Hydroboracite CaMg[B3 O4 (OH)3 ]2 ·3H2 O
Minerals containing OH , Minerals containing H2O —
0
1
0
PL
Hydroxide , Mineral, Hydrated , Borate
Hydrocerussite Pb3 (CO3 )2 (OH)2
Minerals containing OH , Minerals containing CO3 —
Open
Hydrocerussite from Passa Limani Cove slag locality, Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece
(C) 2010 Christian Rewitzer, via Wikimedia Commons. CC-BY-SA-3.0
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1
0
PL/Laser
Carbonate , Hydroxide , Mineral
Hydrogrossular Ca3 Al2 (SiO4 )3-x (OH)4x
Grossular —
0
1
0
PL/XL
Hydroxide, Aluminosilicate , Variety
Hydroxylapatite Ca5 (PO4 )3 (OH)
Minerals containing PO4 , Minerals containing OH , Apatite —
Open
Hydroxyapatite on Quartz, from the Sapo mine, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil. Size: 5.8 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm
Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0
1
2
0
CL/SEM
Mineral, Orthophosphate , Phosphate , Hydroxide
Hydrozincite Zn5 (CO3 )2 (OH)6
Minerals containing OH , Minerals containing CO3 —
Open
Combined white-light photograph and shortwave UV photoluminescene image of crystals of hydrozincite (blue-green PL) and calcite (red PL), from Franklin, NJ. Size: 14cm
Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.
6
1
0
PL
Carbonate , Hydroxide , Mineral
Ice H2 O
Minerals containing H2O —
Open
Ice crystals of the Bereznikovsky karst caves. State nature reserve Pinezhsky". February 2021.
Photo by Yulia Kolosova (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-4.0
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8
0
IR, PL
Mineral, Simple oxide
Iceland spar CaCO3
Calcite —
Open
Iceland spar (variety of calcite)
Photo by ArniEin (via Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA 3.0
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3
3
PL/Laser
Carbonate , Variety
Idrialite C22 H14
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Open
Idrialite from Skaggs Springs, Sonoma County, California, USA
Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0
0
7
0
PL
Mineral, Organic
Illite K0.65 Al2.0 [Al0.65 Si3.35 O10 ](OH)2
White mica , Muscovite Illite-1Md
Open
Image of Illite-1Md, Albite, Calcite, Hematite, Illite-Smectite 11.5A and Quartz in specimen 'APIH41 Serpentine' [CSIRO].
(C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.
1
0
0
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Hydroxide, Aluminosilicate , Variety
Illite-1Md K0.65 Al2.0 [Al0.65 Si3.35 O10 ](OH)2
Illite —
1
0
0
—
Hydroxide , Aluminosilicate , Polytype
Illite-Smectite 11.5A K0.65 Al2.0 [Al0.65 Si3.35 O10 ](OH)2 ‒ A0.3 D2-3 [T4 O10 ]Z2 · n H2 O
Mica , Smectite (group) —
1
0
0
—
Aluminosilicate
Illite-Smectite 12.0A K0.65 Al2.0 [Al0.65 Si3.35 O10 ](OH)2 ‒ A0.3 D2-3 [T4 O10 ]Z2 · n H2 O
Mica , Smectite (group) —
2
0
0
—
Aluminosilicate
Ilmenite FeII TiIV O3 , (Fe,Mn)TiO3 , FeTiO3
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Open
Ilmenite specimen from Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway. Size: 5.7 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm
Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0
9
0
3
EDS
Mineral, Titanate
Inderborite CaMg[B3 O3 (OH)5 ]2 ·6H2 O
Minerals containing OH , Minerals containing H2O —
0
1
0
PL
Hydroxide , Mineral, Hydrated , Borate
Indium gallium nitride InGaN
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Open
InGaN UV LED, emitting in 380-405 nm band
Photo by Christian Pelan, Creative Commons
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1
0
CL/SEM
Compound, Nitride
