Mineral Specimen Images (C)

Celadonite: K(Mg,Fe++)(Fe+++,Al)[Si4O10](OH)2

Comments: Greenish masses of celadonite filling vesicles in basaltic rock.
Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Celestine: SrSO4

Comments: Transparent blue orthorhombic crystals of celestine, some doubly terminated to 15 mm in size, on a limestone matrix.
Location: Clay Center, Ohio, USA. Scale: 5 x 9 x 2.5 cm.
© Dan Weinrich

Celsian: BaAl2Si2O8  
Hendricksite: K(Zn,Mg,Mn)3Si3AlO10(OH)2

Comments: Gray massive celsian with dark red hendricksite.
Location: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Celsian: BaAl2Si2O8  
Alforsite: Ba5(PO4)3Cl  
Titantaramellite: Ba4(Ti,Fe+++,Fe++,Mg)4(B2Si8O27)O2Clx X=0 TO 1, with Ti > Fe  
Sanbornite: BaSi2O5

Comments: SEM image showing alforsite (al). Matrix composed by lamellar sanbornite (sa) and granular quartz (q). Rectangular crystal in the upper right corner is titantaramellite (ti) and isometric crystals included in sanbornite are celsian (ce).
Location: Trumbull Peak, near Incline, Mariposa Co., California, USA. Scale: See Image.
© Pavel M. Kartashov

Cerchiaraite: Ba4(Mn,Fe,Al)4Si6(O,OH,Cl)26

Comments: Green aggregates of cerchiaraite on matrix.
Location: Cerchiara Mine, Near Faggiona, Val di Vara, Eastern Liguria, Italy. Scale: Specimen Size 13x7x6 mm.
© Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy

Cerianite-(Ce): (Ce++++,Th)O2

Comments: Black crystal of cerianite-(Ce) on matrix.
Location: Ettringer Bellerberg, Ettringen, near Mayen, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce): (Ce,Ca,Y)2(Nb,Ta)2O6(OH,F)

Comments: Dark-brown granular aggregate of compact ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) with fine-granular aggregate of more light-brown zircon.
Location: Katugin Ta-­Nb deposit (Katuginskoye deposit), Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 8x5 cm.
© Pavel M. Kartashov

Cerite-(Ce): Ce+++9Fe+++(SiO4)6[(SiO3)(OH)](OH)3

Comments: Brownish pink, thin, massive crystalline coating of cerite-(Ce).
Location: Bastnas, Riddarhyttan, Sweden. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Cerite-(La): (La,Ce,Ca)9(Mg,Fe+++)(SiO4)6[SiO3(OH)](OH)3

Comments: Orange aggregates of cerite-(La) in matrix, (CanMin, 40:1179).
Location: Mt. Yuksporr, Khibina massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Specimen size 3.5 cm.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Cerite-(La): (La,Ce,Ca)9(Mg,Fe+++)(SiO4)6[SiO3(OH)](OH)3

Comments: SEM photomicrograph of a rhombohedral crystal of cerite-(La).
Location: Mt. Yuksporr, Khibina massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Crystal size 2 mm.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Cernyite: Cu2CdSnS4

Comments: Gray massive, metallic cernyite.
Location: Hugo Mine, Keystone, Keystone District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Cerotungstite-(Ce): (Ce,REE)W2O6(OH)3  
Anthoinite: AlWO3(OH)3  
Ferberite: Fe++WO4

Comments: Yellow cerotungstite-(Ce), with black ferberite veins and whitish anthoinite.
Location: Bugarama, Rwanda. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Ceruleite: Cu2Al7(AsO4)4(OH)13·12(H2O)

Comments: Blue globular clusters of ceruleite.
Location: Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall, England. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Cerussite: PbCO3

Comments: Transparent reticulated crystal of cerussite.
Location: Tsumeb Mine, Namibia. Scale: 5 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Cerussite: PbCO3  
Hydrocerussite: Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2

Comments: Platy crystals of milky white hydrocerussite covering cerussite.
Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: 6 x 5 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Cerussite: PbCO3  
Mimetite: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl

Comments: Creamy white crystal of cerussite measuring 11 x 22 mm in size nestled nicely in a vug which is lined by bright-yellow, lustrous, prismatic mimetite crystals. The mimetites average 5 mm in length.
Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: 3.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm.
© Dan Weinrich

Cerussite: PbCO3

Comments: Jack-straw aggregate of reticulated, white cerussite. Former John Innes collection.
Location: Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: 9.75 x 5 x 2.5.
© John Schneider

Cervantite: Sb+++Sb+++++O4

Comments: Brownish-yellow, rounded crystalline aggregate of cervantite on quartz.
Location: Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Wolfach Valley, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.6 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Cesarolite: PbH2Mn++++3O8

Comments: Black to dark brown botryoidal masses of cesarolite in white calcite.
Location: Sidi-amor-ben-Salem, Tunisia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Cesbronite: Cu5(TeO3)2(OH)6·2(H2O)

Comments: Minute green spherical cesbronite on calcite.
Location: Mina La Oriental, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species