Emerald
Be3 Al2 Si6 O18
Beryl
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Open
Image of specimen 'M 36316 Beryl (Emerald)' (Museums Victoria) from Western Australia, Australia
Photo by Sarah McCaffrey, Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
0
4
0
PL
Aluminosilicate , Variety
Enstatite
Mg2 Si2 O6 , (Mg,FeII )2 Si2 O6
Orthopyroxene
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Open
Enstatite specimen from Tanzania
Photo by Greg Polley, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
11
5
1
EDS
Mineral, Silicate
Epididymite
Na2 Be2 Si6 O15 ·H2 O
Minerals containing H2O
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Open
Image of specimen 'M 38900 Epididymite' (Museums Victoria) from Narssârssuk pegmatite, Igaliko Complex, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark
Photo by Frank Coffa, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
0
3
0
IR
Mineral, Hydrated , Silicate
Epidote
Ca2 (Al2 FeIII )[Si2 O7 ][SiO4 ]O(OH)
Minerals containing SiO4 , Epidote (group)
Allanite-Epidote
Open
Epidote crystals from Katsna Yama, Middle Urals, Russia. Field of view: 4.4mm
Photo by Masha Milshina (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY 4.0
6
24
4
CL, EDS, Reflectance
Mineral, Aluminosilicate
Epidote (group)
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Epidote (supergroup)
Piemontite-(Pb) , Zoisite , Niigataite , Piemontite-(Sr) , Clinozoisite-Epidote (series) , Epidote , Piemontite , Clinozoisite , Tweddillite , Hancockite , Mukhinite , Epidote-(Sr)
0
27
7
CL, EDS, Reflectance
Group
Epidote (supergroup)
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—
Allanite (group) , Zoisite-(Pb) , Epidote (group)
0
27
8
CL, EDS, Reflectance
Supergroup
Epistolite
(Na☐)Nb2 Na3 Ti(Si2 O7 )2 O2 (OH)2 (H2 O)4
Minerals containing H2O , Minerals containing OH
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Open
Colorless platy silky crystals of the very rare niobium mineral epistolite from the type locality in Greenland: Ilímaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq. Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.
Photo by David Hospital, via Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA-4.0
0
1
0
PL
Hydroxide , Mineral, Silicate , Hydrated
Epoxy
C21 H25 ClO5
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—
0
1
1
CL
Synthetic, Compound , Organic
Epsomite
Mg(SO4 )·7H2 O
Minerals containing H2O , Minerals containing SO4
—
0
1
0
PL
Mineral, Hydrated , Sulphate
Erbium ultraphosphate
ErP5 O14
REE ultraphosphate
—
1
15
2
CL/SEM, SXES
REE, Phosphate , Synthetic , Compound , Ultraphosphate
Esperite
PbCa2 (ZnSiO4 )3
Minerals containing SiO4
—
Open
Esperite with seperite from Franklin, Sussex Co., NJ, USA
Photo by Ken Larsen, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
2
7
2
PL/Laser
Mineral, Silicate
Euclase
BeAlSiO4 (OH)
Minerals containing SiO4 , Minerals containing OH
—
Open
Euclase specimen from Gachalá, Guavió-Guatéque Mining District, Boyacá Department, Colombia
Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0
0
1
0
PL/XL
Hydroxide , Mineral, Aluminosilicate
Eucryptite
LiAlSiO4
Minerals containing SiO4 , Phenakite (group)
—
Open
Eucryptite specimen from Branchville, Redding, Fairfield Co., CT, USA
Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0
5
8
5
CL/SEM, Reflectance
Mineral, Silicate
Eudialyte
Na15 Ca6 Fe3 Zr3 Si(Si25 O73 )(O,OH,H2 O)3 (Cl,OH)2
Minerals containing H2O , Minerals containing OH , Eudialyte (group)
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Open
Eudialyte, from Kangerdluarssuk, near Nassaq, Southwest Greenland
Photo courtesy the Smithsonian Institution. CC0
2
0
2
Reflectance
Hydroxide , Mineral, Hydrated , Silicate , Halide
Eudialyte (group)
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Cyclosilicate
Sergevanite , Golyshevite , Khomyakovite , Andrianovite , Odikhinchaite , Labyrinthite , Oneillite , Davinciite , Manganoeudialyte , Aqualite , Kentbrooksite , Taseqite , Georgbarsanovite , Siudaite , Ferrokentbrooksite , Manganokhomyakovite , Johnsenite-(Ce) , Eudialyte , Raslakite , Feklichevite , Mogovidite , Ilyukhinite , Ikranite , Fengchengite , Alluaivite , Rastsvetaevite , Carbokentbrooksite , Dualite
1
0
2
Reflectance
Group