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Sabinaite
Comments: White, prismatic crystals of sabinaite on matrix.
Location: Poudrette quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Rouville county, Quebec.
Scale: 4.5 x 3.8 x 3 cm.
© Fabre Minerals |
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Sabugalite
Comments: Squarish, platy, pale yellowish green sabugalite crystals.
Location: Sabugal County, Beira Alta Province, Portugal.
Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Paul M. Schumacher |
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Safflorite
Comments: Safflorite covering three faces of the specimen, with silver.
Location: Castle Mine (Castle-Tretheway Mine), Gowganda, Haultain Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada.
Scale: 7x 3x 3.5 cm.
© Ibrahim Jameel / Khyber Mineral Company |
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Sahlinite
Comments: Light lemon yellow sahlinite on dark hausmannite and white dolomite matrix.
Location: Langban mine, Filipstad, V?rmland , Sweden.
Scale: Crystal size 1.5cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Sal-ammoniac
Comments: Network of white or slightly grayish sal-ammoniac crystals with some sulfur.
Location: Ravat, Tien Shan Mtns, Central Tajikistan.
Scale: 6 x 4 x 3 cm.
© John Attard |
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Sal-ammoniac Erythrosiderite
Comments: Orange-brown aggregates of erythrosiderite with sal ammoniac. Material from the 1926 eruption of the Erythrosiderite is hygroscopic and must be stored in a closed vial. The photo was made through the vial.
Location: Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy.
Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Saleeite
Comments: Gossanous matrix hosting abundant crystals of bright canary yellow sal?eite to 1.2 cm across.
Location: Ranger Mine, Northern Territories, Australia.
Scale: 9 x 5.5 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Saleeite
Comments: Square, tabular crystalline aggregates of greenish yellow sal?eite on matrix.
Location: Ranger Uranium Mine, Jabiru, Northern Territory, Australia.
Scale: Picture size 1cm.
© Paul M. Schumacher |
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Salesite Image |
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Samarskite-(Y)
Comments: A black crystal of samarskite. Ex collection Gustav Rose 1832, found on his travel together with Alexander von Humboldt through the Ural Mts.
Location: Miass, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Urals Region, Russia.
Scale: Crystal size 8 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Samarskite-(Y)
Comments: Dark, coaly black, weathered granular samarskite-(Y).
Location: Spinelli Samarskite Prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA.
Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Paul M. Schumacher |
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Sampleite Image |
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Sampleite
Comments: Sampleite crystal groups 3 to 8 mm wide on a dark matrix.
Location: Santa Catalina Mine, Sierra Gorda, Chile.
Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Sampleite
Comments: Sky blue lamellar crystals of sampleite up to 2 mm. scattered on matrix.
Location: Chuquicamata, Antofagasta, Chile.
Scale: Picture size 2 cm.
© Minernet |
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Sampleite
Comments: Blue, spherical, radial crystalling aggregates of sampleite on a fracture surface.
Location: North Parkes Mine, Parkes, New South Wales, Australia.
Scale: Picture size 6x5 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy |
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Samsonite Image |
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Samuelsonite Image |
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Sanbornite Image |
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Sanbornite Image |
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Sanbornite Bazirite
Comments: Clear glassy minute grains of bazinite to 1mm through out matrix of milky-white sanbornite. The bazirite fluoresces light blue.
Location: Snow Cap mine, Rush Creek, Fresno Co., California, USA.
Scale: 6.5 x 3 x 2.5cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Sanbornite Bigcreekite Gillespite
Comments: Tiny white, spherical patterns, halo-like crystals of bigcreekite to about 0.5mm and reddish gillespite in a matrix of pale yellowish sanbornite.
Location: Trumbull Peak, Mariposa Co., California, United States.
Scale: 2.5 x 2 x 2cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Saneroite
Comments: Reddish orange crystals of saneroite to 3 mm.
Location: Vrancice near Pribram, Czech Republic.
Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Sanidine
Comments: Blocky, opalescent crystal of sanidine.
Location: Mina La Pili, Carmago, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Scale: Crystal size 3x2 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy |
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Santabarbaraite
Comments: Orange santabarbaraite pseudomorphous after vivianite.
Location: Santa Barbara lignite district, San Giovanni Valdarno, Valdarno (Val d'Arno), Arezzo Province, Tuscany.
Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Santafeite Image |
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Saponite
Comments: Light brown saponite pseudomorphs after stilbite crystals up to 6 mm.
Location: Thetford Mines, M?gantic Co., Qu?bec, Canada.
Scale: 25x25x12 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals |
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Sapphirine
Comments: Large complex crystalline cluster of dark blue to black sapphirine.
Location: Betroka district, Toliara (Tul?ar) Province, Madagascar.
Scale: 15x14x10 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals |
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Sarcopside Image |
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Sarkinite Image |
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Sartorite
Comments: Excellent prismatic sartorite crystal on white dolomite.
Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland.
Scale: Crystal length 1 cm.
© Walter Gabriel |
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Sassolite
Comments: Colorless, pseudohexagonal crystals of sassolite.
Location: Anna Mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Scale: Picture size 2.5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Satterlyite
Comments: Cleaved nodule of brown crystalline satterlyite aggregate.
Location: Big Fish River, Yukon, Canada.
Scale: 3 x 1.5 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy |
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Sazykinaite-(Y)
Comments: Light brown crystals of sazykinaite-(Y).
Location: Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia.
Scale: Picture size 6 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Sborgite Image |
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Scacchite Image |
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Scainiite Image |
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Scandiobabingtonite
Comments: Green micro crystals of scandiobabingtonite to about 0.75mm with several grayish brown ball-like micro crystals of titanite to 0.75mm scattered in a large vug.
Location: Heftetjern pegmatite, T?rdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway.
Scale: Picture size 2.5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Scapolite
Comments: Violet colored, gemmy crystal of Scapolite, with upper terminations.
Location: Dodoma, Tanzania.
Scale: 1 x 0.5 cm.
© Fabre Minerals |
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Scawtite
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 |
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Schachnerite Image |
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Schafarzikite Image |
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Schaurteite Image |
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Scheelite
Comments: Orange scheelite with white mica.
Location: Pingwu, Sichuan, China.
Scale: 9.5 x 9 cm.
© Fabre Minerals |
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Schiavinatoite Image |
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Schirmerite Image |
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Schlemaite Clausthalite Eucairite
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 |
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Schlossmacherite
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 |
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Schmitterite Image |
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Schneebergite
Comments: Prismatic, acicular crystals of schneebergite.
Location: Roter Berg, Neust?dtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.
Scale: Picture size 1.7 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Schneiderhohnite
Comments: Quartz with a 0.8 cm partial crystal of schneiderh?hnite and several smaller complete crystals of schneiderh?hnite to 3 mm.
Location: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia.
Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Schoderite
Comments: Sub-mm coatings of yellow to deep orange Schoderite on matrix.
Location: Fish Creek Range, Eureka County, Nevada, USA.
Scale: Picture size 2 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Schoenfliesite
Comments: Yellow-brown schoenfliesite on matrix.
Location: Zlaty Kopec, J?chymov (St Joachimsthal), Krusn? Hory (Erzgebirge), Z?padocesk? Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic.
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Schoepite Metatorbernite
Comments: Green, tabular crystals of metatorbernite and acicular, yellow schoepite on matrix.
Location: Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, (Katanga), Congo (Za?re).
Scale: Picture size 2.5 mm.
© Paul M. Schumacher |
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Scholzite
Comments: Sprays of Scholzite crystals to 1 cm line exposed vugs.
Location: Reaphook Hill, Blinman, South Australia.
Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Scholzite Hillite
Comments: Morphology of a homogeneous larger cluster of hillite growing on an acicular crystal of scholzite. SEM back-scattered electron image.
Location: Lower Cambrian Parachilna Formation, Reaphook Hill, South Australia, Australia.
Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist |
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Schoonerite Ernstite
Comments: 1 mm honey brown, acicular, radial sprays of ernstite with light green fibrous schoonerite and apatite in siderite.
Location: White Cap mine, Pennington County., South Dakota.
Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Schorl
Comments: Parallel grouping of sharp, black schorl crystals showing terminations.
Location: Davib Ost, Erongo Mountains Namibia.
Scale: Crystal size: 1.7 x 1.4 cm.
© Fabre Minerals |
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Schreibersite Allabogdanite
Comments: Relict grain of allabogdanite crystal (ABG) surrounded by schreibersite rim (SCHR) in plessite matrix (PL). Black phase is a secondary Fe-Ni-hydroxide. Backscattered electron image. (AmMin, 87:1249).
Location: Onello iron meteorite (high-Ni ataxite) Onello River basin, Aldan shield, Saha (Sakha) Republic (Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia.
Scale: Scale bar 10 µ-m.
© American Mineralogist |
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Schrockingerite
Comments: Pale greenish-yellow, platy schr?ckingerite on matrix.
Location: Jack Daniels No. 1 Mine, Cameron District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA.
Scale: See Photo.
© Paul M. Schumacher |
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Schulenbergite Linarite
Comments: Light greenish rosettes of schulenbergite with small green crystals of ramsbeckite and blue crystals of linarite.
Location: Gelbe Birke Mine, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.
Scale: Picture size 1.2 mm.
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Scolecite
Comments: Delicate cluster spray of colorless transparent acicular crystals of scolecite. The scolecites measure to 3 mm in thickness.
Location: Nasik district, Maharashtra, India.
Scale: 5 x 3.5 x 9.5 cm.
© Dan Weinrich |
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Scorodite
Comments: Quartz with an exposed vug lined with lustrous bluish colored crystals of scorodite to 4 mm across.
Location: Hemerdon Mine, Sparkwell, Devon, England.
Scale: 5 x 3.6 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Scorodite Beudantite
Comments: Blue, 2 cm in length scorodite crystals on a sparkling matrix of brilliant brown-black beudantite.
Location: Tsumeb, Namibia.
Scale: 8 x 5 x 3 cm.
© John Schneider |
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Scorodite
Comments: Color changing scorodite, green (left image) in daylight, red (right image) under indoor lighting.
Location: Ahgbar, Morocco.
Scale: NA.
© John Veevaert |
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Scorzalite
Comments: Deep blue scorzalite with muscovite, quartz, and feldspar in matrix.
Location: Polermo Mine, North Groten, New Hampshire, USA.
Scale: 5 x 3.5 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Seidite-(Ce)
Comments: Scanning Electron image of seidite-(Ce) with the axial components of a and c superimposed on crystal.
Location: Yubileynaya pegmatite at Mount Karnasurt, Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Scale: Image size 0.5 mm.
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Selenium
Comments: Acicular crystals of native Selenium (up to 1 cm in length).
Location: Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany.
Scale: Specimen size 3 cm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Seligmannite
Comments: Lead gray, prismatic seligmannite crystal with brassy yellow pyrite on white dolomite.
Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland.
Scale: Crystal size 2 mm.
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Sellaite
Comments: Compact, white acicular sellaite crystals.
Location: Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany.
Scale: 21x16x10 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals |
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Semenovite
Comments: Tan crystals of semenovite to 1 mm across on matrix.
Location: Ilimaussaq, Tasseq, Greenland.
Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Semseyite
Comments: Crystal clusters of semseyite crystals to 1 cm on sphalerite.
Location: Herja, Romania.
Scale: Picture size 5 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Semseyite
Comments: Tabular crystals forming groups and rosettes of gray semseyite with creamy greenish yellow siderite.
Location: Herja mine, Maramures Rumania.
Scale: 6.5 x 6 x 3.5 cm.
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Senaite
Comments: Black crystal of senaite.
Location: Presidente Kibitschek, Minas Gerias, Brazil.
Scale: Crystal size 2 mm.
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Senarmontite
Comments: Perfect octahedral, transparent, light to dark gray senarmontite crystals to 3mm.
Location: Djebel Haminate mine, Ain Beida, Constantine, Algeria.
Scale: Pictrure size 1.5 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Serandite Analcime Natrolite
Comments: Orange-red, blocky serandite with white, blocky natrolite and white, equant grains of analcime.
Location: Mt. St. Hilaire, Canada.
Scale: 4 x 3 cm.
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Serrabrancaite
Comments: SEM micrograph of dark brown to dark greenish black isometric crystals of serrabrancaite up to 0.3 mm size. (AmMin, 85:848).
Location: Alto Serra Branca pegmatite near Pedra Lavrada, Paraiba, Brazil.
Scale: See Image.
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Sewardite
Comments: Photomicrograph of an isolated fragment of red sewardite as well as a fragment in green to black botryoidal matrix.
Location: Single specimen of gangue collected from the 31st level of the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia.
Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist |
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