Mineral Specimen Images (S)

Schiavinatoite: (Nb,Ta)BO4

Comments: Black, 3mm euhedral crystal of schiavinatoite in matrix.
Location: Ampanodiana Sud, Tetezantsio, Mahaiza, Madagascar. Scale: 3x2x2cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Schiavinatoite: (Nb,Ta)BO4  
Rynersonite: Ca(Ta,Nb)2O6

Comments: Brown, columnar schiavinatoite with minor white rynersonite sticks on quartz.
Location: Ampanodiana Sud, Tetezantsio, Mahaiza, Antananarivo, Madagascar. Scale: See Image.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Schieffelinite: Pb(Te++++++,S)O4·(H2O)  
Rodalquilarite: H3Fe+++2(Te++++O3)4Cl

Comments: Creamy white Schieffelinite with minor green rodalquilarite.
Location: Tombstone, Tombstone District, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA. Scale: Picture size 6 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Schirmerite: Ag3Pb3Bi9S18 to Ag3Pb6Bi7S18

Comments: Gray metallic granular schirmerite in quartz.
Location: Grand Trunk, Geneva District, Park County, Colorado, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Schlemaite: (Cu,[ ])6(Pb,Bi)Se4  
Clausthalite: PbSe  
Eucairite: CuAgSe

Comments: Reflected-light digital-image of the intermixed schlemaite grain in type sample F2, from which the reflectance, crystallographic and crystal-structure data were obtained. (CanMin, v 41, p 1435).
Location: "Tiber" dike, -855-m level, block 5128, main shaft # 371, Niederschlema-Alberoda vein-type uranium depost at Hartensein, Erzgebirge, Germany. Scale: See Picture.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Schlossmacherite: (H3O,Ca)Al3(AsO4,SO4)2(OH)6

Comments: Small (up to 3 mm) clusters of pale yellow green Schlossmacherite crystals on a siliceous matrix.
Location: Guanaco, Chile. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© John Veevaert

Schmiederite: Pb2Cu++2(Se++++O3)(Se++++++O4)(OH)4

Comments: Acicular schmiederite micro crystals in quartz.
Location: Condor Mine, La Rioja, Argentina. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Schmitterite: (UO2)TeO3  
Emmonsite: Fe+++2Te++++3O9·2(H2O)

Comments: Yellow schmitterite with green emmonsite.
Location: Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Schneebergite: Bi(Co,Ni)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2

Comments: Prismatic, acicular crystals of schneebergite.
Location: Roter Berg, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.7 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Schneiderhohnite: Fe++Fe+++3As+++5O13

Comments: Quartz with a 0.8 cm partial crystal of schneiderhöhnite and several smaller complete crystals of schneiderhöhnite to 3 mm.
Location: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
© John Veevaert

Schoderite: Al2(PO4)(VO4)·8(H2O)

Comments: Sub-mm coatings of yellow to deep orange Schoderite on matrix.
Location: Fish Creek Range, Eureka County, Nevada, USA. Scale: Picture size 2 cm.
© John Veevaert

Schoenfliesite: MgSn++++(OH)6

Comments: Yellow-brown schoenfliesite on matrix.
Location: Zlaty Kopec, Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Krusné Hory (Erzgebirge), Západoceský Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Schoepite: (UO2)8O2(OH)12·12(H2O)  
Becquerelite: Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8(H2O)

Comments: Bright yellow crystals of schoepite on transparent yellow becquerelite.
Location: Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scale: .
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Schoepite: (UO2)8O2(OH)12·12(H2O)  
Metatorbernite: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8(H2O)

Comments: Green, tabular crystals of metatorbernite and acicular, yellow schoepite on matrix.
Location: Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, (Katanga), Congo (Zaïre). Scale: Picture size 2.5 mm.
© Paul M. Schumacher

Schoepite: (UO2)8O2(OH)12·12(H2O)  
Ianthinite: (UO2)·5(UO3)·10(H2O)

Comments: Purple to brown resinous ianthinite with yellow schoepite and orange becquerelite.
Location: Colorado Plateau area, Saguache County, Colorado, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Schollhornite: Na0.3CrS2·(H2O)  
Daubreelite: Fe++Cr2S4  
Caswellsilverite: NaCrS2

Comments: Polished section (PPL) of schiillhornite (Sh), coexisting with caswellsilverite (Cw), ferromagnesian alabandite (Ab) and daubreelite (Db). (AmMin, v70:638).
Location: Norton County (Kansas-Nebraska) enstatite achondrite meteorite. Scale: Scale bar is 0.08 mm.
© American Mineralogist

Scholzite: CaZn2(PO4)2·2(H2O)

Comments: Sprays of Scholzite crystals to 1 cm line exposed vugs.
Location: Reaphook Hill, Blinman, South Australia. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© John Veevaert

Scholzite: CaZn2(PO4)2·2(H2O)  
Hillite: Ca2(Zn, Mg)[PO4]2·2(H2O)

Comments: Morphology of a homogeneous larger cluster of hillite growing on an acicular crystal of scholzite. SEM back-scattered electron image.
Location: Lower Cambrian Parachilna Formation, Reaphook Hill, South Australia, Australia. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Schoonerite: Fe++2ZnMnFe+++(PO4)3(OH)2·9(H2O)  
Ernstite: (Mn++1-xFe+++x)Al(PO4)(OH)2-xOx

Comments: 1 mm honey brown, acicular, radial sprays of ernstite with light green fibrous schoonerite and apatite in siderite.
Location: White Cap mine, Pennington County., South Dakota. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Schoonerite: Fe++2ZnMnFe+++(PO4)3(OH)2·9(H2O)

Comments: Dark crystals of schoonerite on matrix.
Location: Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals