"D " Mineral Photos (101)
Dachiardite-Na Image |
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Dachiardite-Na
Comments: Orange flat radial crystals of dachiardite-Na to 2cm across on matrix.
Location: Alpe di Siusi, Bolanzo, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
Scale: Specimen size: 6x4x3cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Dadsonite Image |
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Dalyite Image |
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Danburite Image |
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Danburite
Comments: Very-fine, large, single transparent crystal of danburite with minor crystals of colorless calcite all around the base.
Location: Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
Scale: 4 x 2.5 x 9.5 cm.
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Darapskite Image |
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Dashkovaite Image |
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Dashkovaite
Comments: White fibrous dashkovaite.
Location: Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia.
Scale: Picture size 2.3 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Datolite Image |
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Datolite
Comments: Cluster of doubly-terminated datolite crystals to 3.3 cm across with a scattering of brown inclusions.
Location: Boron Pit, Dal'Negorsk, Russia.
Scale: 5x3.9x3.7 cm.
© Fabre Minerals |
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Daubreeite Image |
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Daubreeite
Comments: Massive yellow daubreeite.
Location: Cerro Tazna, Atocha-Quechisla district, Nor Chichas Province, Potos? Department, Bolivia.
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Daubreelite Image |
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Davidite-(La) Image |
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Davidite-(La)
Comments: Prismatic crystals of davidite in carbonatite.
Location: Thackering, South West Australia, Australia.
Scale: Crystal size 2 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Davreuxite Image |
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Davyne Image |
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Dawsonite Image |
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Decrespignyite-(Y) Image |
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Defernite Image |
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Defernite Hematite
Comments: Specular hematite rich with crystalline grains of reddish brown defernite.
Location: Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia.
Scale: 3.9 x 2.5 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Defernite Image |
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Delafossite Image |
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Delafossite
Comments: Black crystals of delafossite on matrix.
Location: Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany.
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Deliensite Image |
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Deliensite
Comments: Specimen is covered with abundant micro crystals of deliensite.
Location: Mas d'Alary Village, Le Bosc Lodeve, Herault, France.
Scale: Not Given.
© John Veevaert |
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Delindeite Image |
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Dellaite Image |
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Dellaventuraite Image |
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Dellaventuraite Aegirine-augite
Comments: View in plane-polarized light of reddish brown dellaventuraite (OPTK) as an overgrowth on purple-gray aegirine-augite (AE-AG) in a matrix of rounded quartz (QZ) with minor rounded (high relief) apatite grains. (AmMin 90:306).
Location: Kajlidongri manganese mine, Jhabua District, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Scale: Picture size 2.5 cm.
© American Mineralogist |
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Delrioite Image |
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Delvauxite Image |
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Demesmaekerite Image |
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Demesmaekerite Malachite
Comments: Pale green crystals of demesmaekerite on dark green malachite.
Location: Musonoi Mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Scale: Crystal Size 3mm.
© John Veevaert |
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Demesmaekerite Image |
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Demesmaekerite
Comments: Tabular, light green and spear-shaped dark greenish brown demesmaekerite crystals.
Location: Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Za?re).
Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Paul M. Schumacher |
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Denisovite Image |
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Denisovite
Comments: Grayish-white fibrous denisovite.
Location: Eveslogchorr Mt , Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia.
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Denningite Image |
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Denningite Tellurite
Comments: Vitreous colorless to very pale yellowish elongated crystals denningite with yellow tellurite.
Location: Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico.
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Derbylite Image |
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Derbylite
Comments: Small black crystals of derbylite in matrix.
Location: Buca della Vena Mine, Stazzema (Ponte Stazzemese), Versilia, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy.
Scale: Picture size 1.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Derriksite Image |
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Desautelsite Image |
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Desautelsite
Comments: Serpentinite with scaly reddish-orange crystals of desautelsite.
Location: Artinite Pit, San Benito County, California, USA.
Scale: 3 x 4 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Descloizite Image |
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Descloizite
Comments: Dark reddish brown, crystalline aggregate of descloizite.
Location: Grootfontein. Namibia.
Scale: 3 cm.
© Fabre Minerals |
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Devilline Image |
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Devilline Image |
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Devilline
Comments: Laminar crystals of blue devilline on matrix..
Location: Spania Dolina (ex-Herrengrund) Bansk? Bystrica Slovak Republic.
Scale: Specimen size: 6.9 x 3.3 x 5.7 cm.
© Fabre Minerals |
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Dewindtite Image |
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Dewindtite
Comments: Yellow dewindtite exposed on fracture surface. Schumacher Collection.
Location: Les Bois-Noirs Mine, Loire, Rh?ne-Alpes, France.
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Paul M. Schumacher |
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Diaboleite Image |
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Diaboleite
Comments: Coarsely crystalline, blue diaboleite.
Location: Mammoth Mine, Tiger, Arizona. USA.
Scale: 2.8 x 2.5 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Diaboleite Image |
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Diadochite Image |
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Diamond Image |
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Diamond Image |
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Diamond
Comments: Translucent diamond penetration twin crystals.
Location: Mbuji-Mayi (Miba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire).
Scale: 3.70 carats, 7x7x7 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals |
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Diamond Image |
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Diamond
Comments: Photomicrographs (PPL) of numerous microdiamonds in Kumdy-Kol caboniferous dolomite marble (Elements v1, no 2).
Location: Kokchetav Massif, Kumdy-Kol ultra high pressure facies area, northern Kazakhstan.
Scale: See Image.
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Diaoyudaoite Image |
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Diaphorite Image |
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Diaspore Image |
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Diaspore
Comments: Crystals of deep violet-colored diaspore exposed from numerous vugs.
Location: Saga Quarry, Oslo Region Norway.
Scale: Crystal size 1 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Dickinsonite Image |
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Dickite Image |
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Dickite Ankerite Sphalerite
Comments: White, rhombohedral crystals of ankerite and dark gray, metallic sphalerite on beige dickite.
Location: Prego mine, Kladno, Czech Rebublic.
Scale: Picture size 2 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy |
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Dickite Image |
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Dickthomssenite Image |
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Dickthomssenite
Comments: Yellowish white, prismatic crystals of dickthomssenite on matrix.
Location: Firefly-Pigmay Mine, La Sal Quadrangle, San Juan Co., Utah, USA.
Scale: Picture size 2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Dickthomssenite Image |
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Dickthomssenite
Comments: Yellowish prismatic-looking, radial aggregates of dickthomssenite forming "balls" to 2mm on matrix.
Location: Firefly-Pigmy mine, San Juan Co., Utah, USA.
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Dickthomssenite Image |
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Dietrichite Image |
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Dietzeite Image |
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Digenite Image |
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Dilithium Image |
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Dilithium
Comments: Reaction chamber image at warp-factor-2 showng synthetic dilithium (Di) crystal converting matter-antimatter streams to high energy plasma.
Location: Engine room, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, classified location in the gamma quadrant.
Scale: Cyastal size 5 x 2 x 6 cm.
© LeVar Burton |
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Dimorphite Image |
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Dimorphite
Comments: Orange to yellow-orange crystals of dimorphite on matrix.
Location: Solfatara di Pozzuoli, Vesuvius, Naples, Naples province, Campania, Italy.
Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Diopside Image |
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Diopside Image |
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Diopside Magnesioferrite
Comments: Very dark brown Magnesioferrite Pleonaste (Iron-Magnesium spinel) with cream colored Calcite and gray green diopside.
Location: Aldan, Gon River, Russia.
Scale: 6 x 4.5 cm.
© Fabre Minerals |
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Dioptase Image |
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Dioptase
Comments: Dark-blue-green crystals of dioptase on matrix. The color of dioptase does not photograph well and must be seen in person to appreciate.
Location: Altyn-tyube, Kasakhstan.
Scale: Crystal size 5 mm.
© Dave Barthelmy |
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Dioptase Image |
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Dioptase
Comments: Emerald green lustrous crystals of dioptase to 14 mm in size and doubly terminated, set upon a limestone and massive calcite matrix.
Location: Altyn-Tyube, South Kazakhstan Oblast', Kazakhstan.
Scale: 3.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm.
© Dan Weinrich |
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Dioptase Image |
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Dioptase Minrecordite
Comments: Blue-green dioptase covered with minute, rhombic crystals of transparent minrecordite one mm or less in size.
Location: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia.
Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Dioptase Image |
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Dioptase Kinoite
Comments: Fibrous crystals of blue-green dioptase to 0.75mm on clear apophyllite associated with dark blue kinoite.
Location: Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA.
