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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: .
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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