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Lou Perloff's Image Gallery With 364 Images

Aragonite Image

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Aragonite: CaCO3

Comments: Clear, crystalline aragonite prism.
Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Argentopyrite Image

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Argentopyrite: AgFe2S3

Comments: Metallic, twinned argentopyrite grain on matrix.
Location: St. Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Argyrodite Image

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Argyrodite: Ag8GeS6

Comments: Lead gray metallic aggregate of argyrodite crystals.
Location: Veta Galufa, Colquechaca, Potosi Dept., Bolivia. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Armenite Image

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Armenite: BaCa2Al6Si9O30·2(H2O)

Comments: Translucent, white armenite crystals.
Location: Simplon Pass, Brig, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Arsendescloizite Image

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Arsendescloizite: PbZn(AsO4)(OH)

Comments: Spherical aggregates of arsendescloizite crystals.
Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Arsenic Image

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Arsenic: As

Comments: Bright, metallic, gray, crystalline aggregate or arsenic.
Location: Niederschlema, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Arseniosiderite Image

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Arseniosiderite: Ca2Fe+++3(AsO4)3O2·3(H2O)

Comments: Yellowish brown, roughly spherical aggregates of arseniosiderite crystals on matrix.
Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Arsenolite Image

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Arsenolite: As2O3

Comments: Brownish yellow octahedrons of arsenolite on matrix.
Location: White Caps mine, Manhattan, Nye County, Nevada, USA. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Artinite Image

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Artinite: Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3(H2O)

Comments: Bright, white acicular sprays of artinite crystals on matrix.
Location: New Idria district, San Benito County, California, USA. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Asbecasite Image

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Asbecasite: Ca3(Ti,Sn)As+++6Si2Be2O20

Comments: Brownish yellow asbecasite prismatic crystal.
Location: Cervandone, Val d'Ossola, Lombardy, Italy. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Augite Image

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Augite: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al,Ti)(Si,Al)2O6

Comments: Clear, dark gray augite prisms in matrix.
Location: Isle of Ischia, near Naples, Compania, Italy. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Austinite Image

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Austinite: CaZn(AsO4)(OH)

Comments: Green, spherulitic clusters of austinite crystals.
Location: Gold Hill mine, Deep Creek Mts., Tooele County, Utah, USA. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Axinite-(Mn) Image

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Axinite-(Mn): Ca2Mn++Al2BO3Si4O12(OH)

Comments: Dark brown crystal of manganaxinite on matrix.
Location: Kibblehouse quarry, Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Azurite Image

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Azurite: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Clinotyrolite: Ca2Cu9[(As,S)O4]4(OH)10·10(H2O)

Comments: Light blue acicular crystals of clinotyrolite on dark blue azurite.
Location: Lovelock mine, Churchill County, Nevada, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Babingtonite Image

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Babingtonite: Ca2(Fe++,Mn)Fe+++Si5O14(OH)

Comments: Small, single crystal of babingtonite on matrix.
Location: Blueberry Mountain, Woburn. Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Barbosalite Image

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Barbosalite: Fe++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2

Comments: Black, cruciform quadrilling twins of barbosalite crystals.
Location: Sapucaia, Mina Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Barbosalite Image

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Barbosalite: Fe++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2
Phosphosiderite: Fe+++PO4·2(H2O)

Comments: Transparent, brown crystal of phosphosiderite on black barbosalite.
Location: Bull Moose mine, Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Bariopharmacosiderite Image

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Bariopharmacosiderite: BaFe+++4(AsO4)3(OH)5·5(H2O)

Comments: Reddish brown, crystal of barium-pharmacosiderite on matrix.
Location: Clara Mine, Wolfach, Baden-Wurt., Germany. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Barnesite Image

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Barnesite: Na2V6O16·3(H2O)

Comments: Bright red, acicular crystals of barnesite on matrix.
Location: Cactus Rat claim, Thompson, Grand County, Utah, USA. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Basaluminite Image

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Basaluminite: Al4(SO4)(OH)10·5(H2O)

Comments: Clear, radial sprays of basaluminite crystals.
Location: Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA. Scale: Size Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals