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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

Salzburgite: Cu1.6Pb1.6Bi6.4S12

Comments: B&W RL image of lamella of copper-oversubstituted gladite (bd39) with incipient exsolution; above it is a large crystal of salzburgite (bd40) with lamellae of krupkaite (bd48). Bi telluride and gustavite are indicated.
Location: Found in quartz veins of the Felbertal scheelite deposit, Salzburg Province, Austria. (CanMin, v43:909). Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Samarskite-(Y): (Y,Fe+++,U)(Nb,Ta)5O4

Comments: A black crystal of samarskite. Ex collection Gustav Rose 1832, found on his travel together with Alexander von Humboldt through the Ural Mts.
Location: Miass, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Urals Region, Russia. Scale: Crystal size 8 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Samarskite-(Y): (Y,Fe+++,U)(Nb,Ta)5O4  
Uranpyrochlore: (U,Ca,Ce)2(Nb,Ta)2O6(OH,F)

Comments: Deep greenish-brown resinous crystalline massive uranpyrochlore with black samarskite-(Y).
Location: Beryl Hill, near Yinnietharra Station, Western Australia, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Samarskite-(Y): (Y,Fe+++,U)(Nb,Ta)5O4

Comments: A small but intricate cluster of fairly sharp samarskite-(Y) crystals (overall dimensions 15 by 15 by 22 mm) dug from the floor of the open cut.
Location: Spinelli Quarry (Spinelli prospect), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA. Scale: See Image.
© Fred Davis

Samarskite-(Yb): (Yb,Y,REE,U,Th,Ca,Fe++) (Nb,Ta,Ti)O4

Comments: Black samarskite-(Yb) on matrix.
Location: 1.0 Ga Pikes Peak batholith, Little Patsy pegmatite, South Platte Pegmatite district, Jefferson County, Colorado, U.S.A.. Scale: See Image.
© Sarah L. Hansen

Samfowlerite: Ca14Mn++3Zn2(Be,Zn)2Be6(SiO4)6(Si2O7)4(OH,F)6

Comments: SEM image of typical crystals of samfowlerite. (CanMin, v32:43).
Location: Franklin mine, in Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: Picture Size 0.7 µm.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Sampleite: NaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5(H2O)

Comments: Sampleite crystal groups 3 to 8 mm wide on a dark matrix.
Location: Santa Catalina Mine, Sierra Gorda, Chile. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© John Veevaert

Sampleite: NaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5(H2O)

Comments: Sky blue lamellar crystals of sampleite up to 2 mm. scattered on matrix.
Location: Chuquicamata, Antofagasta, Chile. Scale: Picture size 2 cm.
© Sandro Maggia/Minernet.it

Sampleite: NaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5(H2O)

Comments: Blue, spherical, radial crystalling aggregates of sampleite on a fracture surface.
Location: North Parkes Mine, Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: Picture size 6x5 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Samsonite: Ag4MnSb2S6

Comments: Black, prismatic crystal of samsonite in matrix.
Location: St. Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals