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Swinefordite: (Li,Ca0.5,Na)0.72(Li,Al,Mg)2.66(Si,Al)4O10(OH,F)2·2(H2O)
Comments: Dark green leathery swinefordite coating on pegmatite. Location: Foote Mine, King's Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Switzerite: (Mn++,Fe++)3(PO4)2·7(H2O)
Comments: Pale brown sub-metallic thin platy switzerite coatings. Location: Foote Mine, King's Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Sylvite: KCl
Comments: Translucent sylvite crystal cluster, somewhat deliquescent. Location: F.O. Kailwerk, Sigmundshall, near Wunstorf, Niedersachsen, Germany. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Syngenite: K2Ca(SO4)2·(H2O)
Comments: Opaque platy crystal syngenite rosette on massive white halite. Location: Sigmundshall Mine, Bokelch, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Szaibelyite: MgBO2(OH) Borcarite: Ca4MgB4O6(OH)6(CO3)2
Comments: Pale aqua granular borcarite with white fibrous to granular szaibelyite. Location: Nalednoya, Republic of Sakha, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Szaibelyite: MgBO2(OH) Kainite: MgSO4·KCl·3(H2O)
Comments: pale violet granular kainite intermixed with white ascharite (szaibelyite). Location: Havesa, Empelde, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Szaibelyite: MgBO2(OH)
Comments: Bright white fibrous szaibelyite coating on serpentinite rock. Location: Stinson Beach, Marin County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Szmikite: MnSO4·(H2O)
Comments: Tan translucent szmikite. Location: Calumet Mine, Galena Hill, Yukon Territory, Canada. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Szomolnokite: Fe++SO4·(H2O) Halotrichite: Fe++Al2(SO4)4·22(H2O)
Comments: Tan powdery szomolnokite crust on silky fibrous halotrichite with yellow metavoltine. Location: Markey Mine, Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Tacharanite: Ca12Al2Si18O33(OH)36 Phillipsite-Na: (Na,K,Ca)1-2(Si,Al)8O16·6(H2O)
Comments: Spherical tacharanite aggregates on phillipsite crystals. Location: Espalion, Aveyron, France. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Tachyhydrite: CaMg2Cl6·12(H2O)
Comments: Translucent pink tinted granular tachyhydrite. Location: Stassfurt, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Taenite: gamma-(Fe,Ni) Troilite: FeS Cohenite: (Fe,Ni,Co)3C Kamacite: alpha-(Fe,Ni)
Comments: Brown masses of troilite, with white cohenite, in kamacite/taenite matrix, in meteorite (polished section). Location: Meteor Crater, Canyon Diablo, Coconino County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Taenite: gamma-(Fe,Ni) Kamacite: alpha-(Fe,Ni) Troilite: FeS
Comments: Polished and acid etched slice, with crust, illustrating Widmanstaaten lines, with taenite darker areas between kamacite crystals, with tarnished troilite inclusions, in fine octahedrite meteorite. Location: Gibeon Meteorite, found 1836, Great Namaqualand, Hardap, Namibia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Taenite: gamma-(Fe,Ni)
Comments: Massive taenite, altering, intermixed with kamacite, in meteorite. Location: Agtalilik Meteorite, Melville Bay, Greenland. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Tainiolite: KLiMg2Si4O10F2
Comments: Micaceous tainiolite aggregate. Location: Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Takedaite: Ca3(BO3)2
Comments: Translucent granular takedaite. Location: Fuka, Okayama, Japan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Takeuchiite: Mg2Mn+++O2(BO3)
Comments: Aggregates of black prismatic takeuchiite crystals. Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Takovite: Ni6Al2(OH)16(CO3,OH)·4(H2O)
Comments: Aqua-colored takovite on rock. Location: Carr-Boyd Nickel Mine, Western Australia, Australia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Talmessite: Ca2Mg(AsO4)2·2(H2O)
Comments: Translucent nearly colorless talmessite microcrystals. Location: Old Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Talnakhite: Cu9(Fe,Ni)8S16
Comments: Tarnished brown talnakhite with brassy chalcopyrite. Location: Talnakh Deposit, Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species