Mineral Specimen Images (S)

Sterryite: Ag2Pb10(Sb,As)12S29

Comments: Back prismatic sterryite microcrystals and massive in white calcite.
Location: Taylor Pit, Madoc, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Stetefeldtite: Ag2Sb2O6(O,OH)

Comments: Light yellow, massive, earthy stetefeldtite aggregates.
Location: Snyder Hill Mine, Tucson Mountains, Pima Co., Arizona, USA. Scale: 2.5x2x1cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Stevensite: (Ca0.5,Na)0.33(Mg,Fe++)3Si4O10(OH)2·n(H2O)

Comments: Granular massive stevensite.
Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Stewartite: Mn++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2·8(H2O)  
Rockbridgeite: (Fe++,Mn)Fe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5

Comments: Pointed, brownish yellow stewartite crystals on massive, dark rockbridgeite.
Location: Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Stibarsen: SbAs

Comments: Massive Stibarsen.
Location: Bohemia, Czechoslovakia. Scale: 3 x 2 cm.
© John Veevaert

Stibarsen: SbAs  
Vaughanite: TlHgSb4S7  
Paakkonenite: Sb2AsS2

Comments: B&W image of vaughanite (Va) aggregate surrounding a fibrous bundle of paakkonenite (Pfi) and associated with stibarsen (Star) and realgar (Re). Oil immersion. (CanMin, v53:369).
Location: Rare primary constituent of the Golden Giant orebody of the Hemlo gold deposit, Hemlo, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Stibiconite: Sb+++Sb+++++2O6(OH)

Comments: Yellowish druses of microscopic stibiconite pseudomorphic after sharply terminated stibnite crystals.
Location: Xi Kuang Shang mine, Len Shui Jiang, Hunan Province, China. Scale: 31x11x8 cm.
© Dan Weinrich

Stibioclaudetite: AsSbO3

Comments: Transparent prismatic crystals of stibioclaudetite in a vug. Type specimen for this species..
Location: Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: See Image.
© William Pinch

Stibiopalladinite: Pd5Sb2

Comments: Gray metallic stibiopalladinite, with bronze tarnish, flattened crystal grains.
Location: Choco, Columbia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Stibiotantalite: SbTaO4

Comments: Translucent stibiotantalite crystal.
Location: Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Stibivanite: Sb+++2V++++O5

Comments: Green crystals of stibivanite on matrix.
Location: Buca della Vena Mine, Stazzema (Ponte Stazzemese), Versilia, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Stibnite: Sb2S3

Comments: Prismatic crystals of metallic-lustered stibnite.
Location: Xikuangshan Mine, Lengshuijang, Hunan Province, China. Scale: Crystal size 5-10 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Stichtite: Mg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O)

Comments: Massive, fibrous, lavender-purple stichtite.
Location: Kaapsche Hoop, Barberton District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Scale: 5x3x2 cm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Stilbite-Ca: NaCa4[Al8Si28O72]·n(H2O) (n=28-32)  
Apophyllite: KCa4(Si4O10)2F·8(H2O)  
Apophyllite-(KOH): KCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8(H2O)

Comments: 3 cm. pink-colored rosette of stilbite and clear "apophyllite" (probably hydroxyapophyllite) in an amygdaloidal cavity.
Location: Aurangabad District, Jalgaon, India. Scale: Specimen size 6 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Stilbite-Ca: NaCa4[Al8Si28O72]·n(H2O) (n=28-32)  
Apophyllite-(KF): (K,Na)Ca4Si8O20(F,OH)·8(H2O)  
Apophyllite: KCa4(Si4O10)2F·8(H2O)

Comments: Doubly terminated, very clear and perfect fluorapophyllite with white stilbite.
Location: Jalgaon, India. Scale: 4 x 3.5 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Stilbite-Ca: NaCa4[Al8Si28O72]·n(H2O) (n=28-32)

Comments: Tabular, honey-colored stilbite (stilbite-Ca?) crystals on matrix.
Location: Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Stilbite-Ca: NaCa4[Al8Si28O72]·n(H2O) (n=28-32)  
Thomsonite-Ca: NaCa2Al5Si5O20·6(H2O)

Comments: Peach colored stilbite crystals to 3.5 cm in size is hosting two finely crystallized balls of powdery white thomsonite.
Location: Near Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India. Scale: Picture size 15 cm.
© Dan Weinrich

Stilbite-Na: Na3Ca3[Al8Si28O72]·n(H2O) (n=28-32)

Comments: Stibite 'bow-ties' on matrix.
Location: Cape Pula, Pula, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy. Scale: Largest Crystal Length 3 cm.
© Ed Rosenzweig

Stillwaterite: Pd8As3

Comments: B&W photomicrograph of a stillwaterite grain (gray) associated with native gold. (CanMin, v13:321).
Location: Heavy mineral centrates from the Banded and Upper zones of Stillwater Complex, Montana, USA. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Stillwellite-(Ce): (Ce,La,Ca)BSiO5

Comments: Brownish red euhedral crystal of stillwellite-(Ce) in matrix under halogen or sunlight lighting. Inset image shows the yellow color-change under fluorescent lighting.
Location: Darai -Piez Massif, Alay Range of Tien-Shan' Mountains, Garm Region, Tajikistan. Scale: Crystal Size 1.3 cm.
© Rob Lavinsky