Mineral Specimen Images (C)

Carletonite: KNa4Ca4Si8O18(CO3)4(OH,F)·(H2O)

Comments: Several crystals of blue and white carletonite.
Location: Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: 2.8 x 2.7 cm.
© John Veevaert

Carlfriesite: CaTe++++2Te++++++O8

Comments: Pale bright yellow crystalline carlfriesite botryoids on white calcite.
Location: Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Carlhintzeite: Ca2AlF7·(H2O)

Comments: Colorless tabular crystals of carlhintzeite on matrix.
Location: Hagendorf, Bayern, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Carlinite: Tl2S

Comments: B&W image of carlinite fragments (opaque grains), with some quartz (transparent gralns. (AmMin, v60:559).
Location: Carbonaceous limestones exposed in the east pit of ihe Carlin mine, Nevada, USA. Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist

Carlosruizite: K6(Na,K)4Na6Mg10(Se++++++O4)12(IO3)12·12(H2O)

Comments: Trigonal crystal of carlosruizite. (AmMin, v79:1003).
Location: Platy crystals in samples of iquiqueite obtained by leaching caliche amarillo (yellow nitrate ore) from samples in the Iquique office of the former Servicio de Minas del Estado of Chile. Scale: Scale Bar 10 µm.
© American Mineralogist

Carlosturanite: (Mg,Fe++,Ti,Mn)21(Si,Al)12O28(OH)34

Comments: White to tan fibrous coatings of carlosturanite on matrix.
Location: Val Varaita, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Carlsbergite: CrN  
Kamacite: alpha-(Fe,Ni)

Comments: Polished section showing a small light gray elongated inclusion of carlsbergite in massive kamacite.
Location: Kenton County meteorite, Kenton Co., Kentucky, USA. Scale: Picture size 0.08 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Carmichaelite: (Ti,Cr,Fe)[O2-x(OH)x],x~0.5

Comments: Backscattered electron (BSE) image of a grain of carmichaelite included in pyrope in GRPy-40. (AmMin 85:794).
Location: Garnet Ridge, an ultramafic diatreme on the Colorado Plateau in Arizona.. Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist

Carminite: PbFe+++2(AsO4)2(OH)2

Comments: Brownish red carminite crystals in matrix.
Location: San Rafael mine, Gabbs, Nye County, Nevada, USA. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Carnallite: KMgCl3·6(H2O)  
Rinneite: K3NaFe++Cl6

Comments: Orange to light brown rinneite with colorless carnallite.
Location: Merkers, Bad Salzungen, Rhön, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Carnallite: KMgCl3·6(H2O)

Comments: Clear crystalline massive carnallite.
Location: Stassfurt, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Carnallite: KMgCl3·6(H2O)  
Rokuhnite: Fe++Cl2·(H2O)

Comments: Reddish brown rokuhnite, with carnallite (deliquescent).
Location: Salzdetfurth Mine, Hildesheim, near Hanover, Niedersachsen, Germany. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Carnotite: K2(UO2)2V2O8·3(H2O)

Comments: Bright yellow, fluorescent crystals of carnotite on sandstone.
Location: Anderson Mine, Yavapai County, USA. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Carpholite: MnAl2Si2O6(OH)4

Comments: Golden yellow compact radiating massive carpholite.
Location: Schlaggenwald, Bohemia, Zapadocesky, Czech Republic. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Carraraite: Ca3Ge(OH)6(SO4)(CO3 )·12H2 O

Comments: Scanning electron microscope image of tabular, hexagonal carraraite crystals. (AmMin 86:1294).
Location: Marble quarries of the Carrara basin (Apuan Alps, Italy). Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist

Carrboydite: (Ni,Cu)14Al9(SO4,CO3)6(OH)43·7(H2O)

Comments: bluish green crusts of carrboydite.
Location: Carr-Boyd Nickel Mine, Western Australia, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Carrollite: Cu(Co,Ni)2S4

Comments: Carrollite crystal with minor attached matrix.
Location: Komoto-Frond in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scale: 1.2 cm.
© John Veevaert

Carrollite: Cu(Co,Ni)2S4

Comments: Polished Section (PPL) image of corroded remnants of early, Ni-carrollite (grey-carr) in the core of a large pyrite (py) atoll structure wtth brown bornite and golden chalcopyrite.
Location: Giant Kidd Creek Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide deposit, Western Abitibi Subprovince, Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Scale: F.V.= 2 mm.
© National Resouces of Canada

Caryinite: (Na,Pb)(Ca,Na)(Ca,Mn++)(Mn++,Mg)2(AsO4)3  
Rhodonite: (Mn++,Fe++,Mg,Ca)SiO3

Comments: Yellow crystalline caryinite with pink rhodonite.
Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Caryochroite: (Na,Sr)3(Fe+++,Mg)10[Ti2Si12O37](O,OH)9·8H2O

Comments: Hazel brown aggregate of caryochroite tubes. (CanMin, v44:1331).
Location: Umbozero mine, Alluaiv, Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Specimen size 5 x 6 cm.
© Canadian Mineralogist