Zaccagnaite   Zincowoodwardite

Comments: White to pale bluish zaccagnaite intimately intergrown with zincowoodwardite.
Location: Hilarion Mine, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attik? Prefecture, Greece. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Zaccagnaite   Fraipontite

Comments: Scanning electron microscope image of hexagonal, tapering, prismatic zaccagnaite crystals, covered by a thin crust of fraipontite. (AmMin 86:1294).
Location: Marble quarries of the Carrara basin (Apuan Alps, Italy). Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist

Zaherite

Comments: Gray to white translucent prismatic to massive zaherite comprising portion of rock.
Location: Pella, Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zajacite-(Ce)

Comments: Specimen of granodiorite hosting cream colored phenocrysts of zajacite-Ce. This is one of the few minerals (less than 20) that contain Praseodymium.
Location: Strange Lake, Lac Brasson, Quebec, Canada. Scale: 4.3 x 2.9 cm.
© John Veevaert

Zalesiite

Comments: Green crusts of z?les?ite on matrix.
Location: Z?les? deposit, Javorn?k, Moravia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 6 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Zalesiite

Comments: Light blue acicular sprays of zalesiite to 0.75mm.
Location: Gold Hill mine, Tooele Co., Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 2 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Zanazziite   Eosphorite

Comments: Minor crystals of equant, olive green zanazziite and brown, lath-like crystals of eosphorite on quartz.
Location: Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© John Veevaert

Zanazziite

Comments: Olive-green prismatic translucent zanazziite microcrystals on quartz.
Location: Taquarel, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zanazziite   Kosnarite

Comments: Beige crystals of kosnarite with pinkish, radial aggregates of zanazziite on whte albite matrix.
Location: Jenipapo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Picture size 6 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Zapatalite

Comments: Bright blue zapatalite coating on rock.
Location: near Battle Mountain, Lander County, Nevada, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zaratite

Comments: Specimen exceptionally rich in apple green zaratite - a carbonate of nickel.
Location: Lord Brassy Mine Tasmania, Australia. Scale: 6.5 x 3.5 cm.
© John Veevaert

Zavaritskite

Comments: Green to greenish black zavaritskite in purplish fluorite.
Location: Josef Fluorite Mine, Moldava, Severocesky, Czech Republic. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zdenekite

Comments: Blue crystals of zdenekite on matrix.
Location: Cap Garonne Mine, Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur, France. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Zektzerite

Comments: Pale peach-colored crystal of zektzerite on white feldspar.
Location: Golden Horn batholith, Okanogan County, Oregon, USA. Scale: Crystal size 1 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Zellerite

Comments: Yellowish zellerite aggregates on matrix.
Location: J?chymov, Krusn? Hory (Erzgebirge), Z?padocesk? Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Zemannite

Comments: Root beer-colored zemannite hexagonal prisms.
Location: Moctezuma mine, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Zeophyllite

Comments: Numerous white zeophyllite spheroids on a tan matrix.
Location: Brenk, Eifel, Germany. Scale: 2.5 x 1.5 cm.
© John Veevaert

Zeunerite

Comments: Thin, tabular crystals of Zeunerite on matrix.
Location: Cinovec, Erzgebirge, the Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 0.5 cm.
© Paul M. Schumacher

Zinc

Comments: Dull light gray zinc grain.
Location: Kazakhstan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zincaluminite

Comments: Bright white to pastel blue botryoidal zincaluminite with cuprian-adamite.
Location: Kamariza Mine, Laurium, Attiki, Greece. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zincite

Comments: Orange Zincite hexagonal pyramid.
Location: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Zincite   Glaucochroite   Willemite

Comments: Pinkish gray crystalline glaucochroite intermixed with pale green willemite, with dark red zincite and white calcite.
Location: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zincobotryogen

Comments: Translucent bright yellow crystalline zincobotryogen.
Location: Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zincocopiapite

Comments: Pale yellow zincocopiapite coating on quartz.
Location: Les Valettes, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zincohogbomite-2N2S   Corundum

Comments: Thin-Section (Plane Polarized Light) of a brown, twinned zincoh?gbomite-2N2S crystal with blue corundum.
Location: Mikro-Lakka Emery deposit, Kerketeas Mt, S?mos Island, Aegean Islands Department, Greece. Scale: Picture size 1.1 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Zincospiroffite

Comments: Polished section showing zincospiroffite (x) intergrown with native gold (Ng) as the oxidation products of calaverite (Cv) + sphalerite (Sph) ? pyrite. (CanMin, v 42, p 765).
Location: Quartz ore of the Zhongshangou gold deposit, Chongli County, Hebei Province, China. Scale: Field of view 2 mm.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Zincowoodwardite   Zaccagnaite

Comments: White to pale bluish zaccagnaite intimately intergrown with zincowoodwardite.
Location: Hilarion Mine, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attik? Prefecture, Greece. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Zincowoodwardite

Comments: Botryoidal zincowoodwardite. The bluish-green color is due to a copper content.
Location: Christiana Mine, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attik? Prefecture, Greece. Scale: Picture size 10 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Zincrosasite

Comments: Spherical zincrosasite aggregates on limonite.
Location: Kali Kafi Mine, Anarak District, Great Salt Desert, Esfahan, Iran. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zincsilite

Comments: Chalky massive zincsilite.
Location: Horado Mine, Horado Cho, Mugi Gun, Gifu, Japan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zinkenite

Comments: Jackstraw zinkenite crystals. Individual crystals reach up to 2 cm in length.
Location: Monserrat Mine, Antequera, Oruro, Bolivia. Scale: 4.5 x 3.2 cm.
© John Veevaert

Zinkenite   Stannite

Comments: Acicular crystals of zinkenite perched on a twinned, crystal of stannite.
Location: Mina San Jos?, Oruro, Bolivia. Scale: 4 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Zinnwaldite

Comments: Zinnwaldite crystal section.
Location: Wig-Wam Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zippeite

Comments: Sandstone with a 1.5 cm vein of black uraninite bisected with a 2mm vein of bright yellow zippeite.
Location: Jackpot Mine, Laguna Mining District, Cibole City, New Mexico. Scale: 4.8 cm high.
© Paul M. Schumacher

Zippeite   Uranopilite

Comments: Bright yellow uranopilite and reddish brown zippeite encrustations on uranium ore.
Location: Happy Jack Mine, White Canyon, Utah. Scale: 3 cm.
© John Veevaert

Zircon

Comments: Clear, crystalline zircon prism with pyramidal termination.
Location: Laacher See, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Zircon   Perrierite-(Ce)   Pyrochlore   Loparite-(Ce)

Comments: Reddish black perrierite crystal, with orange-brown pyrochlore crystal, yellow-brown zircon, and grayish-black loparite.
Location: Buer, Bjorkedalen, Langesundfjord, Telemark, Norway. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zircon

Comments: Deep red-wine colored, lustrous, internally bright zircon crystals in matrix.
Location: Thorfjord, Seiland, Alta, Norway. Scale: 13 x 10.5 x 9 cm.
© Rob Lavinsky

Zircon

Comments: Cathodoluminescence image of earth's oldest-known mineral (zircon grain - W74/2-36) with inset concordia plot showing the 4,404 billion year old region. Note the oscillatory zoning in the outer rim. Image by John W. Valley.
Location: Interlayered red quartzites and metaconglomerates, Jack Hills, Western Australia. Scale: See Image.
© University of Wisconsin

Zircosulfate

Comments: Powdery zircosulfate aggregate.
Location: Korgeredaba Massif, Republic of Tuva, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zirkelite

Comments: Sub-metallic zirkelite crystal aggregate.
Location: Jacupiranga Mine, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zirkelite

Comments: Black, massive aggregate of zirkelite with minor brown biotite and a thin vein of white calcite.
Location: Palabora Open Pit mine, Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, Transvaal, Republic of South Africa. Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
© Paul M. Schumacher

Zirsinalite

Comments: Translucent pale olive-green-colored zirsinalite replacing reddish eudialyte.
Location: Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Znucalite

Comments: Cream-yellow botryoidal znucalite.
Location: St Christoph Mine, B?renhecke, Glash?tte, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Znucalite

Comments: Very pale bluish white, porcelaneous crust of znucalite on matrix.
Location: Mine dump near: Pribam, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Paul M. Schumacher

Zoisite

Comments: Gem quality crystal of zoisite with the striking pleochroism displayed in three different views.
Location: Alchuri Village, Shigar Valley, north of Skardu, Baltistan, Pakistan. Scale: 1x1x3.8 cm.
© Dan Weinrich

Zoisite

Comments: Dual views of a large crystal of blue-violet zoisite (var. tanzanite) showing the pleochroism.
Location: Merelani Hills, Umba Valley, Lelatema Mts., Arusha Region, Tanzania. Scale: 35 mm 42.32 ct.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Zorite

Comments: Pale pink translucent spherical zorite crystal aggregate on dark green aegirine.
Location: Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zunyite

Comments: Octahedral crystals of zunyite to 5 mm on matrix.
Location: Quartzsite, Arizona. Scale: 5+ cm.
© John Veevaert

Zwieselite

Comments: Brown zwieselite in granite pegmatite.
Location: Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Specimen size 9 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Zykaite   Bukovskyite

Comments: Pale beige acicular crystals of bukovsk?ite with white zykaite.
Location: Christbescherung Mine, Gro?voigtsberg, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.3 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Zykaite

Comments: Round aggregates of Zykaite.
Location: Reiche Zeche Mine, Freiberg, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Specimen size 37 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag