Edenite NaCa2 Mg5 (Si7 Al)O22 (OH)2
Edenite root name group , Minerals containing OH —
Open
Edenite specimen from Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
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Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0
14
0
PL
Mineral, Silicate , Hydroxide
Elbaite Na(Al1.5 Li1.5 )Al6 (Si6 O18 )(BO3 )3 (OH)3 (OH)
Minerals containing BO3 , Tourmaline , Minerals containing OH —
Open
Elbaite from Tourmaline Queen Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California, USA
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Photo by Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution. CC0
4
0
PL, PL/XL
Hydroxide , Mineral, Aluminosilicate , Borate
Elpidite Na2 ZrSi6 O15 ·3H2 O
Minerals containing H2O —
Open
Elpidite with pyrite from Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
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Photo by Chip Clark, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
3
0
PL/XL
Mineral, Silicate , Hydrated
Embolite Ag(Br,Cl)
Embolite (series) —
Open
Chlorargyrite from Silver King Mine, Trojan District, Providence Mts, San Bernardino County, California, USA
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Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0
2
0
PL
Halide , Variety
Emerald Be3 Al2 Si6 O18
Beryl —
Open
Crystals of emerald (variety of beryl)
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Photo by Аружан Жамбулатова (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA 3.0
4
0
PL
Aluminosilicate , Variety
Enstatite Mg2 Si2 O6 , (Mg,FeII )2 Si2 O6
Orthopyroxene —
Open
Enstatite specimen from Tanzania
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Photo by Greg Polley, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
5
0
IL, PL/XL, Reflectance, Unknown
Mineral, Silicate
Epididymite Na2 Be2 Si6 O15 ·H2 O
Minerals containing H2O —
Open
A superb and complete reticulated epididymite crystal. 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm. From Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
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Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0
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
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Photo by Masha Milshina (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY 4.0
4
5
CL, EDS, Reflectance
Mineral, Aluminosilicate
Epistolite (Na☐)Nb2 Na3 Ti(Si2 O7 )2 O2 (OH)2 (H2 O)4
Minerals containing H2O , Minerals containing OH —
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.
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Photo by David Hospital, via Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA-4.0
1
0
PL
Hydroxide , Mineral, Silicate , Hydrated
Epoxy C21 H25 ClO5
—
—
1
1
CL
Synthetic, Compound , Organic
Epsomite Mg(SO4 )·7H2 O
Minerals containing SO4 , Minerals containing H2O —
1
0
PL
Mineral, Hydrated , Sulphate
Erbium ultraphosphate ErP5 O14
REE ultraphosphate —
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
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Photo by Ken Larsen, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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
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Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0
1
0
PL/XL
Hydroxide , Mineral, Aluminosilicate
Eucryptite LiAlSiO4
Minerals containing SiO4 , Phenakite (group) —
Open
Eucryptite specimen from Branchville, Redding, Fairfield Co., CT, USA
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Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0
8
2
CL/SEM, Reflectance
Mineral, Silicate
