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Skinnerite: Cu3SbS3

Comments: Dark gray skinnerite on matrix.
Location: Bankove, Kosice, Vychodoslovensky, Slovakia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Skippenite: Bi2Se2(Te,S)

Comments: SEM image of skippenite (s) crystal containing an inclusion of Bi2(Se,Te,S)2 (a) Bi 2(Se,S)2 (b) associated with clausthalite and chalcopyrite penetrates along watkinsonite (w) grain boundaries.
Location: U vein-typed eposits locatedi n the Otish Mountains basin (Quebec), Canada. (CanMin, v25:625). Scale: Scale Bar 40 µm.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Sklodowskite: (H3O)2Mg(UO2)2(SiO4)2·4(H2O)

Comments: Yellow cotton-ball spray of acicular sklodowskite.
Location: Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Sklodowskite: (H3O)2Mg(UO2)2(SiO4)2·4(H2O)  
Kasolite: Pb(UO2)SiO4·(H2O)

Comments: Greenish yellow, acicular sklodowskite crystals and yellow, bladed kasolite crystals.
Location: Kambove, (Kakanda) Mine, Katanga District, Shaba (Katanga), Republic of the Congo, (Zaïre). Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© Paul M. Schumacher

Skutterudite: (Co,Ni)As3-x  
Erythrite: Co3(AsO4)2·8(H2O)

Comments: Erythrite crystal on massive skutterudite.
Location: Bou Azzer, Morocco. Scale: Crystal size 1.5 cm.
© John Veevaert

Skutterudite: (Co,Ni)As3-x

Comments: Cubic crystals of Skutterudite on matrix.
Location: Bou Azzer, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morrocco. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Skutterudite: (Co,Ni)As3-x

Comments: Bright, untarnished, metallic crystals of skutterudite up to 1 cm.
Location: Bou Azzer, Morocco. Scale: Picture size 3 cm.
© Sandro Maggia/Minernet.it

Slavikite: NaMg2Fe+++5(SO4)7(OH)6·33(H2O)

Comments: Bubbly slavikite crust.
Location: Smolnicka Huta, Vychodoslovensky, Slovakia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Slawsonite: (Sr,Ca)Al2Si2O8

Comments: White crystalline slawsonite in rock.
Location: Sarisaka, Kagami, Kochi, Japan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Smirnite: Bi2Te++++O5  
Tsumoite: BiTe

Comments: Grayish to olive-green crusts of smirnite over quartz and metallic-grey tsumoite. Smirnite composition is (Bi1.98Pb.02)2.00Te1.00O4.99.
Location: Shilovo-Isetskii mine, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia. Ex Fedor V. Chukhrov specimen collected before WWII. Scale: Picture Size 12x10 mm.
© Pavel M. Kartashov

Smithite: AgAsS2

Comments: Spheric, pseudo-hexagonal, reddish crystal of smithite with a gray sulfosalt on white dolomite.
Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: Crystal size 0.5 mm.
© Walter Gabriel

Smithite: AgAsS2  
Chabourneite: (Tl,Pb)21(Sb,As)91S147

Comments: Black metallic chabourneite with conchoidal fracture, associated with yellow-red realgar and deep-red smithite.
Location: Jas Roux, Pelvoux Mt., Valgaudemar, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Smithsonite: ZnCO3  
Creedite: Ca3Al2(SO4)(F,OH)10·2(H2O)

Comments: Purple transparent crystals of creedite to 6 mm on matrix of creamy botryoidal crystalline smithsonite.
Location: Level 8 San Antonio mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Scale: 7 x 3.5 x 2 cm.
© Dan Weinrich

Smithsonite: ZnCO3

Comments: Twinned crystals of smithsonite on matrix.
Location: Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Smithsonite: ZnCO3  
Murdochite: PbCu6O8-x(Cl,Br)2x

Comments: Dark metallic micro crystals of murdochite on pale blue-gray smithsonite crystal covered matrix.
Location: Silver Hill Mine group, Silver Hill, Waterman District, Waterman Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA. Scale: 5x4x2 cm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Smithsonite: ZnCO3

Comments: Yellow, cadmian-bearing smithsonite crystalline aggregate.
Location: Rush Mine in Marion County, Arkansas, USA. Scale: 6.5 x 11 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Smithsonite: ZnCO3  
Fraipontite: (Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4  
Zinalsite: Zn2AlSi2O5(OH)4·2(H2O) (?)

Comments: Pearly white, sub-mm fraipontite (zinalsite) crystals associated with green smithsonite.
Location: Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece. Scale: Specimen Size 1.4 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm.
© Rob Lavinsky

Smolianinovite: (Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)3(Fe+++,Al)2(AsO4)4·11(H2O)

Comments: Tan to brown smolianinovite pseudomorphs after cobaltite crystals, with erythrite and tarnished cobaltite.
Location: Mount Cobalt, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Smrkovecite: Bi2O(OH)(PO4)

Comments: Waxy smrkovecite botryoids in vuggy quartz.
Location: Smrkovec, Zapadocesky, Czech Republic. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Smythite: (Fe,Ni)9S11 or (Fe,Ni)13S16

Comments: Dull metallic massive smythite with pyrite. Part of drillcore.
Location: Helena, Boulder Co., Montana, USA. Scale: Specimen Size 2.5x3 cm.
© Diederik Visser