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Faujasite-Mg: (Mg,Na2,Ca)3.5[Al7Si17O48]ˇ32(H2O)
Comments: Colorless octahedra of faujasite-Mg in basalt vesicles. Location: Limburg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Scale: See Image. © Rruff Database
Faujasite-Na: (Na2,Ca,Mg)3.5[Al7Si17O48]ˇ32(H2O)
Comments: Intergrown crystals of faujasite coated with opal. Location: Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Faustite: (Zn,Cu)Al6(PO4)4(OH)8ˇ4(H2O)
Comments: White botryoidal faustite on matrix. Location: Rain Mine, Eureka County, Nevada, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Fayalite: Fe++2SiO4
Comments: Flattened crystals of fayalite on cristobalite. Location: Coso Hot Springs, Inyo County, California. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Fedorite: KNa4Ca4(Al,Si)16O36(OH,F)4ˇ6(H2O) Charoite: K5Ca8(Si6O15)2(Si2O7)Si4O9(OH)ˇ3(H2O)
Comments: Tan crystalline platy fedorite in pale violet charoite. Location: Murun, Republic of Sakha, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Fedorovskite: Ca2(Mg,Mn)2B4O7(OH)6
Comments: Brown crystalline fedorovskite. Location: Solongo, Republic of Buryatia, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Fedotovite: K2Cu++3(SO4)3O Dolerophanite: Cu2(SO4)O Chalcanthite: CuSO4ˇ5(H2O)
Comments: Brown crystals of dolerophanite with blue chalcanthite and green fedotovite. Location: Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 3 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Fedotovite: K2Cu++3(SO4)3O Chalcanthite: CuSO4ˇ5(H2O)
Comments: Green fedotovite with pale blue chalcanthite. Location: Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 4 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Feinglosite: Pb2(Zn,Fe)[(As,S)O4]2ˇ(H2O)
Comments: Feinglositc in polished section: (a) PPL light and (b) XPL light. In (a) note the inclusions of goethite (white) in the grey feinglosite (the black areas are holes). In (b) note the white to gray clusters of feinglosite. Black areas are goethite. Location: Lining a cavity in a sample of massive chalcocite from Tsumeb, Namibia. (MinMag, v61:405). Scale: Picture Width 1 mm. © Mineralogical Magazine
Feitknechtite: beta-Mn+++O(OH)
Comments: Brown feitknechtite with pink rhodonite. Location: Ioi Mine, Ritto Cho, Shiga, Japan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Feklichevite: Na11Ca9(Fe+++,Fe++)2Zr3Nb[Si25O73](OH,H2O,Cl,O)5
Comments: Brownish to purplish-brownish crystal of feklichevite. Location: Kovdor Mine, Kovdor massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 6 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Felsobanyaite: Al4(SO4)(OH)10ˇ5(H2O)
Comments: Gray white crystalline micro grains of felsöbanyaite on brown to yellow opal. Location: Cavnik, Felsobanya, Maramures, Romania. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Fenaksite: (K,Na,Ca)4(Fe++,Fe+++,Mn)2Si8O20(OH,F)
Comments: Tan to rose colored crystalline fenaksite with dark green-black crystalline pyroxene. Location: Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Fencooperite: Ba6Fe+++3Si8O23(CO3)2Cl3ˇH2O
Comments: Micro black needles of fencooperite in white sanbornite and pinkish gillespite matrix. Location: Trumbull Peak, Sierra Nevada, Mariposa Co., California, USA. Scale: 2x2x2cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Ferberite: Fe++WO4
Comments: Ferberite with minor siderite selvage. Location: Panasqueira (2nd level), in the region of Beira Baixa, Portugal. Scale: 6 x 5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Ferberite: Fe++WO4 Anthoinite: AlWO3(OH)3 Cerotungstite-(Ce): (Ce,REE)W2O6(OH)3
Comments: Yellow cerotungstite-(Ce), with black ferberite veins and whitish anthoinite. Location: Bugarama, Rwanda. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Ferchromide: Cr3Fe1-x(x=0,6)
Comments: Metallic microcrystal of ferchromide. Location: Verkhneivinsk, Sverdlovsk District, Middle Urals, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Ferdisilicite: FeSi2 Fersilicite: FeSi
Comments: Dark grains of ferdisilicite, in sand, intermixed with dark grains of fersilicate. Location: Poltava series, Zachativsk station, Donets (Donetsk) region, Donets'k Oblast' (Donetsk Oblast'), Ukraine. Scale: 0.2 cm field of view. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Fergusonite-(Nd): (Nd,Ce)(Nb,Ti)O4 Ferriallanite-(Ce): CaCe(Fe+++,Fe++,Al)3[SiO4][Si2O7]O(OH)
Comments: Orange-brown ferusonite-(Nd) grains in ferriallanite-(Ce) zone of the vein. Main black inclusions are ferriallanite-(Ce) crystals. White matrix is mixture of calcian strontianite and strontian calcite. Location: Tornebohmite vein, Biraya Fe-REE ore occurrence, Biraya and Bya Rivers confluence area (Chara Basin), Vitim Plateau, Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: FOV 1 cm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Fergusonite-(Y): YNbO4
Comments: Heavy mass of fergusonite-(Y) with one face polished flat to show the solid interior. Radioactive. Location: Ambatofotsy, Betafo - Antsirabé region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Scale: 6x2.5x1.5 cm. © John Betts - Fine Minerals