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Hematite: Fe2O3 Rutile: TiO2
Comments: Acicular, golden yellow crystals of rutile epitaxially overgrown on black crystals of hematite. The overgrowths are perpendicular to the trigonal crystallography of the hematite. Location: Novo Horizonte, Bahia Brazil. Scale: 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm. © Fabre Minerals
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
Hessite: Ag2Te
Comments: Complex latticework of hessite with minor white quartz. Location: Botés Mountains, Botés, Transilvania Rumania. Scale: Crystal size: 1 x 0.2 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Hubeite: Ca2Mn++Fe+++Si4O12(OH)(H2O)2 Inesite: Ca2Mn7Si10O28(OH)2ˇ5(H2O)
Comments: Brown hubeite aggregates accompanied by prismatic pinkish inesite crystals. Location: Fengjiashan Mine, Daye, Hubei China. Scale: 5.3 x 3.7 x 1.1 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Hydrocerussite: Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 Cerussite: PbCO3
Comments: Platy crystals of milky white hydrocerussite covering cerussite. Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: 6 x 5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Ilvaite: CaFe++2Fe+++Si2O7O(OH) Quartz: SiO2
Comments: Black, prismatic ilvaite with quartz. Location: First Sovietskij mine, Dalnjegorsk, Russia. Scale: 3.5 x 4.5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Ilvaite: CaFe++2Fe+++Si2O7O(OH) Hedenbergite: CaFe++Si2O6
Comments: Doubly terminated, black ilvaite on crystals of greenish gray hedenbergite with minor galena. Location: First Sovietsky mine, Dalnjegorsk, Russia. Scale: 4 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Inesite: Ca2Mn7Si10O28(OH)2ˇ5(H2O) Hubeite: Ca2Mn++Fe+++Si4O12(OH)(H2O)2
Ingodite: Bi(S,Te) Telluronevskite: Bi3TeSe2 Nevskite: Bi(Se,S)
Comments: Intergrown metallic grains of ingodite, telluronevskite, and nevskiite. Location: Poruba pod Vihorlatom, Vihorlat Mountains, Kosice Slovak Republic. Scale: Specimen Size 2.8 × 1.7 × 1 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Johachidolite: CaAlB3O7
Comments: Yellowish orange crystal of johachidolite on matix (quartz, muscovite). Location: Pein Pyit, Mogok, Mandalay Myanmar. Scale: Crystal Size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Julgoldite-(Fe++): Ca2Fe++(Fe+++,Al)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2ˇ(H2O)
Comments: Black julgodite-(Fe) and doubly-terminated, brilliant, water clear fluorapophyllite crystals on basalt. Location: Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India. Scale: 20 x 13 x 5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Kosnarite: KZr++++2(PO4)3 Zanazziite: Ca2(Mg,Fe++)(Mg,Fe++,Al,Mn,Fe+++)4Be4(PO4)6(OH)4ˇ6(H2O)
Comments: Beige crystals of kosnarite with pinkish, radial aggregates of zanazziite on whte albite matrix. Location: Jenipapo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Picture size 6 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Kutnohorite: Ca(Mn,Mg,Fe++)(CO3)2
Comments: Light-pinkish, parallel bundles of kutnohorite crystals on matrix. Location: Wessels mine, Hotazel, Kuruman District, South Africa. Scale: 5 x 4.7 x 3 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Legrandite: Zn2(AsO4)(OH)ˇ(H2O)
Comments: Prismatic crystal of yellow legrandite on a gossanous matrix. Location: Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Scale: 2.5 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Liddicoatite: Ca(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(O,OH,F)4
Comments: Complexly colored red zone, and the skin which varies from green to yellow terminated crystals of liddicoatite. Location: Anjanabonoina, Betafo, Antsirabé Madagascar. Scale: Specimen size: 3.3 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Linarite: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 Brochantite: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Comments: Deep blue, acicular, linarite with light blue, globular brochantite on white quartz. Location: Goulmina, Er Rachidia, Morroco. Scale: Crystal size 1.5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Magnesioferrite: MgFe+++2O4 Diopside: CaMgSi2O6
Comments: Very dark brown Magnesioferrite Pleonaste (Iron-Magnesium spinel) with cream colored Calcite and gray green diopside. Location: Aldan, Gon River, Russia. Scale: 6 x 4.5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Malachite: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Comments: Botryoidal malachite. Location: Mindigi, Shaba, Congo. Scale: 7.5 x 5.5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Manganbabingtonite: Ca2(Mn,Fe++)Fe+++Si5O14(OH)
Comments: Brownish black manganbabingtonite associated with pink Inesite blades. Location: Hubei, China. Scale: 8 x 5.7 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Manganilvaite: CaFe++Fe+++(Mn,Fe++)(Si2O7)O(OH)
Comments: Small, black, very bright crystals of manganilvaite on a matrix of clear quartz, white calcite, and tiny brassy pyrite crystals. Location: Daye mining area, Hubei, China. Scale: 6 x 5.6 x 3.7 cm. © Fabre Minerals