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Abelsonite: Ni++C31H32N4
Comments: Purplish red crystal fragment of abelsonite. Location: Green River formation, Uintah County, Utah, USA. Scale: Crystal size 1.8 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Abhurite: Sn3O(OH)2Cl2
Comments: Brownish tabular crystals of abhurite. Location: Shipwreck "Hydra", South coast of Norway. Scale: Picture Size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke
Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6 Henrymeyerite: BaFe++Ti7O16
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
Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6 Lourenswalsite: (K,Ba)2(Ti,Mg,Ca,Fe)4(Si,Al,Fe)6O14(OH)12
Comments: Light brownish rosettes of lourenswalsite with dark green crystals of aegirine and white feldspar. Location: Diamond Jo quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Springs Co., Arkansas, USA. Scale: Picture size 3 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Aerugite: ([ ],Ni)9(AsO4)2(AsO6) (?)
Comments: Small dark green crystals of aerugite. Location: Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Aheylite: (Fe++,Zn)Al6(PO4)4(OH)8·4(H2O)
Comments: Colorless radiating spray of aheylite crystals. Location: Huanuni, Bolivia. Scale: Picture size 3 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Aktashite: Cu6Hg3As4S12
Comments: Metallic gray grain of aktashite in quartz gangue. Location: Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Alacranite: As8S9
Comments: Red crystals of alacranite. Location: Mine Wilmsdorfer Schacht, Possendorf near Dresden, Sachsen, Germany. Scale: Picture size 4 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Allanite-(Y): (Y,Ce,Ca)2(Al,Fe+++)3(SiO4)3(OH)
Comments: Dark brown allanite-(Y) in matrix. Location: Boden, Marienberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 10 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Allargentum: Ag1-xSbx(x=0.009-0.16)
Comments: Irregular crystalline aggregate grain of allargentum. Location: Shaft 371, Schlema-Hartenstein area, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Specimen size 43 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Allophane: Al2O3·(SiO2)1.3-2·((H2O))2.5-3
Comments: Blue, cuprian, botryoidal allophane on matrix. Location: Reiche Zeche Mine, Himmelfahrt Mine, Freiberg, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Alsakharovite-Zn: NaSrKZn(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·7(H2O)
Comments: Light brown crystal fragment of alsakharovite-Zn. Location: Lepkhe Nelm Mountain, Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Crystal size 2 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Aluminocopiapite: Al2/3Fe+++4(SO4)6O(OH)2·20(H2O)
Comments: Small yellow crystals of aluminocopiapite. Location: Willi Agatz Mine, Dresden, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Aluminum: Al
Comments: Native aluminum in a polished section. Location: From a mud volcano in the Caspian Sea near Baku, Azerbaidzhan. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Alumohydrocalcite: CaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·3(H2O)
Comments: Pinkish-white globular aggregates of alumohydrocalcite. Location: Carriere de Richelle, Vise, Belgium. Scale: Picture size 4 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Alumoklyuchevskite: K3Cu3AlO2(SO4)4
Comments: Very small olive-greenish prismatic crystals of alumoklyuchevskite. Location: Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. Scale: Sample size 1.8 x 1.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Alunogen: Al2(SO4)3·17(H2O) Jarosite: KFe+++3(SO4)2(OH)6
Comments: Colorless to white, tabular crystals alunogen on reddish jarosite. Location: Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Alunogen: Al2(SO4)3·17(H2O) Metavoltine: K4Na4(Fe++,Zn)Fe+++6(SO4)12O2·20(H2O)
Comments: Yellow metavoltine with white alunogen. Location: Carola Mine, Freital, near Dresden, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Alunogen: Al2(SO4)3·17(H2O) Voltaite: K2Fe++5Fe+++3Al(SO4)12·18(H2O)
Comments: Dark greenish-black crystals of voltaite on white alunogen. Location: Carola Mine, Freital, Dresden, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 4 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Amblygonite: (Li,Na)Al(PO4)(F,OH)
Comments: Grayish, massive amblygonite from the type locality. Location: Chursdorf, Penig, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Specimen size 35 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag