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Sobolevite: Na11(Na,Ca)4(Mg,Mn)Ti++++4(Si4O12)(PO4)4O5F3

Comments: Translucent crystalline sobolevite cleavage.
Location: Mount Alluaiv, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sobolevskite: PdBi  
Atokite: (Pd,Pt)3Sn

Comments: Back-scattered electron image showing a) intergrowth of atokite, mertieite-II [Pd8Sb3] and telluroan sobolevskite [(Pd,Pt)(Bi,Te)] within tetra-auricupride rim. (CanMin, v 42, p 611).
Location: Kondyor PGE placer, Khabarovskiy Kray, eastern Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Sobotkite: (K,Ca0.5)0.33(Mg,Al)3(Si3Al)O10(OH)2·1-5(H2O)

Comments: Massive, fine-grained rose-colored sobotkite (saponite).
Location: Cuya, Atacama, Chile. Scale: See Specimen Tray.
© Diederik Visser

Sodalite: Na8Al6Si6O24Cl2  
Perovskite: CaTiO3

Comments: Clear crystals of sodalite with hoppered perovskite on matrix.
Location: Udersdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Sodalite: Na8Al6Si6O24Cl2  
Winchite: [ ](CaNa)Mg4(Al,Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2

Comments: Purple sodalite with some crystal faces, supporting a very sharp, transparent winchite crystal, terminated on one end.
Location: Sar-e-Sang, Kokcha Valley, Badakshan Province, Afghanistan. Scale: 11x10x8 mm.
© Richard Dale / Dale Minerals

Soddyite: (UO2)2SiO4·2(H2O)

Comments: Yellow crystals of soddyite.
Location: Swambo mine, Mindingi, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Soddyite: (UO2)2SiO4·2(H2O)

Comments: Blocky, tabular crystals of yellow soddyite.
Location: Swambo (Kambove), Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaïre). Scale: Picture size 2 mm.
© Paul M. Schumacher

Sodium meta-autunite: Na2(UO2)2(PO4)2·6-8(H2O)

Comments: Ganular metanatroautunite in red-brown muds.
Location: Boomerang Lake, Menangina, Western Australia, Australia. Scale: Area Size 0.1 cm.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sogdianite: (K,Na)2(Li,Fe+++,Al)3ZrSi12O30

Comments: Somewhat greasy to vitreous massive sogdianite.
Location: Dara-Pioz, Tien-Shan, Tadzhikistan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sohngeite: Ga(OH)3

Comments: Minute, pale yellow sohngeite crystals to less than 0.2mm on matrix.
Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb , Namibia. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Sokolovaite: CsLi2AlSi4O10F2

Comments: BSE images of zoned lepidolite (Lpd) and Cs-dominant rim of sokolovaite (Cs) with albite (Ab). (CanMin, v47:337).
Location: Main pegmatite body in the Eastern block of the Moblan pegmatite cluster, located within the Frotet-Evans greenstone belt of the Opatica Subprovince in Quebec, Canada. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Sonolite: Mn9(SiO4)4(OH,F)2

Comments: Dark red anhedral grains of sonolite in matrix.
Location: Crouse mine, Bald Knob, Alleghany Co., North Carolina, USA. Scale: Crystal size 0.75 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Sonoraite: Fe+++Te++++O3(OH)·(H2O)

Comments: Lime green crystalline aggregate of sonoraite.
Location: Joe Shaft, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Sopcheite: Ag4Pd3Te4

Comments: B&W iamge of coarse- and fine-grained sopcheite (white SOP) occurring at the margin of bornite (BR) that has replaced chalcopyrite. (CanMin, v28:489).
Location: Geordie Lake Intrusion of the Coldwell alkaline complex, northwestern Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Imate.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Sophiite: Zn2(SeO3)Cl2

Comments: White, tabular crystal of sophiite in matrix.
Location: Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 1 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Sorbyite: Pb19(Sb,As)20S49

Comments: Gray metallic sorbyite stringers in white quartz.
Location: Candelaria, Mineral County, Nevada, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sorensenite: Na4SnBe2Si6O18·2(H2O)

Comments: Translucent white prismatic sorensenite crystals and crystalline in dark aegirine.
Location: Kvanefjeld, Ilimaussaq, Greenland. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Sorensenite: Na4SnBe2Si6O18·2(H2O)

Comments: Lght pink, prismatic crystals of sorensite to 5mm in dark green aegerine matrix.
Location: Kvanefjeld, Ilimaussaq, Greenland. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Sorosite: Cu(Sn,Sb)  
Tin: Sn  
Stistaite: SnSb

Comments: Back-scattered electron image of large sorosite crystal (So=partly skeletal) adjacent to stistaite (St). Tn=native tin. Note abundant microcrystals of sorosite isolated within native tin. (AmMin 83:903).
Location: Baimka gold-platinum group mineral placer deposit, Chukotka, Russian Far East. Scale: Image Size 1.5 cm.
© American Mineralogist

Souzalite: (Mg,Fe++)3(Al,Fe+++)4(PO4)4(OH)6·2(H2O)

Comments: Blue-gray radial sprays of souzalite in brown siderite.
Location: Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species