Mineral Specimen Images (K)

Koritnigite: ZnHAsO4·(H2O)

Comments: Translucent nearly colorless fragment of koritnigite.
Location: Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Kornelite: Fe+++2(SO4)3·7(H2O)

Comments: Sulfate matrix with several 1 cm sprays of kornelite. This specimen has to be protected from air as it is readily soluble in water.
Location: Rio Tinto Mine, Huelva, Spain. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© John Veevaert

Kornerupine: (Mg,Fe++)4Al6(SiO4,BO4)5(O,OH)2

Comments: Greenish gray mottled crystal prism of kornerupine.
Location: Western Hart's Range, Northern Territory, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Korobitsynite: Na3(Ti,Nb)2[Si4O12](OH,O)2·3-4(H2O)

Comments: Colorless prismatic crystals of korobitsynite.
Location: Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Korshunovskite: Mg2Cl(OH)3·3.5-4(H2O)

Comments: White fibrous korshunovskite crystals.
Location: Korshunovskoye skarn Fe Deposit, Irkutsk, Irkutskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Korzhinskite: CaB2O4·(H2O)

Comments: Translucent fragment of korzhinskite.
Location: Novofrolovskoye, Sverdlovsk District, Northern Urals, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Kosmochlor: NaCr+++Si2O6

Comments: Green resinous massive kosmochlor, variety ureyite, in serpentinite.
Location: Myanmar. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Kosnarite: KZr++++2(PO4)3

Comments: Pale bluish crystals of kosnarite in matrix.
Location: Mt Mica mine, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Kosnarite: KZr++++2(PO4)3

Comments: Transparent crystals of kosnarite on matrix.
Location: Itinga Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Crystal size 2 mm.
© John Veevaert

Kosnarite: KZr++++2(PO4)3  
Zanazziite: Ca2(Mg,Fe++)(Mg,Fe++,Al,Mn,Fe+++)4Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6(H2O)

Comments: Beige crystals of kosnarite with pinkish, radial aggregates of zanazziite on whte albite matrix.
Location: Jenipapo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Picture size 6 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Kostovite: CuAuTe4

Comments: B&W, oil immersion, XPL image of a twinned grain of kostovite surrounded by native tellurium (Te), chalcopyrite (Cp), Tennantite (Tn) and barite (Ba). (AmMin, v51:29).
Location: Chelopech copper deposit, Bulgaria. Scale: Magnification 1,000 X.
© American Mineralogist

Kostovite: CuAuTe4

Comments: Dark gray metallic fragment of kostovite embedded in epoxy.
Location: Chelopech Mine, Chelopech Obshchina, Balkan Mts (Stara-Planina Mts), Sofiya (Sofia) Oblast, Bulgaria. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Kotoite: Mg3B2O6

Comments: White massive kotoite crystals.
Location: Baita Mine (Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania. Scale: Picture size 8 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Kottigite: Zn3(AsO4)2·8(H2O)

Comments: Köttigite crystals on gossanous matrix up to 0.5 cm in length.
Location: Oujela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Scale: Picture size 3 cm.
© John Veevaert

Kotulskite: Pd(Te,Bi)  
Telluropalladinite: Pd9Te4  
Keithconnite: Pd3-xTe(x=0.14 to 0.43)

Comments: Polyphase grain of (1) ferroan platinum corroded by (2) Pt(Fe,Cu) and overgrown by (5) telluropalladinite, an unknown (6) Pd-Te-Fe-Si-O phase, (7) Fe-hydroxide and (8) a Ca-Mn-Fe silicate with inclusions of (3) kotulskite and (4) keithconnite. (BGR).
Location: Stream sediments of rivers in the vicinity of the original discovery of the Merensky Reef on the farm Maandagshoek close to Burgersfort in the Eastern Bushveld, South Africa.. Scale: See Image.
© Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources

Koutekite: Cu5As2  
Algodonite: Cu6As

Comments: Silvery metallic koutekite with darker gray algodonite.
Location: Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Kovdorskite: Mg5(PO4)2(CO3)(OH)2·4.5(H2O)

Comments: Gemmy crystal of icy blue kovdorskite.
Location: Kheleznyi Mine, Kovdor, Kola Penisula, Russia. Scale: Crystal size 1 cm.
© John Veevaert

Kozoite-(La): La(CO3)(OH)  
Kozoite-(Nd): (Nd,La,Sm,Pr)(CO3)(OH)

Comments: Backscatter electron image of polished section through a sperical aggregate showing the zonation form kosoite-(La) to kosolite-(Nd). (JMPS, v 98, p 138).
Location: Cavity in alkaline basalt near Mitsukoshi, Saga Prefecture, Japan. Scale: See Image.
© JMPS

Kozoite-(Nd): (Nd,La,Sm,Pr)(CO3)(OH)

Comments: White grain of kozoite-(Nd) in matrix.
Location: Niikoba, Hizen-cho, Higashi-Matsuura-gun, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu Island, Japan. Scale: Picture size 6 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Kozoite-(Nd): (Nd,La,Sm,Pr)(CO3)(OH)

Comments: Photomicrograph of the spherical aggregate composed of kosoite-(Nd). (JMPS, v 98, p 138).
Location: Cavity in alkaline basalt near Mitsukoshi, Saga Prefecture, Japan. Scale: See Image.
© JMPS