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Inesite: Ca2Mn7Si10O28(OH)2·5(H2O) Hubeite: Ca2Mn++Fe+++Si4O12(OH)(H2O)2
Comments: Brown hubeite aggregates accompanied by prismatic pinkish inesite crystals. Location: Fengjiashan Mine, Daye, Hubei China. Scale: 5.3 x 3.7 x 1.1 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Comments: Translucent, deep root beer brown, platy hueite crystals in fan-like groups to 1mm with delicate pink laths of inesite. Location: Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China. Scale: Picture Size 5 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Ingersonite: Ca3Mn++Sb+++++4O14
Comments: Yellowish green crystals of ingersonite to about 0.7mm embedded in matrix rich in dark grains of flipstadite. Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: 14x10x6mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Ingodite: Bi(S,Te) Telluronevskite: Bi3TeSe2 Nevskite: Bi(Se,S)
Comments: Intergrown metallic grains of ingodite, telluronevskite, and nevskiite. Location: Poruba pod Vihorlatom, Vihorlat Mountains, Kosice Slovak Republic. Scale: Specimen Size 2.8 × 1.7 × 1 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Innelite: (Na,Mg,Ca)2(Ba,K)4Ti3(Si2O7)2(SO4)2(OH,F)
Comments: Yellow crystalline granular innelite. Location: Inagli, Aldan, Republic of Sakha, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Insizwaite: Pt(Bi,Sb)2 Moncheite: (Pt,Pd)(Te,Bi)2
Comments: Back-scattered electron image showing b) intergrowth of taimyrite-tatyanaite with moncheitei-insizwaite (CanMin, v 42, p 611). Location: Kondyor PGE placer, Khabarovskiy Kray, eastern Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist
Insizwaite: Pt(Bi,Sb)2 Niggliite: PtSn
Comments: B&W image of a polished section showing insizwaite grain (I) showing details of niggliite (N) inclusions and exsolved chalcopyrite (C) lamellae in the pentlandite (P). (MinMag, v38:299). Location: Insizwa deposit, Waterfall Gorge, Pondoland and East Griqualand areas (Transkei), South Africa. Scale: See Image. © Mineralogical Magazine
Inyoite: Ca2B6O6(OH)10·8(H2O)
Comments: Glassy gray translucent crystals of inyoite 1.5 cm.+, with minor alteration to white meyerhofferite. Location: Loma Blanca Mine, Jujuy Province, Argentina. Scale: 5.2x4.1x3.1 cm. © Richard Dale / Dale Minerals
Iodargyrite: AgI
Comments: Aggregate crystal of Iodargyrite on matrix. Location: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Iodargyrite: AgI Embolite: Ag(Br,Cl)
Comments: Cubo-octahedral crystals of iodaryrite (I) with smaller and darker octahedral crystals of embolite (E). Location: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: Specimen size 2x1 cm. © Dave Barthelmy
Iodargyrite: AgI Coronadite: Pb(Mn++++,Mn++)8O16
Comments: Dark, fine-grained massive coronadite with yellowish octahedral iodargyrite crystals. Location: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: Picture size 3x2 cm. © Dave Barthelmy
Iowaite: Mg4Fe+++(OH)8OCl·2-4(H2O)
Comments: Floater crystal of iowaite. Location: Palabora Mine, Transvaal, South Africa. Scale: Crystal size 1.2 cm. © John Veevaert
Iquiqueite: K3Na4Mg(Cr++++++O4)B24O39(OH)·12(H2O) Nitratine: NaNO3
Comments: Yellow iquiqueiite in clear, massive nitration. Location: Salar de Miraje, Antofagasta, Chile. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Iranite: Pb10Cu(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(F,OH)2
Comments: Crystals of iranite to 3mm on brecciated, siliceous matrix. Location: Sebarz mine, Anarak, Iran. Scale: 3.7 x 2.5 cm. © John Veevaert
Irarsite: (Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS Ruthenarsenite: (Ru,Ni)As
Comments: Photomicrograph of the largest inclusion of ruthenarsenite (Ru) associated with irarsite inclusions (Ir) in a rutheniridosmine matrix. (CanMin, v12:280). Location: Papua New Guinea. Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist
Irhtemite: Ca4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·4(H2O)
Comments: Pink acicular divergent microcrystals of irhtemite on matrix. Location: Irhtem Mine, near Bou-Azzer, Ouarzazate, Morocco. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Iridium: (Ir,Os,Ru,Pt)
Comments: Silvery metallic crystalline iridium micrograin and irregular nuggets. Location: Fox Gulch, Goodnews Bay, Alaska, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Iriginite: (UO2)(Mo++++++2O7)·3(H2O)
Comments: Yellow aggregates of iriginite on matrix. Location: Cameron area, Coconino County, Arizona, USA. Scale: Picture size 2.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Iriginite: (UO2)(Mo++++++2O7)·3(H2O) Mourite: U++++Mo++++++5O12(OH)10
Comments: Purple to violet sub-metallic mourite coatings with yellow iriginite. Location: 'North Caucasus', probably Kyzylsai Deposit, Chu-Ili Mountains, Balkhash, Zezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Iron: Fe
Comments: Specimen of volcanic rock containing dark gray grains of native Iron. This locality is one of the very few known localities for terrestrial native iron. Location: Disko Island, Greenland. Scale: Picture size 1 cm. © John Veevaert