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Sewardite: CaFe+++2(AsO4)2(OH)2
Comments: Deep red, micaceous sewardite crystals mistakenly identified as carminite. Location: Benjamin Hill, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: Picture size 1 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Shabynite: Mg5(BO3)Cl2(OH)5·4(H2O)
Comments: Translucent shabynite grains. Location: Korshunovskoye Deposit, Irkutsk District, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Shadlunite: (Pb,Cd)(Fe,Cu)8S8
Comments: BSE polished section image of shadlunite inclusions (SHD) with galena (GN) in chalcopyrite (CP). Location: Majak (Mayak) and Oktyaber mines, Talnakh area, Noril'sk, western Siberia, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 150 µm. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Shafranovskite: K2Na3(Mn++,Fe++,Na)4[Si9(O,OH)27](OH)2·n(H2O), n~2.33
Comments: Yellow-brown fine grained shafranovskite with red eudialyte and black aegirine. Location: Mount Rasvumchorr, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsular, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Shandite: Pb2Ni3S2
Comments: Bright silver metallic shandite blebs in serpentinite, chonchoidal fracture. Location: Nickel Reward mine, Tasmania, Australia. Scale: See Image. © Rruff Database
Shattuckite: Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2 Ajoite: (K,Na)3Cu20Al3Si29O76(OH)16·~8(H2O)
Comments: Dark blue, tabular crystals of shattuckite on light blue ajoite. Location: New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, USA. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Shattuckite: Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2
Comments: Blue micro acicular or fibrous crystals of shattuckite to 0.1mm free standing in vug. Location: New Cornelia mine, Pima Co., Arizona, USA. Scale: Picture size 2.5 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Comments: Blue, globular aggregates of radial shattuckite crystals. Location: Grand View Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Image. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Shcherbakovite: KKNaTi2O(OH)[Si4O12]
Comments: Secondary electron image of a shcherbakovite crystal. Location: Mount Rasvumchorr, Khibina massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist
Shcherbinaite: V2O5
Comments: Yellow-brown acicular crystals of shcherbinaite. Location: Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.4 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Sherwoodite: Ca9Al2V++++4V+++++24O80·56(H2O)
Comments: Dark blackish-violet sherwoodite, altering to translucent green, crystalline crust. Location: San Juan County, Colorado, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Shibkovite: K(Ca,Mn,Na)2(K2-x,[ ]x)2ZnSi12O30 (x~0.8) Polylithionite: KLi2AlSi4O10(F,OH)2
Comments: Clear crystalline shibkovite aggregates with peach colored translucent polylithionite. Location: Dara-Pioz, Tien-Shan, Tadzhikistan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Shigaite: Mn++7Al4(SO4)2(OH)22·8(H2O) Pyrochroite: Mn(OH)2
Comments: Bronzy yellow crystals of shigaite set in a crystalline matrix of reddish black pychroite. Location: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: 2.8 x 2.3 cm. © John Veevaert
Shigaite: Mn++7Al4(SO4)2(OH)22·8(H2O)
Comments: Cluster of sharp, transparent crystals of brown shigaite to 1.2 cm across. Location: N'Chwaning mine. South Africa. Scale: Aggregate size 1.2 cm. © John Veevaert
Comments: Hexagonal aggregate of orange platy shigaite crystals on a jpale pink rhodocrosite matrix. Location: N'Chwaning mine. South Africa. Scale: Crystal size 3 mm. © Sandro Maggia/Minernet.it
Shirokshinite: K(NaMg2)Si4O10F2
Comments: Dark-brown columnar shirokshinite crystals with pinkish-brown fine-grained phillosilicate masses on greenish nathrolite. Location: Kirovskii apatite mine (Kirovsky Mine; Kirov Mine), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 12x10 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Shirozulite: KMn3(AlSi3)O10(OH,F)2
Comments: Back-scattered-electron image of shirozulite. Shr = shirozulite; Tp = tephroite; Ap = apatite; Rds = rhodochrosite; Bm = bementite. (AmMin, 89:233). Location: Tauchi mine, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Scale: See Image. © American Mineralogist
Shkatulkalite: {(Na,Mn,Ca,[ ])4[Nb2(O,H2O)4Si4O14](OH,F)2}·2(H2O,[ ]) Manganoneptunite: KNa2Li(Mn,Fe++)2Ti2Si8O24
Comments: Pearly white shkatulkalite with brown mangan-neptunite grains. Location: Shkatulka pegmatite, Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 4.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Shomiokite-(Y): Na3Y(CO3)3·3(H2O)
Comments: Rose-colored single crystal of shomiokite-(Y). Location: Mt. Alluaiv, Lovozero, Kola, Russia. Scale: Specimen Size 6x9 mm. © Diederik Visser
Shortite: Na2Ca2(CO3)3
Comments: Colorless crystal of shortite on matrix. Location: Green River Formation, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, USA. Scale: Picture size 6 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag