Mineral Photo Archive of Mica & other Silicates

Meionite in Quartz from Bolton Lime Quarries, Rattlesnake Hill, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Meionite in Quartz from Bolton Lime Quarries, Rattlesnake Hill, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Meionite in Quartz from Bolton Lime Quarries, Rattlesnake Hill, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Meionite var. Nuttalite from Natural Bridge, Diana Township, Lewis County, New York

Meionite var. Wernerite from Frontinac County, Ontario, Canada

Meionite var. Wernerite from Ontario, Canada

Meionite var. Wernerite from Ross Township, (Ontario?), Canada

Meionite var. Wernerite (fluoresces yellow-orange under UV) from Grenville, Québec, Canada

Meionite with Diopside from Berry's Ledge, Cornish, York County, Maine

Meionite with Titanite from Bolton Lime Quarry, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Meionite with Vesuvianite from Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy (Type Locality for Meionite with Vesuvianite)

Meionite, Titanite, Diopside, Phlogopite from Goodall Farm Quarry, 600 meter Prospect, Sanford, York County, Maine

Meionite-Marialite (Scapolite) from Androy, Madagascar

Melanophlogite from Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County, California

Melanophlogite on Celestine with minor Sulfur from Racalmuto, Girgenti, Sicily, Italy

Melilite from Monte Somma, Campania, Italy

Melilite from Old Dominion Mine, Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona

Merwinite from Crestmore Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside County, California (Type Locality for Merwinite)

Merwinite and Plombièrite from Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California (Type Locality for Merwinite)

Merwinite and Plombièrite from Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California (Type Locality for Merwinite)

Merwinite and Plombièrite from Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California (Type Locality for Merwinite)

Merwinite and Plombièrite from Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California (Type Locality for Merwinite)

Merwinite in Monticellite-Spurrite from Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California (Type Locality for Merwinite)

Microcline from Lake George District, Park County, Colorado

Microcline from Lake George District, Park County, Colorado

Microcline (Baveno Twin) from Papachacra formation, near Corral Quemado, Belén Department, Catamarca, Argentina

Microcline and Smoky Quartz (2 specimens) from southeast flank of Mount Anderson, Pemigewasset Wilderness, Grafton County, New Hampshire

Microcline var. Amazonite from Lake George District, Park County, Colorado

Microcline var. Amazonite from Crystal Peak area, 6.5 km northeast of Lake George, Park-Teller Counties, Colorado

Microcline var. Amazonite from Crystal Peak area, 6.5 km northeast of Lake George, Park-Teller Counties, Colorado

Microcline with Smoky Quartz from Government Pit, Albany, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Microsommite from Monte Somma, Napoli, Campania, Italy (Type Locality for Microsommite)

Microsommite, Titanite, Wollastonite, Amphibole from Monte Somma, Campania, Italy (Type Locality for Microsommite)

Milarite from Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico

Milarite from Rössing Mountains, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia

Milarite from Rössing Mountains, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia

Milarite from Rössing Mountains, Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia

Milarite from Jaguaracu Pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Milarite from Jaguaracu Pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Milarite from Jaguaracu Pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Milarite from Jaguaracu Pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Milarite from Jaguaracu Pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Milarite from Jaguaracu Pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Milarite on Orthoclase var. Valencianite from Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico

Milarite on Valencianite from La Valencia Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico

Milarite, Quartz, Orthoclase var. Valencianite Adularia from La Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico (Type Locality for Valencianite)

Mineral Y (Cu-rich calcium silicate hydrate, probably Whelanite) from Crestmore Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside County, California

Mineral Y (Cu-rich calcium silicate hydrate, probably Whelanite) from Crestmore Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside County, California

Mineral Z (Tobermorite-14 Å, a.k.a. Plombierite) from Crestmore Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside County, California

Miserite from Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs, Hot Spring County, Arkansas (Type Locality for Miserite)

Miserite with Wollastonite from Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs, Arkansas (Type Locality for Miserite)

Moldavite (Tektite — natural glass caused by meteorite impact) from Vltava (Moldau) River, southern Bohemia, Czech Republic (Type Locality for Moldavite)

Molybdophyllite from Långban Mine, Rämen Workings, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden (Type Locality for Molybdophyllite)

Monteregianite-(Y) (MSH UK-6) from Desourdy Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Type Locality for Monteregianite-(Y))

Monticellite from Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas

Monticellite with Fluorellestadite var. Wilkeite from Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California

Montmorillonite from Branchville Quarry, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Montmorillonite from Paris, Oxford County, Maine

Montmorillonite from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Montmorillonite from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Montmorillonite from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Montmorillonite from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Montmorillonite from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Montmorillonite from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Montmorillonite from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Montmorillonite from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Montmorillonite from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Montmorillonite from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Mosandrite from Arøy, Langesundsfjorden, Vestfold, Norway

