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Honey yellow challacolloite crystals from the famous locality of La Fossa Crater (Vulcano Island, Aeolian Islands, Sicily, Italy). Very nice under the microscope for the contrast with the matrix. Mineral

Challacolloite

challacolloite

Formula
KPb2Cl5
Chambersite Locality: Barbers Hill Salt Dome (Barbers Hill), Mont Belvieu, Chambers County, Texas, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 0.7 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm. A RARE, well-crystallized TEXAS mineral! Chambersite is an ultra-rare borate found in a few salt domes, worldwide. This sharp, gemmy, purple crystal has classic pyramidal form, with good lustre, and comes from the Type Locality. Ex. Dick Jones Collection. Mineral

Chambersite

chambersite

Formula
Mn3B7O13Cl
Chamosite Locality: Puiva (Pouyva) Mount, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi (Khanty Mansiysk) Okrug, Tyumenskaya Oblast, Prepolar Ural, Western-Siberian Region, Russia Original description: A 3.6 by 2.2 cms of Axinite-Fe covered on both sides by greenish microcrystals of Chamosite. Mineral

Chamosite

chamosite

Formula
(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8
Mohs
3
Grey metallic inclusions of the extremely rare Cu-Se sulphosalt mineral chameanite from the type loclaity in Chamean (Chaméane Uranium Deposit, Chaméane, Sauxillanges, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France). Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium. Mineral

Chaméanite

chaméanite
Deep purple rosettes of the new mineral chanabayaite recently described in Chile (IMA 2013-065). The mineral is a chemical oddity because is a mixture of an organic compoud (ammine-triazolate) and an inorganic compound (copper chlorine). It is only the second organometallic mineral in Nature (after ammineite). Only one locality known worldwide: Pabellon de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile. Mineral

Chanabayaite

chanabayaite

Formula
Cu2Cl(N3C2H2)2(NH3,Cl,H2O,☐)4
Orange crystal aggregates of the extremely rare niobium mineral changbaiite in ryolite rock matrix from Round Top Prospects, Sierra Blanca, Hudspeth County, Texas, United States of America. Three faces of the specimen are polished because it was analyzed by the former owner of the specimen, the Vandenbrouck Museum. Mineral

Changbaiite

changbaiite

Formula
PbNb2O6
Mohs
5.5
Mineral

Changchengite

changchengite

Formula
IrBiS
Mohs
3.5
Mineral

Changesite-(Ce)

changesite-(Ce)

Formula
(Ca8Ce)◻Fe(PO4)7
BSE images of changesite-(Y) in basalt fragments from CE-5 regolith sample 01GP. Fa, fayalite; Px, pyroxene; Pl, plagioclase; Crs, cristobalite; Bdy, baddeleyite; Tro, troilite Mineral

Changesite-(Y)

changesite-(Y)

Formula
(Ca8Y)◻Fe²⁺(PO4)7
Yellowish crystals of changoite associated to hexagonal colorless caracolite in an aesthetic combination. From: Caracoles, Antofagasta Region, Chile. Mineral

Changoite

changoite

Formula
Na2Zn(SO4)2·4H2O
White crystal aggregates of the rare silicate mineral chantalite from the type locality in Turkey (Covur Yokusutepe Hill, Doganbaba, Yeşilova District , Burdur Province, Turkey). Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium. Mineral

Chantalite

chantalite

Formula
CaAl2(SiO4)(OH)4
Mineral

Chaoite

chaoite

Formula
C
Yellow-green earthy massive chapmanite, from Smilkov, Czech Republic. Photograph taken at the Natural History Museum, London. Mineral

Chapmanite

chapmanite

Mohs
2.5
Mineral

Charleshatchettite

charleshatchettite

Formula
CaNb4O10(OH)2*8H2O
Charlesite - N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (6.5x3.2 cm) Mineral

Charlesite

charlesite

Formula
Ca6Al2(SO4)2B(OH)4(OH,O)12·26H2O
Charmarite Locality: Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada FOV 3.0 x 3.3 mm Ex Jean-Pierre Beckerich. MOB coll. This specimen was illustrated in Lapis (10/98 p. 42) and Rivista (7-9/00 p. 151). This is a fairly narrow and relatively deep little cavity that is difficult to illuminate all at once. Mineral

Charmarite

charmarite

Formula
Mn²⁺4Al2(OH)12[CO3] * 3H2O
czaroit, pochodzenie Rosja, płytka, autor zdjęcia Ewa Jastrzębska 10.10.2006 r. Mineral

Charoite

charoite

Formula
(K,Sr)15-16(Ca,Na)32[Si6O11(O,OH)6]2[Si12O18(O,OH)12]2[Si17O25(O,OH)18]2(OH,F)4 * ~3H2O
One small specimen of the extremely rare Cu-Fe-Sn sulphide mineral chatkalite from the type locality in Kockbulak Mine (Kockbulak Mine, Okhangaron District, Tashkent Viloyati, Uzbekistan). Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium. Mineral

Chatkalite

chatkalite

Formula
Cu6FeSn2S8
Outstanding sharp brown crystal of the rare silicate mineral chayesite. Chayesite has only been found in 5 localities worldwide. From: Sierra de las Cabras, Cancarix, Albacete, Castilla La Mancha, Spain. Mineral

Chayesite

chayesite

Formula
KMg4Fe³⁺[Si12O30]
Mohs
6.5
Light pink grains of chegemite associated with light yellow katoite-wadalite and white larnite. Field of view 1.5 cm. From: Lakargi Mountain, Upper Chegem volcanic caldera, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia. Mineral

Chegemite

chegemite

Formula
Ca7(SiO4)3(OH)2
Light green waxy mass of the extremely rare tellurium mineral chekhovichite associated to bronze metallic melonite from the type locality: Zod Mine, Geghark Province, Armenia. Mineral

Chekhovichite

chekhovichite

Formula
Bi2Te4+4O11
Outstanding colorless platy crystals of the very rare borate mineral chelkarite from the type and only known locality worldwide (Chelkar Salt Dome, Aksai Valley, Shalkar, Aktobe Province, Kazakhstan), and associated to hilgardite and anhydrite. Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium. Mineral

Chelkarite

chelkarite

Formula
CaMgB2O4(Cl,OH)2 * 5H2O Or near, with Cl:OH = 3:1
Chenevixite Locality: New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Cobar, Robinson County, New South Wales, Australia (Locality at mindat.org) Field of view 4 mm. Collected by Vic Cloete. Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs. Mineral

Chenevixite

chenevixite

Formula
CuFe³⁺(AsO4)(OH)2
Mineral

Chengdeite

chengdeite

Mohs
5