Mineral Specimen Images (S)

Smithite: AgAsS2

Comments: Spheric, pseudo-hexagonal, reddish crystal of smithite with a gray sulfosalt on white dolomite.
Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: Crystal size 0.5 mm.
© Walter Gabriel

Smithite: AgAsS2  
Chabourneite: (Tl,Pb)21(Sb,As)91S147

Comments: Black metallic chabourneite with conchoidal fracture, associated with yellow-red realgar and deep-red smithite.
Location: Jas Roux, Pelvoux Mt., Valgaudemar, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Smithsonite: ZnCO3  
Creedite: Ca3Al2(SO4)(F,OH)10·2(H2O)

Comments: Purple transparent crystals of creedite to 6 mm on matrix of creamy botryoidal crystalline smithsonite.
Location: Level 8 San Antonio mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Scale: 7 x 3.5 x 2 cm.
© Dan Weinrich

Smithsonite: ZnCO3

Comments: Twinned crystals of smithsonite on matrix.
Location: Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Smithsonite: ZnCO3  
Murdochite: PbCu6O8-x(Cl,Br)2x

Comments: Dark metallic micro crystals of murdochite on pale blue-gray smithsonite crystal covered matrix.
Location: Silver Hill Mine group, Silver Hill, Waterman District, Waterman Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA. Scale: 5x4x2 cm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Smithsonite: ZnCO3

Comments: Yellow, cadmian-bearing smithsonite crystalline aggregate.
Location: Rush Mine in Marion County, Arkansas, USA. Scale: 6.5 x 11 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Smithsonite: ZnCO3  
Fraipontite: (Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4  
Zinalsite: Zn2AlSi2O5(OH)4·2(H2O) (?)

Comments: Pearly white, sub-mm fraipontite (zinalsite) crystals associated with green smithsonite.
Location: Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece. Scale: Specimen Size 1.4 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm.
© Rob Lavinsky

Smolianinovite: (Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)3(Fe+++,Al)2(AsO4)4·11(H2O)

Comments: Tan to brown smolianinovite pseudomorphs after cobaltite crystals, with erythrite and tarnished cobaltite.
Location: Mount Cobalt, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Smrkovecite: Bi2O(OH)(PO4)

Comments: Waxy smrkovecite botryoids in vuggy quartz.
Location: Smrkovec, Zapadocesky, Czech Republic. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Smythite: (Fe,Ni)9S11 or (Fe,Ni)13S16

Comments: Dull metallic massive smythite with pyrite. Part of drillcore.
Location: Helena, Boulder Co., Montana, USA. Scale: Specimen Size 2.5x3 cm.
© Diederik Visser

Sobolevite: Na11(Na,Ca)4(Mg,Mn)Ti++++4(Si4O12)(PO4)4O5F3

Comments: Translucent crystalline sobolevite cleavage.
Location: Mount Alluaiv, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sobolevskite: PdBi  
Atokite: (Pd,Pt)3Sn

Comments: Back-scattered electron image showing a) intergrowth of atokite, mertieite-II [Pd8Sb3] and telluroan sobolevskite [(Pd,Pt)(Bi,Te)] within tetra-auricupride rim. (CanMin, v 42, p 611).
Location: Kondyor PGE placer, Khabarovskiy Kray, eastern Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Sobotkite: (K,Ca0.5)0.33(Mg,Al)3(Si3Al)O10(OH)2·1-5(H2O)

Comments: Massive, fine-grained rose-colored sobotkite (saponite).
Location: Cuya, Atacama, Chile. Scale: See Specimen Tray.
© Diederik Visser

Sodalite: Na8Al6Si6O24Cl2  
Perovskite: CaTiO3

Comments: Clear crystals of sodalite with hoppered perovskite on matrix.
Location: Udersdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Sodalite: Na8Al6Si6O24Cl2  
Winchite: [ ](CaNa)Mg4(Al,Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2

Comments: Purple sodalite with some crystal faces, supporting a very sharp, transparent winchite crystal, terminated on one end.
Location: Sar-e-Sang, Kokcha Valley, Badakshan Province, Afghanistan. Scale: 11x10x8 mm.
© Richard Dale / Dale Minerals

Soddyite: (UO2)2SiO4·2(H2O)

Comments: Yellow crystals of soddyite.
Location: Swambo mine, Mindingi, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Soddyite: (UO2)2SiO4·2(H2O)

Comments: Blocky, tabular crystals of yellow soddyite.
Location: Swambo (Kambove), Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaïre). Scale: Picture size 2 mm.
© Paul M. Schumacher

Sodium meta-autunite: Na2(UO2)2(PO4)2·6-8(H2O)

Comments: Ganular metanatroautunite in red-brown muds.
Location: Boomerang Lake, Menangina, Western Australia, Australia. Scale: Area Size 0.1 cm.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sogdianite: (K,Na)2(Li,Fe+++,Al)3ZrSi12O30

Comments: Somewhat greasy to vitreous massive sogdianite.
Location: Dara-Pioz, Tien-Shan, Tadzhikistan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sohngeite: Ga(OH)3

Comments: Minute, pale yellow sohngeite crystals to less than 0.2mm on matrix.
Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb , Namibia. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix