Sanbornite Mineral Gallery

Sanbornite: BaSi2O5  
Muirite: Ba10Ca2Mn++TiSi10O30(OH,Cl,F)10

Comments: Translucent orange crystalline muirite in sanbornite.
Location: Big Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sanbornite: BaSi2O5

Comments: Micaceous sanbornite.
Location: Esquire No. 1 Mine, Big Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sanbornite: BaSi2O5  
Traskite: (Ba,Ca)9(Fe++,Mn)2Ti2(SiO3)12(OH,Cl,F)6·6(H2O)

Comments: Orange translucent crystalline traskite in white sanbornite.
Location: Rush Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sanbornite: BaSi2O5  
Bazirite: BaZrSi3O9

Comments: Clear glassy minute grains of bazinite to 1mm through out matrix of milky-white sanbornite. The bazirite fluoresces light blue.
Location: Snow Cap mine, Rush Creek, Fresno Co., California, USA. Scale: 6.5 x 3 x 2.5cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Sanbornite: BaSi2O5  
Bigcreekite: BaSi2O5·4(H2O)  
Gillespite: BaFe++Si4O10

Comments: Tiny white, spherical patterns, halo-like crystals of bigcreekite to about 0.5mm and reddish gillespite in a matrix of pale yellowish sanbornite.
Location: Trumbull Peak, Mariposa Co., California, United States. Scale: 2.5 x 2 x 2cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

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

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