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Andalusite  
Andalusite  Al2[O|SiO4]

chiastolite from Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA.
Disthene  
Disthene  Al2[O|SiO4]

cyanite from Connecticut, USA.
Disthene  
Disthene  Al2[O|SiO4]

cyanite from the Ural Mountains, Russia.
Gadolinite  
Gadolinite  Y2FeBe2[O|SiO4]2

embedded crystals from Hitterö, Norway.
Knebelite  
Knebelite  (Mn,Fe)2[SiO4]

Mn-olivine from Dannemora, Sweden.
Kornerupine  
Kornerupine  Mg4Al6[(O,OH)2|BO4|(SiO4)4]

embedded crystals from Waldheim, Saxony, Germany.
Olivine  
Olivine  (Mg,Fe)2[SiO4]

olivine nodule from Jackson Co., North Carolina, USA.
Phenacite  
Phenacite  Be2[SiO4]

idiomorphic crystals from Kragerö, Norway.
Sillimanite  
Sillimanite  Al[AlSiO5]

fibrous crystals from Williamstown, Australia.
Staurolite  
Staurolite  2 Al2SiO5 · Fe(OH)2

twinned crystals from the Bretagne, France.
Thaumasite  
Thaumasite  Ca3H2[CO3|SO4|SiO4] · 13 H2O

fibrous crystals from West Paterson, New Jersey, USA.
Titanite  
Titanite  CaTi[O|SiO4]

fine-grained sphene and chlorite from Culm di Vi, Tavetsch, Switzerland.
Titanite  
Titanite  CaTi[O|SiO4]

sphene from Tavetsch, Switzerland.
Topaz  
Topaz  Al2[F2|SiO4]

idiomorphic crystals from Spitzkopje, South-West Africa.
Zircon  
Zircon  ZrSiO4

idiomorphic crystals from Stretenko, Ukraine.
Zircon  
Zircon  ZrSiO4

crystals from Frederiksvärn, Norway.
Garnets    
Almandine  
Almandine  Fe3Al2[SiO4]3

idiomorphic crystals from the Ötztal, Tirol, Austria.
Andradite  
Andradite  Ca3Fe2[SiO4]3

single crystals from the Wilni river, Sibiria, Russia.
Grossularite  
Grossularite  Ca3Al2[SiO4]3

single crystals from the Wilni river, Sibiria, Russia.
Hessonite  
Hessonite  Ca3(Al,Fe)2[SiO4]3

idiomorphic crystals from Meighels, Tavetsch, Switzerland.
Pyrope  
Pyrope  Mg3Al2[SiO4]3

rounded crystals from Podsedlitz, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia.
Uwarowite  
Uwarowite  Ca3Cr2[SiO4]3

fine-grained crystals from Kyschtymsk, Ural Mountains, Russia.

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