Mineral Specimen Images (T)

Taranakite: K3Al5(HPO4)6(PO4)2·18(H2O)

Comments: Bright white chalky powdery taranakite mass.
Location: South Farallon Island, near San Francicso, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tarapacaite: K2CrO4

Comments: Pale brown translucent tarapacaite, deliquescent granular.
Location: Tarapaca, Chile. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tarbuttite: Zn2(PO4)(OH)

Comments: Clear, prismatic crystal of tarbuttite on matrix.
Location: Broken Hill Mine, Kabwe, Central Zambia. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Tarkianite: (Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)4S8

Comments: A euhedral grain of tarkianite associated with sperrylite (Sp) in heavy-mineral concentrate. Plane-polarized light, oil immersion, sample 2_72_6.
Location: Sulfide concentrate from Hitura Ni-Cu-PGE mine, Nivala, western central Finland. Scale: See Scale Bar.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Taseqite: Na12Sr3Ca6Fe3Zr3NbSi25O73(O,OH,H2O)3Cl2

Comments: Crystalline magenta-colored taseqite in matrix.
Location: Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 0.3 cm.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tassieite: (Na,[ ])Ca2(Mg,Fe++,Fe+++)2(Fe+++,Mg)2(Fe++,Mg)2(PO4)6(H2O)2

Comments: Thin-section image in plane-polarized light of bluish gray tassieite in a band of alteration (abundant particles) cutting fluorapatite (Ap). Inset image illustrates cleavage.
Location: Granulite-facies paragneiss from Stornes Peninsula, Larsemann Hills, Pyrdz Bay, East Antarctica. (CanMin, v45:293). Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Tatyanaite: (Pt,Pd,Cu)9Cu3Sn4  
Rustenburgite: (Pt,Pd)3Sn

Comments: Back-scattered electron images showing inclusions of rustenburgite intergrown with taimyrite-tatyanaite aggregates. (AmMin, v 42, p 608).
Location: Kondyor PGE placer, Khabarovskiy Kray, eastern Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist

Tausonite: SrTiO3

Comments: Brown crystal of tausonite in matrix.
Location: Murun massif, Chara River, Davan, Torgo River Basin, Aldan Shield, Saha (Sakha) Republic (Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Tavorite: LiFe+++(PO4)(OH)

Comments: Tabular, prismatic crystals of tavorite on matrix.
Location: Tip Top mine, Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Tavorite: LiFe+++(PO4)(OH)  
Hureaulite: Mn5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4(H2O)

Comments: Lime green tavorite micro crystals with pink, gemmy hureaulite.
Location: Tip Top mine, Custer Co., South Dakota, United States. Scale: Picture size 1.0 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Tazheranite: CaTiZr2O8

Comments: Brown grain of tazheranite in matrix.
Location: Tazheran Massif, Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Tazieffite: Pb20Cd2(As,Bi)22S50Cl10

Comments: Tiny acicular, metallic tazieffite crystals free-standing on matrix formed by volcanic sublimation.
Location: Mutnovsky Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. Scale: Specimen size 0.8 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Teallite: PbSnS2

Comments: Gray, metallic vein of coarsely crystalline teallite.
Location: Carguaycollo mine (type locality), Potosí , Bolivia. Scale: 4.5x4x2.5 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Tedhadleyite: Hg++Hg+10O4I2(Cl1.16Br0.84)2

Comments: Grain of tedhadleyite between crossed polars, showing ubiquitous red internal reflections. (CanMin, v40:909).
Location: Small prospect pit near the long abandoned Clear Creek mercury mine, New Idria district, San Benito County, California, USA. Scale: Grain Size 0.3 mm.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Teepleite: Na2B(OH)4Cl

Comments: Tan bladed crystals teepleite on massive halite.
Location: Borax Lake, Lake County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tegengrenite: (Mg,Mn++)2Sb+++++0.5(Mn+++,Si,Ti)0.5O4

Comments: Red, pseudo-octahedral crystal of tegengrenite in quartz.
Location: Jakobsberg, Nordmark, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden. Scale: Picture size 0.8 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Teineite: CuTeO3·2(H2O)

Comments: Green teineite on matrix.
Location: Salm Chateau, Vielsalm, Belgium. Scale: Picture Size 4mm.
© Thomas Witzke

Telargpalite: (Pd,Ag)3Te  
Oulankaite: (Pd,Pt)5(Cu,Fe)4SnTe2S2  
Tulameenite: Pt2FeCu  
Chalcopyrite: CuFeS2

Comments: Gray long-prismatic crystal of oulankaite with light grayish telargpalite and pale yellowish-white rims of tulameenite in massive yellowish chalcopyrite. Polished section (from microprobe analysis) in reflected light.
Location: Lukkulaisvaara ultrabasic Massif, Olanga (Oulanka) River, Oulanka plutonic complex, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 0.12 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Tellurantimony: Sb2Te3  
Mattagamite: CoTe2  
Altaite: PbTe

Comments: Silvery metallic intergrowths of mattagamite with tellurantimony and altaite.
Location: Mattagami Lake Mine, Quebec, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tellurite: TeO2  
Denningite: (Mn,Zn)Te2O5

Comments: Vitreous colorless to very pale yellowish elongated crystals denningite with yellow tellurite.
Location: Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag