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Ice: H2O

Comments: Hexagonal ice plate formed from vapor deposition in air at 0 to -3 or -10 to -35 deg. C. Low Temperature Scanning Electron Microscope (LT-SEM) image with inset light microscope image.
Location: Unknown. Scale: Picture size 0.6 mm.
© Eric Erbe / Beltsville Agricultural Research Center

Ice: H2O

Comments: Acicular ice crystals formed from vapor deposition in air at -3 to -10 deg. C. Low Temperature Scanning Electron Microscope (LT-SEM) image with inset light microscope image.
Location: Unknown. Scale: Picture size 2 mm.
© Eric Erbe / Beltsville Agricultural Research Center

Idaite: Cu5FeS6

Comments: Deep blue metallic idaite in milky quartz.
Location: Winston, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Iddingsite: MgO.Fe2O3.3SiO2·4(H2O)

Comments: Red iddingsite with green olivine. Iddingsite alteration of olivine commonly seen in thin-sections is actually a fine-grained mixture of goethite+quartz+chlorite.
Location: Amboy, San Bernadino County, California, USA. Scale: Specimen Size 5x5x3 cm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Idrialite: C22H14

Comments: Yellow platy crystalline idrialite on matrix.
Location: Skaggs Springs, Sonoma County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Iimoriite-(Y): Y2(SiO4)(CO3)

Comments: Nearly colorless prismatic crystal of immolate-(Y) on dolomite.
Location: Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Scale: Picture size 1.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Ikaite: CaCO3·6(H2O)

Comments: Rounded, colorless crystals of ikaite extracted from Antarctic sea ice cores. Ikaite may be more common than previously thought.
Location: Southern sea near the Antarctic shore. Scale: See Image.
© Geophyscial Research Letters

Ikranite: (Na,H3O)15(Ca,Mn,REE)6Fe+++2Zr3([ ],Zr)([ ],Si)Si24O66(O,OH)6Cl·2-3H2O

Comments: Top and bottom images of brownish yellow ikranite aggregate in a green matrix.
Location: Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: 1 3/4" x 1".
© Chris Wright / Wrights Rock Shop

Ikunolite: Bi4(S,Se)3

Comments: B&W polished section showing kunolite( ik) in association with bismuth bi) and bismuthinite (bt). (AmMin, v47:1431).
Location: Bismuth-molybdenite pipes at Kingsgate in the New England district of New South Wales, Australia. Scale: 150 X.
© American Mineralogist

Ikunolite: Bi4(S,Se)3

Comments: Gray metallic grains of ikunolite on matrix.
Location: Also-Rozsa adit, Nagyborzsony, Borzsony Mts., Pest Co., Hungary. Scale: Specimen Size 10x5 mm.
© Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy

Ilesite: (Mn,Zn,Fe++)SO4·4(H2O)

Comments: Botryoidal to earthy, cream-colored ilesite.
Location: Chvaletice, Kutná Hora, Stredoceský Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Ilinskite: NaCu5O2(SeO3)2Cl

Comments: Dark green crystals of ilinskite on matrix.
Location: Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 1 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Illite: (K,H3O)(Al,Mg,Fe)2(Si,Al)4O10[(OH)2,(H2O)]

Comments: Wispy, authigenic illite crystals lining a pore space in sandstone. SEM image from a core sample.
Location: Unknown. Scale: Picture size 33 µ-m.
© OMNI Laboratories, Inc

Ilmajokite: (Na,Ce,La,Ba)2TiSi3O5(OH)10·n(H2O) (?)

Comments: Opaque dull yellow ilmajokite in syenite matrix.
Location: valley of Ilmajok River, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Ilmenite: Fe++TiO3

Comments: Sharp, opaque crystal of Ilmenite.
Location: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Ilmenorutile: (Ti,Nb,Fe+++)O2

Comments: Dark brown ilmenorutile crystal in matrix.
Location: Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Ilsemannite: Mo3O8·n(H2O) (?)

Comments: Dark blue ilsemannite.
Location: Glückauf Shaft, Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Iltisite: HgSAg(Cl,Br)

Comments: Reddish brown acicular iltisite crystals associated with baryte, cornwallite, strashmirite and quartz.
Location: Cap Garonne Mine, Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

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