enargite: Cu3AsS4  
Famatinite: Cu3SbS4

Comments: Violet metallic crystalline famatinite with black massive enargite.
Location: Cerro de Pasco, Pasco, Peru. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Endellite: Al2Si2O5(OH)4·2(H2O)

Comments: Gray to white massive endellite.
Location: Buck Reef Deposit, Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species