Mineral Specimen Images (S)

Sabatierite: Cu4TlSe3

Comments: Polished section with silvery metallic sabatierite in berzelianite.
Location: Bukov, Moravia, Czech Republic. Scale: Specimen Size 2x4 cm.
© Diederik Visser

Sabelliite: Cu2Zn(As,Sb)O4(OH)3

Comments: Green crystalline sabelliite on matrix.
Location: West Schrofen, Brixlegg, Tirol, Austria. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sabieite: (NH4)Fe+++(SO4)2

Comments: Massive, porous aggregate of sabieite.
Location: Carola Mine, Freital, Dresden, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 4.5 cm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Sabinaite: (Na,Ca)4Zr2Ti(CO3)4O4

Comments: White, prismatic crystals of sabinaite on matrix.
Location: Poudrette quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Rouville county, Quebec. Scale: 4.5 x 3.8 x 3 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Sabugalite: HAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16(H2O)

Comments: Platy sabugalite crystals.
Location: Margnac, Haute-Vienne, France. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sabugalite: HAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16(H2O)

Comments: Squarish, platy, pale yellowish green sabugalite crystals.
Location: Sabugal County, Beira Alta Province, Portugal. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Paul M. Schumacher

Sacrofanite: (Na,Ca,K)9Si6Al6O24[(OH),(SO4),(CO3),Cl)]4·n(H2O)

Comments: Translucent crystalline sacrofanite on diopside.
Location: Sacrofano Quarry, Rome, Lazio, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sadanagaite: (K,Na)Ca2(Fe++,Mg,Al,Ti)5[(Si,Al)8O22](OH)2

Comments: Heavy mineral concentrate of black to dark brown grains showing strong pleochroism.
Location: Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Urals Region, Russia. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Saddlebackite: Pb2Bi2Te2S3

Comments: BSE image of a saddlebackite grain.
Location: Kockkar' deposit, Plast Town, southern Urals, Russia. Scale: Scale Bar 300µm.
© Diederik Visser

Safflorite: (Co,Fe)As2

Comments: Safflorite covering three faces of the specimen, with silver.
Location: Castle Mine (Castle-Tretheway Mine), Gowganda, Haultain Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada. Scale: 7x 3x 3.5 cm.
© Ibrahim Jameel / Khyber Mineral Company

Sahamalite-(Ce): (Mg,Fe++)Ce2(CO3)4

Comments: White granular aggregate of sahamalite-(Ce) on matrix.
Location: Silfide Queen Deposit, Mountain Pass Mine, San Bernandino Co., California, USA. Scale: Specimen Size 9x7x5 mm.
© Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy

Sahlinite: Pb14(AsO4)2O9Cl4

Comments: Light lemon yellow sahlinite on dark hausmannite and white dolomite matrix.
Location: Langban mine, Filipstad, Värmland , Sweden. Scale: Crystal size 1.5cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Sainfeldite: Ca5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·4(H2O)

Comments: Rose-colored crystalline aggregate of Sainfeldite.
Location: Wechsel Schacht, Richelsdorf, Hesse, Germany. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Sakhaite: Ca3Mg(BO3)2(CO3)·0.36(H2O)

Comments: Dark gray octahedron of sakhaite embedded in gray calcite.
Location: Titovskoe, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Sakuraiite: (Cu,Zn,Fe,In,Sn)4S4

Comments: Dark gray sakuraiite ore.
Location: Ikuno Mine, Kanagase, Asago-Gun-Hyogo, Japan. Scale: Specimen Size 2 cm.
© Thomas Witzke

Salammoniac: NH4Cl

Comments: Network of white or slightly grayish sal-ammoniac crystals with some sulfur.
Location: Ravat, Tien Shan Mtns, Central Tajikistan. Scale: 6 x 4 x 3 cm.
© John Attard

Salammoniac: NH4Cl  
Erythrosiderite: K2Fe+++Cl5·(H2O)

Comments: Orange-brown aggregates of erythrosiderite with sal ammoniac. Material from the 1926 eruption of the Erythrosiderite is hygroscopic and must be stored in a closed vial. The photo was made through the vial.
Location: Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Saleeite: Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2·10(H2O)

Comments: Gossanous matrix hosting abundant crystals of bright canary yellow saléeite to 1.2 cm across.
Location: Ranger Mine, Northern Territories, Australia. Scale: 9 x 5.5 cm.
© John Veevaert

Saleeite: Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2·10(H2O)

Comments: Square, tabular crystalline aggregates of greenish yellow saléeite on matrix.
Location: Ranger Uranium Mine, Jabiru, Northern Territory, Australia. Scale: Picture size 1cm.
© Paul M. Schumacher

Salesite: Cu(IO3)(OH)

Comments: Blue, prismatic crystal of Salesite in matrix.
Location: Chuquicamata, Antofagasta, Chile. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals