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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hubeite: Ca2Mn++Fe+++Si4O12(OH)(H2O)2  
Inesite: Ca2Mn7Si10O28(OH)2·5(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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Inesite: Ca2Mn7Si10O28(OH)2·5(H2O)  
Hubeite: Ca2Mn++Fe+++Si4O12(OH)(H2O)2

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.
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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.
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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.
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Julgoldite-(Fe++): Ca2Fe++(Fe+++,Al)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2·(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.
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Kosnarite: KZr++++2(PO4)3  
Zanazziite: Ca2(Mg,Fe++)(Mg,Fe++,Al,Mn,Fe+++)4Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6(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.
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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.
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Legrandite: Zn2(AsO4)(OH)·(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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Malachite: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

Comments: Botryoidal malachite.
Location: Mindigi, Shaba, Congo. Scale: 7.5 x 5.5 cm.
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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.
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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.
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