Mineral Specimen Images (S)

Sanjuanite: Al2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·9(H2O)

Comments: Silky sanjuanite mass.
Location: Chica del Zonda, San Juan, Argentina. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sanromanite: Na2CaPb3(CO3)5  
Juangodoyite: Na2Cu(CO3)2  
Chalconatronite: Na2Cu(CO3)2·3(H2O)

Comments: Yellowish, long balded sanromanite crystals in vug with platy, blue juangodoyite replacing green chalconatronite.
Location: Santa Rosa mine, Iquique Province, Tarapaca, Chile. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Santabarbaraite: Fe+++3(PO4)2(OH)3·5(H2O)

Comments: Orange santabarbaraite pseudomorphous after vivianite.
Location: Santa Barbara lignite district, San Giovanni Valdarno, Valdarno (Val d'Arno), Arezzo Province, Tuscany. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Santaclaraite: CaMn++4Si5O14(OH)2·(H2O)

Comments: Flesh-colored crystalline aggregates of Santaclaraite.
Location: Corral Hollow, Alemada County, California, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Santafeite: (Mn,Fe,Al,Mg)2(Mn++++,Mn++)2(Ca,Sr,Na)3(VO4,AsO4)4(OH)3·2(H2O)

Comments: Brownish-black silky santafeite in rusty quartz.
Location: Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Santarosaite: CuB2O4

Comments: Druzy rosettes of blue santarosaite on matrix.
Location: Santa Rosa mine, Iquique Province, Chile. Scale: Rosette Size 0.3 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Santarosaite: CuB2O4  
Atacamite: Cu2Cl(OH)3

Comments: Encrustations of santarosaite (Cotype Specimen, MD212; blue) with atacamite (green) and anhydrite (white) on matrix. Discovered by Arturo Molina, Iquique, Chile in 2003. Holotype, sample MD 87, largely used up for the examinations.
Location: Santa Rosa Mine, Iquique, Chile. Scale: Sample Width 3 cm.
© K.C. Lyncker, Hamburg / German Type Specimen Catalogue

Santite: KB5O6(OH)4·2(H2O)  
Ramanite-(Rb): Rb[B5O6(OH)4]·2H2O  
Ramanite-(Cs): Cs[B5O6(OH)4]·2H2O

Comments: Unheated Type-B melt inclusions in graphic quartz. 1 = ramanite-(Cs), 2 = sassolite, 3 = ramanite-(Rb), 4 = santite, 5 = topaz, V = vapor. (AmMin, v93:1035).
Location: Graphic pegmatite quartz from the Island of Elba, Italy. Scale: Scale Bar 15µm.
© American Mineralogist

Saponite: (Ca/2,Na)0,3(Mg,Fe++)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4(H2O)

Comments: Light brown saponite pseudomorphs after stilbite crystals up to 6 mm.
Location: Thetford Mines, Mégantic Co., Québec, Canada. Scale: 25x25x12 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Sapphirine: (Mg,Al)8(Al,Si)6O20

Comments: Large complex crystalline cluster of dark blue to black sapphirine.
Location: Betroka district, Toliara (Tuléar) Province, Madagascar. Scale: 15x14x10 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Sarabauite: CaSb10O10S6

Comments: Deep red crystalline sarabauite in matrix.
Location: Sarabau Mine, Sarawak Province, Borneo. Scale: 2.2x1.2x1 cm.
© Richard Dale / Dale Minerals

Sarcolite: NaCa6Al4Si6O24F (?)

Comments: Rounded colorless sarcolite crystals associated with orange gehlenite and black augite.
Location: Monte Somma, Vesuvius, Italy. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Sarcopside: (Fe++,Mn,Mg)3(PO4)2

Comments: Brown massive sarcopside.
Location: Bull Moose Mine, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sarkinite: Mn++2(AsO4)(OH)

Comments: Reddish brown crystalline aggregates of sarkinite on matrix.
Location: Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Sarmientite: Fe+++2(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)·5(H2O)

Comments: Pale olive-green chalky massive sarmientite.
Location: Kotzebue, Alaska, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sartorite: PbAs2S4

Comments: Black, striated crystal of Sartorite on dolomite.
Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Sartorite: PbAs2S4

Comments: Excellent prismatic sartorite crystal on white dolomite.
Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: Crystal length 1 cm.
© Walter Gabriel

Saryarkite-(Y): Ca(Y,Th)Al5(SiO4)2(PO4,SO4)2(OH)7·6(H2O)

Comments: Single grain of saryarkite-(Y).
Location: Akkuduk (White Well) occurrence, Mointy, Dzezkazgan Oblast', Kazakhstan. Scale: Not Given.
© Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy

Sasaite: (Al,Fe+++)14(PO4)11(SO4)(OH)7·84(H2O)

Comments: Whitish sasaite coatings on altering serpentinite rock.
Location: Breitenau, Steiermark, Austria. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sassolite: H3BO3

Comments: Colorless, pseudohexagonal crystals of sassolite.
Location: Anna Mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 2.5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag