"X " Mineral Photos (8)
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Xanthoconite
Comments: Wine-colored, tabular crystal of xanthoconite on matrix.
Location: Schlema, Schlema-Hartenstein area, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.
Scale: Picture size 2.5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Xanthoxenite Image |
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Xenotime-(Y) Image |
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Xilingolite Image |
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Xilingolite
Comments: Elongate and striated crystal of xilingolite, roughly 2 mm long, on galena showing an octahedral cleavage, together with quartz. (CanMin, v 39, p 1665).
Location: Found on dumps excavated during tunnel construction between Mittal and Hohtenn in Valais, Switzerland.
Scale: Picture Size 4 mm.
© Canadian Mineralogist |
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Xocomecatlite Image |
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Xocomecatlite Image |
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Xocomecatlite
Comments: Green spheroidal crystals to 0.5 mm of very rare xocometcatlite.
Location: Centennial-Eureka mine, Tintic district, Utah, USA.
Scale: Picture size 2 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Xonotlite Image |
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Xonotlite
Comments: Tufts of hair-like Xonotlite crystals on datolite rich matrix.
Location: Kalahari Manganese Field, Kuruman Hills, Cape Province, South Africa.
Scale: 5.5 x 3.7 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Xonotlite Image |
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Xonotlite
Comments: White fibrous crystals of xonotlite to 1mm in a vug.
Location: Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, United States.
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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