Mineral Specimen Images (S)

Satimolite: KNa2Al4(B2O5)3Cl3·13(H2O)

Comments: Porcelaneous massive satimolite.
Location: Satimola-Sahstock, Zapadno-Kazahstan, Kazakhstan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Satterlyite: (Fe++,Mg)2(PO4)(OH)

Comments: Cleaved nodule of brown crystalline satterlyite aggregate.
Location: Big Fish River, Yukon, Canada. Scale: 3 x 1.5 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Sauconite: Na0,3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4(H2O)

Comments: Pale brown earthy sauconite on hemimorphite microcrystals.
Location: Doughty Mine, near Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sazhinite-(La): Na3La[Si6O15]·2(H2O)

Comments: White, fine-grained crystalling sazhinite-(La) lining vugs in matrix.
Location: Aris Phonolite, Windhoek, Namibia. Scale: Specimen Size 19x13x10 mm.
© Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy

Sazykinaite-(Y): Na5YZrSi6018·6(H2O)

Comments: Light brown crystals of sazykinaite-(Y).
Location: Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 6 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Sborgite: NaB5O6(OH)4·3(H2O)

Comments: Pale grayish-green massive sborgite.
Location: Furnace Creek borate area, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Scacchite: MnCl2

Comments: Deliquescent reddish scacchite crust on volcanic rock.
Location: Vesuvius, Campania, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Scainiite: Pb14Sb30S54O5

Comments: Black metallic prismatic scainite crystals and crystalline masses on limestone.
Location: Tafone Mine, near Manciano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Scandiobabingtonite: Ca2(Fe++,Mn)ScSi5O14(OH)

Comments: Green micro crystals of scandiobabingtonite to about 0.75mm with several grayish brown ball-like micro crystals of titanite to 0.75mm scattered in a large vug.
Location: Heftetjern pegmatite, Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway. Scale: Picture size 2.5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Scapolite: (Na,Ca)4[(Al,Si)12O24]Cl

Comments: Violet colored, gemmy crystal of Scapolite, with upper terminations.
Location: Dodoma, Tanzania. Scale: 1 x 0.5 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Scarbroite: Al5(CO3)(OH)13·5(H2O)

Comments: White earthy scarbroite.
Location: South Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. Scale: Picture size 8 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Scarbroite: Al5(CO3)(OH)13·5(H2O)  
Hydroscarbroite: Al14(CO3)3(OH)36·n(H2O)

Comments: White to tan nodular hydroscarbroite intermixed with scarbroite in sandstone.
Location: Weston Favell, Northamptonshire, England. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Scawtite: Ca7Si6(CO3)O18·2(H2O)

Comments: 1 to 2 mm transparent crystals of Scawtite on dark matrix (see pink arrows in photo).
Location: Scawt Hill, Antrim, Ireland. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© John Veevaert

Schachnerite: Ag1.1Hg0.9

Comments: Schachnerite tarnishing silvery metallic.
Location: Sala, Vastmanland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Schafarzikite: Fe++Sb+++2O4

Comments: Dull black irregular schafarzikite masses in white marble.
Location: Bucca della Vena Mine, Valdi Castello, Carducci, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Schaurteite: Ca3Ge++++(SO4)2(OH)6·3(H2O)  
Tennantite: (Cu,Fe)12As4S13

Comments: Bright white silky fibrous schaurteite on dark tennantite.
Location: Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Schaurteite: Ca3Ge++++(SO4)2(OH)6·3(H2O)

Comments: Snow white acicular crystals of schauteite to about 1mm in a matted mass.
Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Scheelite: CaWO4

Comments: Orange scheelite with white mica.
Location: Pingwu, Sichuan, China. Scale: 9.5 x 9 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Schertelite: (NH4)2MgH2(PO4)2·4(H2O)

Comments: Transparent glassy crystalline schertelite grains.
Location: Skipton Caves, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Scheuchzerite: Na(Mn,Mg)9[VSi9O28(OH)](OH)3  
Saneroite: Na2(Mn++,Fe+++)10Si11V+++++O34(OH)4

Comments: BSE image of acicular scheuchzerite crystals (Sz) partially intergrown with platy saneroite (Snr) in a vug lined with minute quartz (Qtz) crystals.
Location: . Scale: .
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