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Hemihedrite: Pb10Zn(CrO4)6(SiO4)2F2  
Phoenicochroite: Pb2(CrO4)O

Comments: Yellow hemihedrite crystals to 1 mm within pockets of dark red phoenicochroite crystalline aggregates on matrix.
Location: Pack Rat claim, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA. Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Hemimorphite: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·(H2O)

Comments: Lustrous, mostly colorless to slightly reddish-brown hemimorphite crystals, the largest 13 x 20 x 2 mm in size.
Location: Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Scale: 25 x 10 x 25 mm.
© Dan Weinrich

Hemloite: (As,Sb)2(Ti,V,Fe,Al)12O23OH

Comments: Coarse composite grain of hemloite surrounding rutile, with some alteration to titanite. The white grains are pyrite. (CanMin, v27:427).
Location: Drill core samples from the Hemlo gold deposit, Hemlo, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Hemusite: Cu6SnMoS8

Comments: B&W polished section image (plane polarized light) of aggregated and isolated grains of hemusite (gray, white) in quartz (black).
Location: Ohsawa No. 4 vein, Kawazu mine, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (Mineralogical Journal v14, no3, p92). Scale: Scale Bar 0.1 mm.
© Mineralogical Journal

Hendricksite: K(Zn,Mg,Mn)3Si3AlO10(OH)2  
Celsian: BaAl2Si2O8

Comments: Gray massive celsian with dark red hendricksite.
Location: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Hendricksite: K(Zn,Mg,Mn)3Si3AlO10(OH)2

Comments: Reddish black hendricksite crystal in cream-colored willemite.
Location: 'Mill Site', Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Heneuite: CaMg5(PO4)3(CO3)(OH)  
Raadeite: Mg7(PO4)2(OH)8

Comments: Translucent aqua colored greasy heneuite grain, surrounded by beige rim of raadeite, with dark blue phosphoellenbergerite inclusion (near top of heneuite), in quartz apatite rock.
Location: Tingelstadt Iron Mine, Modum, Buskerud, Norway. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Henmilite: Ca2Cu[B(OH)4]2(OH)4

Comments: Blue crystals of henmilite in matrix.
Location: Fuka Mine, Bitchu-Cho, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan. Scale: Crystal size 3 mm.
© John Veevaert

Henmilite: Ca2Cu[B(OH)4]2(OH)4  
Olshanskyite: Ca2[B3O3(OH)6]OH·3(H2O)

Comments: Milky white olshanskyite hosting crystals of deep blue henmilite to 6 mm across.
Location: Fuka Mine, Bicchu Town, Kawakama Co., Okayama Pref., Japan. Scale: Crystal size 6 mm.
© John Veevaert

Hennomartinite: SrMn+++2Si2O7(OH)2·(H2O)

Comments: Reddish brown hennomartinite included in purple sugilite.
Location: Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: 0.5 mm.
© John Veevaert

Henritermierite: Ca3(Mn,Al)2(SiO4)2(OH)4

Comments: Dark brown octahedral henritermierite crystal on massive material.
Location: Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: Specimen Size 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm.
© Rob Lavinsky

Henrymeyerite: BaFe++Ti7O16  
Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6

Comments: A nearly black crystal of henrymeyerite with dark green prismatic crystals of aegirine in quartz.
Location: Green River formation, Uintah County, Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Henrymeyerite: BaFe++Ti7O16

Comments: Slender prismatic crystals of henrymeyerite intergrown with stubby hexagonal prisms of fluorapatite and dolomite rhombohedra. (CanMin v 38. p 620).
Location: Kovdor alkaline ultramafic complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Image size 0.2 mm.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Hentschelite: Cu++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2

Comments: Dark green botryoidal hentschelite in transparent quartz.
Location: Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Hephaistosite: TlPb2Cl5

Comments: BSE image of hephaistosite crystals (CanMin, v43:701).
Location: Rim of La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Aeolian archipelago, Sicily, Italy. Scale: Crystal length 0.5 mm.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Herbertsmithite: Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2

Comments: Black and white image of dark green herbertsmithite crystals on pale buff matrix. (Mineralogical Magazine, 68:5310.
Location: Mina Los Tres Presidentes, Sierra Gorda, Chile.. Scale: See Image.
© Mineralogical Magazine

Hercynite: Fe++Al2O4

Comments: Brownish black granular hercynite.
Location: Nacetin, Severocesky, Czech Republic. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Herderite: CaBe(PO4)F

Comments: Partially transparent herderite crystal with minor white albite.
Location: Alto do Corrego Frio, Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: 3.1x2.7x2.9 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Herschelite: (Na,Ca,K)AlSi2O6·3(H2O)  
Chabazite-Na: (Na2,K2,Ca,Mg)[Al2Si4O12]·6(H2O)

Comments: Rounded transparent crystals of chabazite-Na (herschelite).
Location: Horseshoe Dam, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Herzenbergite: SnS

Comments: B&W polished section images. (C) Herzenbergite (h) and columbite (cb), with remnants of primary cassiterite (c), replaced(?) by varlamoffite (v). (D) Replacement of cassiterite by herzenbergite with euhedral herzenbergite crystals and gangue (g).
Location: Dykes in three granite pegmatite fields in north-central Sweden. (MinMag, v57:388). Scale: Picture Width 0.4 mm.
© Mineralogical Magazine