Mineral Specimen Images (C)

Caryopilite: (Mn++,Mg,Zn,Fe++)3(Si,As)2O510(OH,Cl)4

Comments: Small white balls of caryopilite next to larger barite crystals.
Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Cascandite: Ca(Sc,Fe++)Si3O8(OH)  
Jervisite: (Na,Ca,Fe++)(Sc,Mg,Fe++)Si2O6

Comments: White, acicular jervisite crystals and pink cascandite crystals.
Location: Seula min,, Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy. Scale: Crystal Size 1 mm.
© Sergio Varvello / Mineral Service

Cassedanneite: Pb5(VO4)2(CrO4)2·(H2O)

Comments: Crystalline mass of cassedanneite, colored green by included descloizite.
Location: Berezovskoye Mine, near Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk District, Middle Urals, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Cassiterite: SnO2

Comments: Very brilliant black crystals of cassiterite on white mica.
Location: Xue Bao Diang, Sichuan, China. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Fabre Minerals

Cassiterite: SnO2

Comments: Gemmy, doubly terminated cassiterite on quartz-mica matrix.
Location: Langcangjiang river area, Yunnan, China. Scale: 2.7 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Caswellsilverite: NaCrS2

Comments: B&W PPL image showing anhedral grain of caswellsilverite (Cw) associated with daubrdelite (Db), ferromagnesian alabandite (Ab) and kamacite (Km), containing perryite (Pr), as well as enstatite (En).
Location: Norton County enstatite achondrite meteorite. (AmMin, v67:132). Scale: Scale Bar 0.1 mm.
© American Mineralogist

Caswellsilverite: NaCrS2  
Schollhornite: Na0.3CrS2·(H2O)  
Daubreelite: Fe++Cr2S4

Comments: Polished section (PPL) of schiillhornite (Sh), coexisting with caswellsilverite (Cw), ferromagnesian alabandite (Ab) and daubreelite (Db). (AmMin, v70:638).
Location: Norton County (Kansas-Nebraska) enstatite achondrite meteorite. Scale: Scale bar is 0.08 mm.
© American Mineralogist

Catamarcaite: Cu6GeWS8  
Putzite: (Cu4.7Ag3.3)GeS6

Comments: Polished section of putzite (pu) grain in close association with unnamed Cu8Fe2ZnGe2S12 (un1) and catamarcaite (ca), as inclusions in chalcocite-sphalerite (cc/sp) (CanMin 42:1761).
Location: Old dumps near the Rosario vein, Capillitas mining district, Department of Andalgalá, Catamarca Province, Argentina.. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Catamarcaite: Cu6GeWS8

Comments: Fractured aggregate of catamarcaite (Ct) composed of twinned grains with red internal reflections; Dg is digenite, Sp sphalerite. Oil immersion, crossed polars. (CanMin, v44:1481).
Location: Bornite-rich ore from old dumps near the La Rosario vein, Capillitas epithermal deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Catamarcaite: Cu6GeWS8  
Briartite: Cu2(Zn,Fe)GeS4  
Bornite: Cu5FeS4

Comments: Briartite-type phase (Bri) in close association with catamarcaite (Ct) lining a cavity in massive bornite (Bn) - chalcocite (Cc) ore; Sp is sphalerite (CanMin v44:1481).
Location: Bornite-rich ore from old dumps near the La Rosario vein, Capillitas epithermal deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina.. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Catamarcaite: Cu6GeWS8  
Luzonite: Cu3AsS4

Comments: Catamarcaite (Ct) in contact with luzonite (Luz), unnamed Cu8Fe2ZnGe2S12 (un), sphalerite (Sp) and fine-grained chalcocite - covellite (Cc/Cv). (CanMin v44:1481).
Location: Bornite-rich ore from old dumps near the La Rosario vein, Capillitas epithermal deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Catapleiite: (Na,Ca,[ ])2ZrSi3O9·2(H2O)  
Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6

Comments: Clear crystals of catapleiite with an attached 1.8 cm prismatic crystal of dark aegirine.
Location: Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: 3.5 x 2.2 cm.
© John Veevaert

Cattierite: CoS2  
Siegenite: (Ni,Co)3S4

Comments: Pinkish metallic cattierite, intergrown with gray siegenite.
Location: Shinkolobwe, Katanga, Shaba, Zaire. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Cattiite: Mg3(PO4)2·22(H2O)

Comments: Colorless cattiite grain fragment.
Location: Zheleznyi Fe Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Grain size 2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Cavansite: Ca(VO)Si4O10·4(H2O)

Comments: Brilliant blue balls of acicular crystals of cavansite to 1 cm in size richly scattered about a matrix of colorless stilbite crystals.
Location: Wagholi, Poona district, Maharashtra, India. Scale: 7.5 x 9 x 8 cm.
© Dan Weinrich

Caysichite-(Y): Y2(Ca,Gd)2Si4O10(CO3)3(H2O,O,OH)·3H20

Comments: Brownish inclusions of caysichite-(Y) with white tengerite-(Y) rims.
Location: Mt. Ploskaja, Keivi, Kola, Russia. Scale: Sample Size 2.5x3 cm.
© Diederik Visser

Cebaite-(Ce): Ba3Ce2(CO3)5F2

Comments: Gemmy yellow to orange-yellow massive cebaite-(Ce); some cleavage evident, associated with green aegirine.
Location: Baiyun-Obo mine, Inner Mongolia, China. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Cebollite: Ca5Al2(SiO4)3(OH)4

Comments: Green to white fibrous coating of cebollite on granular iron stained quartz.
Location: Cebola Creek, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Cechite: Pb(Fe++,Mn)(VO4)(OH)

Comments: Black tabular crystal of cechite on matrix.
Location: Alexander Gallery, Vrancice, Príbram, Stredoceský Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 1.3 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Cejkaite: Na4(UO2)(CO3)3

Comments: Yellow chalky cejkaite masses on matrix.
Location: Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Ostrov, Krusne Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture Size 0.5 cm.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species