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Ferruccite: NaBF4 Avogadrite: (K,Cs)BF4
Comments: Very small, white crystals of ferrite on massive, yellowish avogadrite. Location: Vesuvius, Naples, Naples province, Campania, Italy. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Fersilicite: FeSi Xifengite: Fe5Si3
Comments: Reflected light image of cream white grain of xifengite (Xi) with exsolution of white gupeiite (Gu) and grey fersilicite (Fe). Epoxy grain mount. Location: Isovskaya Field, Priasovje, Ukraine. Scale: Picture Size 0.7 mm. © Thomas Witzke
Fersmite: (Ca,Ce,Na)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2(O,OH,F)6
Comments: Brown prismatic crystal of fersmite in matrix. Location: Alpe Rosso, Vigezzo valley, Novara, Piedmont, Italy. Scale: Picture size 1.7 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Fetiasite: (Fe++,Fe+++,Ti++++)3O2(As+++2O5)
Comments: Sub metallic grayish black crystals of fetiasite on matrix. Location: Gorb, Binntal, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland. Scale: Picture size 6 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Fettelite: [Ag6As2S7][Ag10HgAs2S8]
Comments: Deep scarlet red crystals of fettelite. Location: Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Fianelite: Mn++2V+++++(V+++++,As+++++)O7·2(H2O)
Comments: Small reddish-brown inclusions of fianelite in matrix. Location: Fianel Mine, Val Ferrera, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland. Scale: Picture size 1 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Fibroferrite: Fe+++(SO4)(OH)·5(H2O)
Comments: Tan-white, acicular crystals of fibroferrite on matrix. Location: Lichtenberg Mine, Ronneburg U Deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 2 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Fichtelite: C19H34
Comments: Colorless crystals of fichtelite on fossil wood. Location: Marktredwitz, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany. Scale: Picture size 6 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Finnemanite: Pb5(As+++O3)3Cl
Comments: Black, prismatic, twinned crystal of finnemanite. Location: Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden. Scale: Crystal length 4.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Fischesserite: Ag3AuSe2 Klockmannite: CuSe
Comments: Pinkish-grey fischesserite (Fl) with fine-grained bluish-grey klockmannite (Kl) and grey clausthalite (Cl). Polished section from microprobe analysis in reflected light, parallel nicols. Location: Predborice, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 0.7 mm. © Thomas Witzke
Fletcherite: Cu(Ni,Co)2S4
Comments: Small black crystals of fletcherite in halite. Very unusual association, from a hydrothermal vein cutting a halite deposit. Location: Bernburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.2 mm. © Thomas Witzke
Florencite-(La): (La,Ce)Al3(PO4)2(OH)6
Comments: Green, acicular crystalline aggregates of florencite-(La). Location: Igarapé Bahia Mine, Carajás ridge, Pará, North Region, Brazil. Scale: Picture size 4.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Fluorcaphite: (Ca,Sr,Ce,Na)5(PO4)3F
Comments: Massive, coarsely crystalline, pale yellowish fluorcaphite. Location: Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Fluornatromicrolite: (Na,Ca,Bi)2Ta2O6F
Comments: Dark green crystals of fluornatromicrolite in massive white albite.. Location: Alto Quixaba Pegmatite, Quixaba, Frei Martinho, Paraiba, Brazil. Scale: Specimen size 3.8 cm. © Thomas Witzke
Fluoro-edenite: NaCa2Mg5Si7AlO22(F,OH)2
Comments: Two, tabular crystals of fluoro-edenite on matrix. Location: Mt. Calvario, (Mt. Etna Volcano), Biancavilla, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy. Scale: Picture size 1.8 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Foordite: Sn++(Nb,Ta)2O6
Comments: Brownish massive foordite. Location: Manono, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaïre). Scale: Picture size 7 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Francisite: Cu3Bi(SeO3)2O2Cl
Comments: Greenish crusts of francisite on matrix. Location: Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy. Scale: Picture size 3.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Frankhawthorneite: Cu2Te++++++O4(OH)2
Comments: Very small green crystals of frankhawthorneite on a light green unknown mineral. Location: Centennial Eureka Mine, Tintic District, Juab Co., Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 1 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Freieslebenite: AgPbSbS3
Comments: Dark gray prismatic crystal of freieslebenite on quartz. Location: Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Fuloppite: Pb3Sb8S15
Comments: Gray crystals of fülöppite on quartz. Location: Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 3 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag