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"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

Comments: Gay metallic massive dadsonite.
Location: Wolfsberg, Harzgerode, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Dalyite Image

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Dalyite   Janhaugite

Comments: Tan crystalline dalyite (arrow) with reddish brown janhaugite.
Location: Gjerdingen, Nordmark, north of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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.
© Dan Weinrich

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Darapskite

Comments: White crystalline granular darapskite.
Location: Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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

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

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

Daubreelite Image

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Daubreelite   Alabandite

Comments: Daubreelite (D), bright metallic white, with alabandite (A) (dull yellow) as inclusions in a polished section of an achondrite meteorite.
Location: Norton County, Kansas. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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

Davreuxite Image

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Davreuxite

Comments: Pale yellow fibrous davreuxite on quartz.
Location: Ottre, Luxembourg, Belgium. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Davyne

Comments: Yellow translucent micro crystal of davyne in sanidine.
Location: Laacher See, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Dawsonite

Comments: White, radial crystalline aggregates of dawsonite crystals.
Location: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Decrespignyite-(Y)

Comments: Blue, rounded aggregates of decrespignyite-(Y) on matrix.
Location: Paratoo copper mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia. Scale: Picture size 2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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   Vaterite   Manganite

Comments: Opaque white fibrous vaterite with red defernite and black manganite.
Location: Kombat Mine, Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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

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

Comments: pale pink acicular crystal sprays of delindeite on matrix.
Location: Diamond Jo Quarry, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Dellaite Image

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Dellaite   Rustumite

Comments: White grains of dellaite, intermixed with rustumite.
Location: Queretaro, Zacatecas, Mexico. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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

Delrioite Image

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Delrioite   Metadelrioite

Comments: Yellow metadelrioite and delrioite, with orange rossite/metarossite on a sandstone matrix. See inset image.
Location: Jo Dandy Mine, Montrose CO., USA. Scale: 6 1/4" x 5 1/2".
© Chris Wright / Wrights Rock Shop

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Delvauxite

Comments: Pure botryoidal massive delvauxite.
Location: Kutna Hora, Stredocesky, Czech Republic. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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

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

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

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

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

Comments: Light blue crystalline aggregates of derriksite.
Location: Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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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

Comments: Dark reddish brown, crystalline aggregate of descloizite.
Location: Grootfontein. Namibia. Scale: 3 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

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Devilline   Malachite

Comments: Blue crystals of devilline on green, botryoidal malachite.
Location: Spania Dolina (Herrengrund), Slovakia. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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

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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Dewindtite   Kivuite

Comments: Pale yellow coatings of kivuite with yellowier dewindtite on pegmatite.
Location: Ruggles Mine, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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   Yedlinite

Comments: Minute cranberry-colored rounded yedlinite crystal with blue diaboleite on yellow-brown wulfenite.
Location: Mammoth Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Diadochite Image

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Diadochite

Comments: Brown balls of diadochite on matrix.
Location: Union Carbide mine, Garland County, Arkansas, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Diamond Image

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Diamond

Comments: Single octahedral crystal of diamond.
Location: Ghana, Africa. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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

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.
© Elements Magazine

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Diaoyudaoite

Comments: Dark green crystalline diaoyudaoite.
Location: Novosibirsk District, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Diaphorite Image

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Diaphorite

Comments: Prismatic, striated, metallic diaphorite crystal on quartz.
Location: Morey, Nye County, Nevada, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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

Comments: Salmon-colored, crystalline dickinsonite.
Location: Branchville, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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

Dickite Image

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Dickite

Comments: Porcelaneous pure white massive dickite.
Location: Beaver County, Utah, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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

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

Comments: White, translucent balls of fiberous aggregates of dickthomssenite on matrix.
Location: Vanadium Queen Mine, Paradox District, La Sal Area, San Juan County, Utah, USA. Scale: See Image.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Dietrichite

Comments: Pale beige fibrous dietrichite.
Location: Baia Sprie, Transylvania, Maramures, Romania. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Dietzeite

Comments: Yellow crystalline coating of dietzeite on matrix.
Location: Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Digenite Image

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Digenite

Comments: Bluish trigonal crystal of Digenite.
Location: Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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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

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

Diopside Image

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Diopside   Grossular

Comments: Pale blue prismatic crystal of diopside with orange-brown grossular.
Location: Val d'Aosta, Italy. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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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

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

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   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   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.
© Fabre Minerals

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Dittmarite   Newberyite

Comments: Translucent crystalline dittmaritewith more opaque newberyite.
Location: Skipton Caves, Victoria, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Dixenite

Comments: Deep red translucent crystalline grains of dixenite.
Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Djerfisherite

Comments: Bronze metallic grains of djerfisherite in white feldspar.
Location: Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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   Wairakite

Comments: Pearly platy crystalline dmisteinbergite with dull white wairakite on matrix.
Location: Kurumazawa, Katashina, Gumma, Japan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Dolerophanite   Chalcanthite   Fedotovite

Comments: Brown crystals of dolerophanite with blue chalcanthite and green fedotovite.
Location: Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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Dollaseite-(Ce)

Comments: Glassy brown crystalline grains of dollaseite-(Ce) in matrix.
Location: Ostanmossagruvan, Norberg, Sweden. Scale: Grain size 1 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

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Dolomite

Comments: Pink rhombohedral crystals of dolomite on matrix.
Location: Eugui, Navarra Province, Navarra, Spain. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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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.
© Fabre Minerals

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Doloresite

Comments: black radiating doloresite and crystalline doloresite with white calcite.
Location: Grants, Valencia County, New Mexico, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Domeykite

Comments: Metallic nugget of domeykite.
Location: Cashin Mine, Montrose County, Colorado, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Donathite Image

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Donathite

Comments: Black granular donathite on iron.
Location: Hestmondo Island, Nordland, Norway. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Donbassite

Comments: Translucent white crystalline donbassite.
Location: Donetz Basin, Ukraine. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Donnayite-(Y)

Comments: Brown micro-crystals of donnayite-(Y) covering matrix.
Location: Mont. St. Hilaire, Rouville Co., Quebec, Canada. Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

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Donpeacorite   Braunite-I

Comments: Brown crystalline massive donpeacorite with dark brown black braunite.
Location: Zinc Corporation of America Mine #4, Balmat, Saint Lawrence County, New York, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Dorfmanite

Comments: White cottony coatings of dorfmanite on matrix.
Location: Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Dorrite

Comments: Dark brown micaceous dorrite (arrow) on matrix.
Location: Eicher, Sattel, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Douglasite

Comments: Small red-brown translucent grain of douglasite with white halite.
Location: Koningshutte, Silesia, Poland. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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: Radiating spheres of dresserite on matrix.
Location: Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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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Dufrenite

Comments: Dark olive-greenish crystal of dufrenite on matrix.
Location: Rengersdorf, G?rlitz, Oberlausitz, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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Dufrenoysite

Comments: Black prismatic crystal of Dufrenoysite with brassy yellow pyrite on succroidal dolomite.
Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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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.
© Walter Gabriel

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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. Scale: .
© Fabre Minerals

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Dugganite

Comments: Green crystalline aggregate of dugganite.
Location: Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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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.
© American Mineralogist

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Dumontite

Comments: Bright yellow acicular crystals of dumontite on matrix.
Location: Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Dumortierite

Comments: Blue dumortierite in matrix.
Location: Hartmannsdorf, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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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

Comments: Bluish crystalline spray of Dundasite on azurite.
Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Duranusite   Realgar

Comments: Small black Duranusite in orange-red realgar matrix.
Location: Duranus, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur, France. Scale: Picture size 1.3 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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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.
© Dan Weinrich

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