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Scarbroite: Al5(CO3)(OH)13·5(H2O)
Comments: White earthy scarbroite. Location: South Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. Scale: Picture size 8 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Scarbroite: Al5(CO3)(OH)13·5(H2O) Hydroscarbroite: Al14(CO3)3(OH)36·n(H2O)
Comments: White to tan nodular hydroscarbroite intermixed with scarbroite in sandstone. Location: Weston Favell, Northamptonshire, England. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Scawtite: Ca7Si6(CO3)O18·2(H2O)
Comments: 1 to 2 mm transparent crystals of Scawtite on dark matrix (see pink arrows in photo). Location: Scawt Hill, Antrim, Ireland. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © John Veevaert
Schachnerite: Ag1.1Hg0.9
Comments: Schachnerite tarnishing silvery metallic. Location: Sala, Vastmanland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Schafarzikite: Fe++Sb+++2O4
Comments: Dull black irregular schafarzikite masses in white marble. Location: Bucca della Vena Mine, Valdi Castello, Carducci, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Schaurteite: Ca3Ge++++(SO4)2(OH)6·3(H2O) Tennantite: (Cu,Fe)12As4S13
Comments: Bright white silky fibrous schaurteite on dark tennantite. Location: Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Schaurteite: Ca3Ge++++(SO4)2(OH)6·3(H2O)
Comments: Snow white acicular crystals of schauteite to about 1mm in a matted mass. Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Scheelite: CaWO4
Comments: Orange scheelite with white mica. Location: Pingwu, Sichuan, China. Scale: 9.5 x 9 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Schertelite: (NH4)2MgH2(PO4)2·4(H2O)
Comments: Transparent glassy crystalline schertelite grains. Location: Skipton Caves, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Scheuchzerite: Na(Mn,Mg)9[VSi9O28(OH)](OH)3 Saneroite: Na2(Mn++,Fe+++)10Si11V+++++O34(OH)4
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: . ©
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