Mosandrite var. Johnstrupite from Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold,, Norway (Type Locality for Mosandrite)

Mosandrite-(Ce), Aegirine, Biotite from Låven, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway (Type Locality for Mosandrite)

Moss Opal from Puerto Rico

Mullite from Nun's Pass near Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Scotland (Type Locality for Mullite)

Murmanite from Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia (Type Locality for Murmanite)

Murmanite from Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia (Type Locality for Murmanite)

Murmanite from Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia (Type Locality for Murmanite)

Murmanite from Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia (Type Locality for Murmanite)

Murmanite from Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia (Type Locality for Murmanite)

Murmanite with Aegirine from Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia (Type Locality for Murmanite)

Murmanite with Zorite and Eudialyte from Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia (Type Locality for Murmanite)

Muscovite from Maine Feldspar Quarry, Mt. Apatite, Auburn, Maine

Muscovite from Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina

Muscovite from Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado

Muscovite from Mitchell County, North Carolina

Muscovite from Calispell Peak, Pend Orielle County, Washington

Muscovite from South Dakota

Muscovite from Subway Dumps at York Road and Chelten Avenue, near Melrose Park in northern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Muscovite from Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Muscovite from Fano Simmons Mine, Riverside County, California

Muscovite from Mullen's Quarry, Chester Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Muscovite from Walden Gem Mine, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Muscovite from Lincoln County, North Carolina

Muscovite from Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Muscovite from Morefield Mine, Amelia Courthouse, Amelia County, Virginia

Muscovite from Lord Hill Quarry, Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine

Muscovite from Yates Brooks Farm, Lattimore, Cleveland County, North Carolina

Muscovite from Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite from Harlem Meer, in the northeast corner of Central Park, New York City, New York County, New York

Muscovite (columnar crystals) on Albite var. Cleavelandite from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Muscovite (columnar crystals) on Albite var. Cleavelandite from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Muscovite (columnar crystals) on Albite var. Cleavelandite from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Muscovite (fishtail-twinned crystals) from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite (Hafnium-rich) from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Muscovite (Hafnium-rich) from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Muscovite (large book of thin crystals) from Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Muscovite (large book of thin crystals) from Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Muscovite (Lithium-rich) from Harding Mine, 8 km east of Dixon, Taos County, New Mexico

Muscovite (pocket crystals) with Hyalite Opal from Lord Hill Quarry, Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine

Muscovite (rare red color) from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite (red) from Willis Mountain Kyanite Mine, Dylwinn, Buckingham County, Virginia

Muscovite (twinned star-shaped crystals) from Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite (twinned star-shaped crystals) from Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite and Quartz with Albite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite and Stilbite from Pack Rat Mine, San Diego County, California

Muscovite Mica from Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Muscovite Mica from Cleveland County, North Carolina

Muscovite Mica from Songo Pond Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine

Muscovite Mica from near Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina

Muscovite Mica from near Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina

Muscovite Mica from Mitchell County, North Carolina

Muscovite Mica from Emmons Quarry, southeastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain, Last Day pocket, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Muscovite Mica from Ze Pinto Prospect, Conselheiro Peña, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite Mica from Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina

Muscovite Mica (curved crystals) from San Domingo Wash, 14.7 km east of Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona

Muscovite Mica on Quartz from Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Muscovite Mica with Schorl Tourmaline from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite on Albite from Big Quarry, Alstead District, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Muscovite over Albite with Fluorapatite from Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite var. Alurgite from Cajon Pass, San Bernardino County, California

Muscovite var. Ball-Peen Mica from Branchville Quarry, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Muscovite var. Ball-Peen Mica from Branchville Quarry, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Muscovite var. Ball-Peen Mica from Branchville Quarry, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Muscovite var. Ball-Peen Mica from Branchville Quarry, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Muscovite var. Ball-Peen Mica from Lord Hill Quarry, Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine

Muscovite var. Ball-Peen Mica from Chandler Mine, Raymond, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Muscovite var. Fuchsite from Wolf Neck, Freeport, Maine

Muscovite var. Fuchsite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite var. Fuchsite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite var. Fuchsite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite var. Fuchsite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite var. Fuchsite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite var. Fuchsite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite var. Fuchsite from near Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont

Muscovite var. Fuchsite from Wolf Neck, Cumberland County, Maine

Muscovite var. Fuchsite from Wolf Neck, Cumberland County, Maine

Muscovite var. Fuchsite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite var. Fuchsite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muscovite var. Margarodite from Trumbull Tungsten Mine, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Muscovite var. Mariposite from Josephine Mine, Mariposa County, California (Type Locality for Mariposite)

Muscovite var. Mariposite from Maricopa County, Arizona