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Miassite: Rh17S15
Comments: Composite image of dark gray metallic polished grains and pale yellow vanadinite embedded in epoxy. Miassite occurs as a small inclusion in the larger isoferrplatinum grain on the inset BSE image. Location: Yukhtochka placer, Tributary of Aldan River, Yakutia, Russia. Scale: See Image. © Rruff Database
Micheelsenite: (Ca,Y)3Al[PO3OH,CO3](CO3)(OH)6·12(H2O)
Comments: Cotton ball bundles of white, fibrous michellsenite crystals on albite. Location: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Quebec, Canada. Scale: Sample size 4 x 3 x 1.5 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Michenerite: (Pd,Pt)BiTe
Comments: BSE image of pentlandite with inclusions of nickeliferous pyrite. Pentlandite hosts discrete grains of cobaltite/gersdorffite with michenerite (PdBiTe) crystals as overgrowths and replacement of the arsenide. Location: Worthington mine, Worthington offset, Supergiant Ni-Cu-PGE Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Image. © National Resouces of Canada
Microcline: KAlSi3O8 Columbite-(Fe): Fe++Nb2O6
Comments: Blocky, dark brown ferrocolumbite on pale greenish blue amazonite (microcline). Location: Crystal Park, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA. Scale: 2.5 x 1.5 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Microcline: KAlSi3O8
Comments: Opaque blocky tan crystal of microcline. Location: Moat Mountain, near Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Microlite: (Na,Ca)2Ta2O6(O,OH,F)
Comments: Brown crystal of microlite 10 mm in an albite matrix. Location: Morefield Mine, Winterham, Amelia Co., Virginia, USA. Scale: 5x4x3 cm. © John Betts - Fine Minerals
Comments: Golden-colored microlite octahedrons on white albite. Location: Maxixe Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Crystal size .5 cm. © John Veevaert
Microsommite: (Na,Ca,K)7-8(Si,Al)12O24(Cl,SO4)2-3
Comments: Colorless prismatic microsommite microcrystals in vug. Location: Novella Quarry, Vesuvius, Naples, Campania, Italy. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Comments: White acycular microsommite crystals (one mm. long) in small vugs in matrix. Location: Monte Somma - Vesuvio - NA, Campania, Italy. Scale: Picture size 1 cm. © Sandro Maggia/Minernet.it
Middendorfite: K3Na2Mn5Si12(O,OH)36·2H2O
Comments: Dark orange platy middendorfite in quartz matrix. Location: Kirovskii Mine, Kukisvumchorr, Chibiny, Kola, Russia. Scale: Not Given. © Diederik Visser
Miersite: (Ag,Cu)I
Comments: Translucent miersite crystals on matrix. Location: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Miessiite: Pd11Te2Se2
Comments: B&W optical image of miessiite grain. (CanMin, v45:1221). Location: Miessi River placers, Lemmenjoki area, Inari commune, Lapland, Finland.. Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist
Miharaite: Cu4FePbBiS6 Angelaite: Cu2AgPbBiS4
Comments: Image of a polished section of the ore (without analyzer): galena (ga) with numerous inclusions miharaíte (wi) and angelaíte (an). Pyrite (pi), chalcopyrite (cp). (AsocGeolArgent, v59, no 4). Location: Angela mine, IS-type mineralization in the district springs, Chubut, Argentina. Scale: See Image. © Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina
Mikasaite: Fe+++2(SO4)3
Comments: Pale yellow to white platy crystalline mikasaite cluster. Location: Ikushunbetsu, Mikassa, Hokkaido, Japan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Milarite: K2Ca4Al2Be4Si24O60·(H2O)
Comments: Single transparent crystal of yellow Milarite. Location: Near Rossing, Namibia. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Comments: Blocky, barrel-shaped crystal of milarite on muscovite.. Location: Jagauaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Crystal size 2.5 x 1 x 1 cm. © Rob Lavinsky
Millerite: NiS
Comments: Fragile, acicular crystals of metallic yellow millerite in a vug. Location: Hall's Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Comments: Dense tuft of hair-like millerite crystals. Location: Kerr-Addison mine, Timmons, Ontario, Canada. Scale: Tuft height 5 cm. © Dave Barthelmy
Millisite: (Na,K)CaAl6(PO4)4(OH)9·3(H2O)
Comments: Milky cream-colored crystals of millisite. Location: Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Utah County, Utah, USA. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Millosevichite: (Al,Fe+++)2(SO4)3
Comments: Porous crust of Millosevichite. Location: Schoeller Mine, Kladno, Stredoceský Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag