Mineral Specimen Images (J)

Jachymovite

Comments: Yellow crystals of j?chymovite.
Location: J?chymov (St Joachimsthal), Krusn? Hory (Erzgebirge), Z?padocesk? Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Jacobsite   Barite

Comments: Sharp, octahedral crystals of Jacobsite on a bladed barite matrix.
Location: N' Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, South Africa. Scale: 3x2.5x1.9 cm.
© Isaias Casanova / IC Minerals

Jacobsite   Ganomalite

Comments: White crystalline ganomalite with dark granular jacobsite.
Location: Jacobsberg, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Jadeite

Comments: Fibrous crystals of Jadeite.
Location: Russian River, near Cloverdale, Mendocino County, California, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Jadeite   Stronalsite

Comments: White stronalsite veinlets in massive pale green jadeite.
Location: Ohasa, Okayama, Japan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Jagoite

Comments: Yellow crystalline fragment of jagoite in hausmannite.
Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Jagowerite

Comments: Pale green to white massive jagowerite.
Location: Hess River, Yukon Territory, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Jagowerite   Penikisite

Comments: Light green crystal of jagowerite intergrown with darker green penikisite in a tetrahedrite (black) and white quartz matrix.
Location: From quartz veins cutting clays 26 km N of Hess River, Yukon Territory, Canada. Scale: Sample size 2x1 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Jagueite

Comments: Polished section (oil-immersion, plain polarized on left, cross-polarized on right) showing lobate grains of chrisstanleyite (Chr), replaced by jagu?ite (Jag), with tiemannite (Tie). The jagu?ite twinning is evident by banding in both images.
Location: El Chire prospect, Los Llantenes District of La Rioja Province, Argentina.. Scale: Picture size 150 µm.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)

Comments: Brown, striated, transparent crystals of jahnsite-(CaMnMg) on matrix.
Location: Tip Top mine, Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Jalpaite

Comments: Tarnished black lustrous masses of jalpaite in rock with blue chrysocolla.
Location: La Mesa, Chihuahua, Mexico. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Jamborite

Comments: Green coatings of jamborite on millerite filaments, in vug.
Location: Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Jamesonite

Comments: Metallic, hair-like, crystals of jamesonite on matrix.
Location: Baie Sprie (Felsobanya), Maraures, Romania. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Janhaugite   Dalyite

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

Janhaugite

Comments: Reddish-brown columnar crystalline janhaugite in white matrix.
Location: Gjerdingen, Nordmark, north of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Jarlite

Comments: Tan radial botryoidal waxy masses of jarlite in matrix.
Location: Ivigtut, Greenland. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Jarosite   Alunogen

Comments: Colorless to white, tabular crystals alunogen on reddish jarosite.
Location: Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Jarosite   Fairbankite

Comments: Colorless to white crystals of fairbankite with orangish brown jarosite.
Location: Tombstone, Tombstone District, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Jarosite

Comments: Deep brown lustrous crystals of Jarosite to 2 mm.
Location: Soureza, Attika, Greece. Scale: 2.8 x 1.6 cm.
© John Veevaert

Jarosite   Winstanleyite

Comments: Small, yellow octahedral crystal of winstanleyite on brownish red jarosite.
Location: Tombstone, Tombstone District, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA. Scale: Picture size 0.9 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Jaskolskiite

Comments: Silvery gray metallic granular jaskolskiite (mounted on paper).
Location: Vena, Bergslagen, Orebro, Sweden. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Jeanbandyite

Comments: Yellowish brown translucent microcrystal of jeanbandyite on mineral encrusted fluorite.
Location: Mount Pleasant Tin Mine, New Brunswick, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Jennite

Comments: Bright white fibrous jennite veinlet in rock.
Location: Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Jensenite

Comments: Small green crystals of jensenite in matrix.
Location: Centennial Eureka Mine, Tintic District, Juab Co., Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 1.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Jentschite

Comments: Black and dark red translucent needles of jentschite on white dolomite.
Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: Picture width 1 cm.
© Walter Gabriel

Jeppeite

Comments: Dark brown crystalline granular jeppeite.
Location: Walgidee Hills, Western Australia, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Jeremejevite

Comments: Partial crystal fragment of jeremejevite.
Location: Mile 72, Swakopmund, Namibia. Scale: Crystal size 0.5 cm.
© John Veevaert

Jeremejevite

Comments: Two-toned hexagonal crystal of jeremejevite with blue bases and white terminations.
Location: Erongo Mountains, Namibia. Scale: Crystal size 2 cm.
© John Veevaert

Jeromite

Comments: Orange, powdery jeromite on matrix.
Location: Salar de Surire, Tarapaca, Chile. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Jimboite

Comments: Dark red-brown crystalline jimboite veinlet in massive rhodochrosite.
Location: Rito Mine, Azuma Mura, Seta-gun, Gumma, Japan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Jimthompsonite   Clinojimthompsonite

Comments: Pale green to white glassy crystalline fibrous clinojimthompsonite intergrown with jimthompsonite.
Location: Chester, Windsor County, Vermont, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Jinshajiangite

Comments: Reddish elongated junshajiangite grain to 0.3mm in matrix.
Location: Norra Karr, Sweden. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Jixianite   Cuprotungstite

Comments: Reddish brown crystal druse of jixianite with minor tan cuprotungstite.
Location: Apache Mine, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA. Scale: See Image.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Joaquinite-(Ce)

Comments: Brown crystal of joaquinite-(Ce).
Location: Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Johannite

Comments: Green colored johannite crystals.
Location: Happy Jack mine, White Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Johannite   Uranopilite

Comments: Bright yellow rosettes of uranopilite with pale greenish yellow johannite on matrix.
Location: Apex Mine, Lander Co., Nevada, USA. Scale: Picture size 0.5 cm.
© Paul M. Schumacher

Johannite   Uranopilite

Comments: Green aggregates of minute, acicular johannite and yellow uranopilite and clear, tabular aragonite crystals on matrix.
Location: Apex Mine, Lander Co., Nevada, USA. Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
© Paul M. Schumacher

Johannsenite

Comments: Mass of prismatic bluish green colored johannsenite crystals.
Location: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: 7.2 x 4 cm.
© John Veevaert

Johannsenite

Comments: Rounded glassy prismatic crystals of dark violet brown johannsenite to 1.4 cm. Long.
Location: Consols Mine, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia. Scale: 1.5x1.5x1 cm.
© Richard Dale / Dale Minerals

Johnbaumite   Tephroite

Comments: Violet crystalline massive johnbaumite with brown tephroite.
Location: Jacobsberg, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Johninnesite

Comments: Orange crystalline vein of johninnesite in manganese oxide matrix.
Location: Ausserferrera, Val Ferrera, Graubundun, Switzerland. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Johnsenite-(Ce)   Macfallite   Braunite-I

Comments: Tiny - less than 1mm - maroon crystals of mcfallite suspended as inclusions in massive quartz along with larger spots of brown johnsenite-(Ce) and braunite.
Location: Artur mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Overall 3 x 2.5 slab.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Johnsomervilleite

Comments: Dark brownish johnsomervilleite.
Location: Sapucaia Mine, Conselheiro Pena district, Galil?ia, Governador Valadares, Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Jokokuite

Comments: Pale pink stalactic mass of jokokuite.
Location: Jokoku Mine, Haminokuni, Hokkaido, Japan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Jolliffeite   Eskebornite

Comments: Back-scattered electron image of jolliffeite in sulfurian eskebornite. Note the cracked appearance and the different brightness of eskebornite, which is a reflection of variable ratio of selenium to sulfur. (CanMin v 42, p 844).
Location: Niederschlema-Alberoda uranium deposit, in the Erzgebirge region of Germany. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Jonesite

Comments: Transparent, bladed crystal of jonesite on matrix.
Location: Dallas Gem Mine (Gem Mine; Benitoite Mine), New Idria District, San Benito Co., California, USA. Scale: Crystal size 3.5 mm.
© John Veevaert

Jordanite

Comments: Gray metallic crystalline jordanite in fine-grained marble.
Location: Lengenbach Quarry, Binnental, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Jordanite

Comments: Pseudo-hexagonal, metallic gray crystal of jordanite with purple tarnish on white dolomite.
Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: Crystal size 2 mm.
© Walter Gabriel

Jordanite   Marrite

Comments: Aggregate of gray prismatic crystals of marrite on fine-grained jordanite.
Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: Picture high 5 mm.
© Walter Gabriel

Jordisite

Comments: Black earthy jordisite on matrix.
Location: Gl?ckauf Shaft, Himmelsf?rst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 6 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Joseite

Comments: Milky quartz matrix with a 15 mm long group of metallic joseite crystals.
Location: Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK. Scale: 5x3.5x2.5 cm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Jouravskite

Comments: Lemon yellow granular jouravskite.
Location: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: 3.3 x 2.1 cm.
© John Veevaert

Juangodoyite

Comments: Rich blue veinlets of juangodoyite in matrix..
Location: Mina Santa Rosa, Iquique, Chile. Scale: 3.5x2.9x2.2 cm.
© Richard Dale / Dale Minerals

Juangodoyite   IMA2006-009   Sanromanite   Chalconatronite

Comments: Yellowish, long balded sanromanite crystals in vug with platy, blue juangodoyite replacing green chalconatronite.
Location: Santa Rosa mine, Iquique Province, Tarapaca, Chile. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Juanitaite

Comments: Microplates of juanitaite on matrix. Scanning Electron Microscope Image.
Location: Gold Hill, Utah. Scale: Field of View 125 ?m.
© William Wise

Juanitaite

Comments: Green juanitaite in quartz matrix, with conichalcite and sulfides.
Location: Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, USA. Scale: 5.4 x 4 x 2.6 cm.
© Richard Dale / Dale Minerals

Julgoldite-(Fe++)

Comments: Black julgodite-(Fe) and doubly-terminated, brilliant, water clear fluorapophyllite crystals on basalt.
Location: Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India. Scale: 20 x 13 x 5 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Julgoldite-(Fe+++)

Comments: Black, prismatic micro-crystals of julgoldite-(Fe+++) in white apophyllite.
Location: Langban mine, Filipstad , V?rmland, Sweden. Scale: 5x3mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Julienite

Comments: Bright blue nearly opaque prismatic micro crystal of julienite.
Location: Chamibumba, near Kambove, Katanga, Shaba, Zaire. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Jungite

Comments: Translucent cleavage fragment of jungite.
Location: Hagendorf, Bayern, Germany. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Junitoite

Comments: Platy transparent junitoite crystal cluster lying flat on white limestone matrix.
Location: Christmas Mine, near Hayden, Gila County, Arizona. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Junitoite

Comments: Clear, platy, flat lying crystals of junitoite (red marker) to 2mm associated with lavender smectite.
Location: Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Junoite

Comments: Solid crystalline mass of dark gray, metallic junoite. Partially sawed indicating analytical verification.
Location: 700 level, Juno Mine, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia. Scale: 3x2x2cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Juonniite

Comments: Brownish grain of juonniite on matrix.
Location: Kovdor Mine, Kovdor massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Jurbanite

Comments: White spherical crusts of jurbanite on matrix.
Location: Le Cetine Mine, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species