Scale: Pictures size 6 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Dissakisite-(Ce) Dolomite
Comments: Small, prisimatic, acicular crystals of tan-colored dissakisite-(Ce) scatterd on white crystalline dolomite.
Location: Trimouns mine, Luzenac, Ari?ge France.
Scale: Picture size 5 cm.
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Dittmarite Image |
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Dixenite Image |
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Djerfisherite Image |
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Djurleite Image |
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Djurleite
Comments: Dark, metallic djurleite with transparent quartz and white calcite.
Location: Dzhezkazgan. Kazakhstan.
Scale: 4.5 x 4.5 cm.
© Fabre Minerals |
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Dmisteinbergite Image |
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Dolerophanite Image |
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Dollaseite-(Ce) Image |
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Dolomite Image |
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Dolomite Image |
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Dolomite Dissakisite-(Ce)
Comments: Small, prisimatic, acicular crystals of tan-colored dissakisite-(Ce) scatterd on white crystalline dolomite.
Location: Trimouns mine, Luzenac, Ari?ge France.
Scale: Picture size 5 cm.
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Doloresite Image |
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Domeykite Image |
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Donathite Image |
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Donbassite Image |
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Donnayite-(Y) Image |
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Donpeacorite Image |
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Dorfmanite Image |
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Dorrite Image |
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Douglasite Image |
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Doyleite Image |
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Doyleite Gibbsite
Comments: Botryoidal spheres of doyleite growing along with its dimorph gibbsite. Analysis shows that doyleite dominates the mix. There are also minor canary yellow phlogopite crystals.
Location: Baoshan, Yunnan, China.
Scale: 8 x 6.5 x 1.9 cm.
© Fabre Minerals |
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Dravite
Comments: Doubly terminated dravite crystal on white mica shist matrix.
Location: Yinnietharra Station, Gascoyne, Western Australia.
Scale: 4 x 4 x 2.9 cm.
© Fabre Minerals |
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Dravite
Comments: Greenish-brown chrome-rich dravite tourmaline crystals up to 13 mm long with complex terminations. Fluoresces mildly under UV illumination.
Location: Shako Ranch, Mwatate Kabanga, Voi, Taita-Taveta district, Coast Province, Kenya.
Scale: 14x13x10 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals |
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Dresserite
Comments: White divergent sprays of fibrous crystals dresserite crystals.
Location: Francon quarry, Montr?al, Jacques Cartier Co., Qu?bec, Canada.
Scale: Crystal size 5mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Dufrenoysite
Comments: Single, black dufr?noysite crystal in a vug in white dolomite.
Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland.
Scale: Crystal size 2.5 mm.
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Duftite-alpha Mimetite
Comments: Mimetite crystals are replaced by Duftite-alpha on a gossanous matrix.
Location: Mt. Bonnie Mine, Northern Territory, Australia.
Scale: Crystal size to 3mm.
© John Veevaert |
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Duftite-beta
Comments: Intensely green Duftite-beta on fluorescent calcite.
Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia.
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Dukeite Image |
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Dukeite
Comments: SEM photomicrograph showing part of a dukeite sheave (AmMin, 85:1823).
Location: Found on a museum specimen labeled as originating from the S?o Jos? Mine, Breja?ba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Scale: See Image.
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Dumortierite Image |
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Dumortierite
Comments: Divergent fans of acicular purple to lilac colored dumortierite crystals in white andalusite matrix.
Location: Dehesa, San Diego Co., California, USA.
Scale: Crystal size 2.3cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Dumortierite
Comments: Low-magnification, bright-field image showing dispersed dumortierite fibers extracted from rose quartz on a carbon film. (AmMin 87:270).
Location: Madagascar.
Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist |
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Dundasite Image |
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Duranusite Image |
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Dwornikite
Comments: Green earthy, powdery dwornikite on or replacing millerite as acicular crystals in 1cm vug.
Location: Lipovka Ni deposit, Rezh District, Central Urals, Urals Region, Russia.
Scale: Picture size 1.2 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Dypingite
Comments: White spherical aggregates of dypingite on matrix.
Location: Jeremias Gl?ck Mine (Fairy Grotto), Garnsdorf, Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany.
Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Dyscrasite
Comments: Metallic-silver, prismatic, crystallized dyscrasite. Individual crystal spears to 8 mm in size.
Location: Mine #21, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic.
Scale: 6 x 10 x 6.5 cm.
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