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Bassanite: 2CaSO4·(H2O)
Comments: White, blocky bassanite crystals on matrix. Location: Taft, Kern County, California, USA. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Bassetite: Fe++(UO2)2(PO4)2·8(H2O)
Comments: Bright yellow, bladed crystals of bassetite. Location: Capoterra, near Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Bastnasite-(La): La(CO3)F
Comments: Orange, hexagonal crystal of bastnäsite-(La). Location: Red Cloud mines, Gallinas Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Baumhauerite: Pb3As4S9
Comments: Opaque, lustrous, parallel crystalline baumhauerite aggregates. Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Bavenite: Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2
Comments: Clear, acicular bavenite crystals. Location: Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Bayldonite: (Cu,Zn)3Pb(AsO3OH)2(OH)2
Comments: Green, rounded, crystalline bayldonite aggregates. Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Becquerelite: Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8(H2O)
Comments: Yellow becquerelite crystals. Location: Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Dem. Repub. Congo. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Becquerelite: Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8(H2O) Schoepite: (UO2)8O2(OH)12·12(H2O)
Comments: Bright yellow crystals of schoepite on transparent yellow becquerelite. Location: Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scale: . © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Beraunite: Fe++Fe+++5(PO4)4(OH)5·4(H2O)
Comments: Green and reddish brown, beraunite aggregates. Location: Arean Claim, Three Oak Gap, Mena, Polk County, Arkansas, USA. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Bergenite: Ca2Ba4[(UO3)2O2(PO4)2]3 (H2O)16
Comments: Yellow bladed bergenite crystals. Location: Mechelserrun, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Bermanite: Mn++Mn+++2(PO4)2(OH)2·4(H2O)
Comments: Brown bermanite crystal. Location: Tip Top mine, Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Beryl: Be3Al2Si6O18
Comments: Red beryl prism on rhyolite matrix. Location: Violet claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, USA. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Bikitaite: Li2[Al2Si4O12]·2(H2O)
Comments: Clear, crystalline bikitaite laths on matrix. Location: Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Billietite: Ba(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8(H2O)
Comments: Clear, yellow crystal of billietite. Location: Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Dem. Repub. Congo. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Billietite: Ba(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8(H2O) Studtite: [(UO2)O2(H2O)2](H2O)2
Comments: Acicular, white sprays of studtite crystals on yellow, tabular billietite. Location: Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Biotite: K(Mg,Fe++)3[AlSi3O10(OH,F)2
Comments: Brown book of pseudohexagonal biotite crystals in matrix. Location: Sattleberg, Laacher See, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Bismuth: Bi
Comments: Skeletal trigonal crystal of native bismuth. Location: Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Bjarebyite: (Ba,Sr)(Mn++,Fe++,Mg)2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3
Comments: Green, pyramidal crystals of bjarebyite. Location: Palermo No. 1 mine, North Groton, Grafton County, New Hamphshire, USA. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Boleite: KPb26Ag9Cu24Cl62(OH)48 Cumengite: Cu20Pb21Cl42(OH)40·6H2O
Comments: Inky blue cumengite "sixling" epitaxially overgrown on boleite. Location: Amelia mine, Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Boracite: Mg3B7O13Cl
Comments: Clear, pale green pseudo-cubic boracite crystal. Location: Sonderhausen, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Size Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals