Nepheline Na3 K(Al4 Si4 O16 )
Feldspathoid (group) —
Open
Nepheline, tan crystals on black schorlomite, from the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Dimensions: 50 mm x 43 mm x 31 mm
Image by Kelly Nash (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY 3.0
1
0
0
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Mineral, Aluminosilicate
Nesosilicate [SiO4 ]4-
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Vicanite (group) , Gadinolite (group) , Hellandite (group) , Al2SiO5 (group) , Zircon (group) , Garnet , Olivine , Uranophane (group) , Titanite (group) , Phenakite (group) , Humite (group) , Cerite (group)
0
714
81
CL, CL/SEM, EDS, PL/Laser, Reflectance, SXES
Group
Nickel Ni
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Open
A piece of electrochemically grown nickel
(C) 2021 Paul from Enschede, The Netherlands (via Wikimedia Commons). CC-BY-SA 2.0
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11
2
SXES
Mineral , Metal , Element
Nickel oxide NiO
Nickel(II) oxide —
0
19
0
IR, PL, PL/Laser
Simple oxide
Nickel(II) hydroxide Ni(OH)2
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0
1
0
IR
Hydroxide, Compound
Nickel(II) oxide NiO
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Nickel oxide (var. nanopowder) , Nickel oxide (var. powder) , Bunsenite , Nickel oxide (var. thin film) , Nickel oxide (var. single crystal)
0
19
0
IR, PL, PL/Laser
Compound , Simple oxide
Nickeline NiAs
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Open
Nickeline specimen from Eisleben, Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Field of view 1.5 cm
Photo by Leon Hupperichs (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA-3.0
3
0
1
SXES
Mineral, Arsenide
Nontronite Na0.3 FeIII 2 (Si,Al)4 O10 (OH)2 ·n H2 O
Minerals containing H2O , Minerals containing OH , Smectite (group) Nontronite-15.6A
Open
Image of Nontronite and Goethite in specimen 'APIH33a Nontronite' [CSIRO].
(C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.
1
0
0
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Hydroxide , Mineral, Hydrated , Aluminosilicate
Nontronite-15.6A Na0.3 FeIII 2 (Si,Al)4 O10 (OH)2 ·n H2 O
Nontronite —
1
0
0
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Hydroxide , Hydrated , Aluminosilicate , Polytype
Norbergite Mg3 (SiO4 )F2
Minerals containing SiO4 , Humite (subgroup) —
Open
Photograph of a specimen of norbergite (yellow) in marble, from Orange County, New Jersey. Size:5cm
Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.
1
0
0
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Mineral, Silicate
Nordenskiöldine CaSn(BO3 )2
Minerals containing BO3 —
Open
White masses of nordenskiöldine associated with green masses of danburite. From MW Claim, Screw Creek, Cassiar Mountains, Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada. Ex. Erich Laskowski collection
Photo by David Hospital, via Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA-4.0
0
4
0
PL/XL
Mineral, Borate
Nordite-(Ce) Na3 SrCeZnSi6 O17
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0
5
0
PL
Mineral , REE, Silicate
Nováčekite-I Mg(UO2 )2 (AsO4 )2 ·12H2 O
Minerals containing H2O , Autunite (group) , Minerals containing AsO4 —
Open
Novácekite (pen for scale) - Mineral collection of Brigham Young University Department of Geology, Provo, Utah - BYU index 4-8076b
Photo by Andrew Silver, USGS, Public Domain
0
4
0
PL
Mineral, Arsenate , Hydrated , Uranyl
