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Samuelsonite: (Ca,Ba)Ca8(Fe++,Mn)4Al2(PO4)10(OH)2

Comments: Transparent crystal of samuelsonite.
Location: Palermo #1 mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA. Scale: Picture size 2.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Sanbornite: BaSi2O5  
Muirite: Ba10Ca2Mn++TiSi10O30(OH,Cl,F)10

Comments: Translucent orange crystalline muirite in sanbornite.
Location: Big Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sanbornite: BaSi2O5

Comments: Micaceous sanbornite.
Location: Esquire No. 1 Mine, Big Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sanbornite: BaSi2O5  
Traskite: (Ba,Ca)9(Fe++,Mn)2Ti2(SiO3)12(OH,Cl,F)6·6(H2O)

Comments: Orange translucent crystalline traskite in white sanbornite.
Location: Rush Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sanbornite: BaSi2O5  
Bazirite: BaZrSi3O9

Comments: Clear glassy minute grains of bazinite to 1mm through out matrix of milky-white sanbornite. The bazirite fluoresces light blue.
Location: Snow Cap mine, Rush Creek, Fresno Co., California, USA. Scale: 6.5 x 3 x 2.5cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Sanbornite: BaSi2O5  
Bigcreekite: BaSi2O5·4(H2O)  
Gillespite: BaFe++Si4O10

Comments: Tiny white, spherical patterns, halo-like crystals of bigcreekite to about 0.5mm and reddish gillespite in a matrix of pale yellowish sanbornite.
Location: Trumbull Peak, Mariposa Co., California, United States. Scale: 2.5 x 2 x 2cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Sanbornite: BaSi2O5  
Alforsite: Ba5(PO4)3Cl  
Titantaramellite: Ba4(Ti,Fe+++,Fe++,Mg)4(B2Si8O27)O2Clx X=0 TO 1, with Ti > Fe  
Celsian: BaAl2Si2O8

Comments: SEM image showing alforsite (al). Matrix composed by lamellar sanbornite (sa) and granular quartz (q). Rectangular crystal in the upper right corner is titantaramellite (ti) and isometric crystals included in sanbornite are celsian (ce).
Location: Trumbull Peak, near Incline, Mariposa Co., California, USA. Scale: See Image.
© Pavel M. Kartashov

Saneroite: Na2(Mn++,Fe+++)10Si11V+++++O34(OH)4

Comments: Reddish orange crystals of saneroite to 3 mm.
Location: Vrancice near Pribram, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© John Veevaert

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

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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Sanidine: (K,Na)(Si,Al)4O8

Comments: Blocky, opalescent crystal of sanidine.
Location: Mina La Pili, Carmago, Chihuahua, Mexico. Scale: Crystal size 3x2 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Sanjuanite: Al2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·9(H2O)

Comments: Silky sanjuanite mass.
Location: Chica del Zonda, San Juan, Argentina. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sanromanite: Na2CaPb3(CO3)5  
Juangodoyite: Na2Cu(CO3)2  
Chalconatronite: Na2Cu(CO3)2·3(H2O)

Comments: Yellowish, long balded sanromanite crystals in vug with platy, blue juangodoyite replacing green chalconatronite.
Location: Santa Rosa mine, Iquique Province, Tarapaca, Chile. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Santabarbaraite: Fe+++3(PO4)2(OH)3·5(H2O)

Comments: Orange santabarbaraite pseudomorphous after vivianite.
Location: Santa Barbara lignite district, San Giovanni Valdarno, Valdarno (Val d'Arno), Arezzo Province, Tuscany. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Santaclaraite: CaMn++4Si5O14(OH)2·(H2O)

Comments: Flesh-colored crystalline aggregates of Santaclaraite.
Location: Corral Hollow, Alemada County, California, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Santafeite: (Mn,Fe,Al,Mg)2(Mn++++,Mn++)2(Ca,Sr,Na)3(VO4,AsO4)4(OH)3·2(H2O)

Comments: Brownish-black silky santafeite in rusty quartz.
Location: Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Santarosaite: CuB2O4

Comments: Druzy rosettes of blue santarosaite on matrix.
Location: Santa Rosa mine, Iquique Province, Chile. Scale: Rosette Size 0.3 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Santarosaite: CuB2O4  
Atacamite: Cu2Cl(OH)3

Comments: Encrustations of santarosaite (Cotype Specimen, MD212; blue) with atacamite (green) and anhydrite (white) on matrix. Discovered by Arturo Molina, Iquique, Chile in 2003. Holotype, sample MD 87, largely used up for the examinations.
Location: Santa Rosa Mine, Iquique, Chile. Scale: Sample Width 3 cm.
© K.C. Lyncker, Hamburg / German Type Specimen Catalogue

Santite: KB5O6(OH)4·2(H2O)  
Ramanite-(Rb): Rb[B5O6(OH)4]·2H2O  
Ramanite-(Cs): Cs[B5O6(OH)4]·2H2O

Comments: Unheated Type-B melt inclusions in graphic quartz. 1 = ramanite-(Cs), 2 = sassolite, 3 = ramanite-(Rb), 4 = santite, 5 = topaz, V = vapor. (AmMin, v93:1035).
Location: Graphic pegmatite quartz from the Island of Elba, Italy. Scale: Scale Bar 15µm.
© American Mineralogist

Saponite: (Ca/2,Na)0,3(Mg,Fe++)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4(H2O)

Comments: Light brown saponite pseudomorphs after stilbite crystals up to 6 mm.
Location: Thetford Mines, Mégantic Co., Québec, Canada. Scale: 25x25x12 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Sapphirine: (Mg,Al)8(Al,Si)6O20

Comments: Large complex crystalline cluster of dark blue to black sapphirine.
Location: Betroka district, Toliara (Tuléar) Province, Madagascar. Scale: 15x14x10 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals