Mineral Specimen Images (T)

Tsugaruite: Pb4As2S7

Comments: Brown-gray fibrous spherical tsugaruite on matrix.
Location: Yunosawa Mine, Aomori, Japan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tsugaruite: Pb4As2S7

Comments: Dark gray veinlet of tsuraruite in matrix.
Location: Yunosawa mine, Tsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Scale: Picure size 3x2 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Tsumcorite: PbZnFe++(AsO4)2·(H2O)

Comments: Yellow tsumcorite crystalline rosettes on matrix.
Location: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Tsumebite: Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)

Comments: Green crystalline aggregates of tsumebite on matrix.
Location: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Tsumgallite: GaO(OH)

Comments: BSE image of an irregular patch of dark tsumgallite in complex ore.
Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia.. Scale: See Image.
© Diederik Visser

Tsumoite: BiTe

Comments: Gray metallic tsumoite in milky quartz.
Location: Biorkdalsgruvan, Sweden. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tsumoite: BiTe  
Smirnite: Bi2Te++++O5

Comments: Grayish to olive-green crusts of smirnite over quartz and metallic-grey tsumoite. Smirnite composition is (Bi1.98Pb.02)2.00Te1.00O4.99.
Location: Shilovo-Isetskii mine, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia. Ex Fedor V. Chukhrov specimen collected before WWII. Scale: Picture Size 12x10 mm.
© Pavel M. Kartashov

Tsumoite: BiTe  
Volynskite: AgBiTe2

Comments: BSE image of composite grain of volynskite (AgBiTe) and tsumoite (BiTe) associated with sphalerite in chalcopyrite.
Location: Stobie deposit, South Range breccia belt, Supergiant Ni-Cu-PGE Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Image.
© National Resouces of Canada

Tucekite: Ni9Sb2S8  
Ullmannite: NiSbS

Comments: Gray tucekite with ullmannite in white matrix.
Location: Adler mine, Eisern, Siegerland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Scale: Picture Size 3.5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke

Tugarinovite: MoO2

Comments: Black shining short-prismatic crystals of tugarinovite on whitish anhydrite with minor blue ilsemannite.
Location: Kudriavy (Kudryavyi) volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Sakhalinskaya Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 2x1 mm.
© Pavel M. Kartashov

Tugtupite: Na4AlBeSi4O12Cl

Comments: Albite hosting a 1.2 cm mass of partially gem quality tugtupite.
Location: Tugtup, Greenland. Scale: 2.1 x1.3 cm.
© John Veevaert

Tuhualite: [ ](Na,K)Fe++Fe+++[Si6O15]

Comments: Black, tabular crystals of tuhualite on matrix.
Location: Opo Bay, Mayor Island, New Zealand. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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

Tumchaite: Na2(Zr,Sn)Si4O11·2(H2O)

Comments: SEM photomicrograph of typical tumchaite crystals shaped by the prism {hkl}, and by two pinacoids {100} and {h0l}. Grains are tabular on (100), elongated along [001]. (AmMin 85:1517).
Location: Vuoriyarvi alkali-ultrabasic massif, Murmansk Region, Russia. Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist

Tundrite-(Ce): Na2Ce2TiO2(SiO4)(CO3)2

Comments: Radiating group of tundrite-(Ce) crystals in matrix. (CanMin, v46:415).
Location: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec. Scale: Crystal size 25 mm.
© Willow Wight/Canadian Mineralogist

Tundrite-(Ce): Na2Ce2TiO2(SiO4)(CO3)2

Comments: Prismatic, yellowish, terminated tundrite-(Ce) crystal (CanMin, v46:415).
Location: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec. Scale: Crystal size 7 mm.
© Quintin Wight/Canadian Mineralogist

Tundrite-(Ce): Na2Ce2TiO2(SiO4)(CO3)2

Comments: Brown elongated bladed tundrite-(Ce) crystals associated with white orthoclase and black amphibole.
Location: Barkeviksjaer, Norway. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Tunellite: SrB6O9(OH)2·3(H2O)

Comments: Clear, prismatic crystals of tunellite on matrix.
Location: Death Valley, Inyo County, California, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Tungstenite: WS2

Comments: Tungstenite, variety tungstenite-2H, gray metallic flakes in rock.
Location: Rita, Utah, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Tungstibite: Sb2O3·WO3

Comments: Dark olive-green spherical aggregate of tungstibite in matrix.
Location: Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Wolfach Valley, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag