S Listing of Minerals

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S Mineral Index (522 Count)

This alphabetical listing of S minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information.

LEGEND: Valid Species (Bold);  Pronunciation;  Mineral Image;  Mineral Image Gallery;  jCrystal Form;  jPOWD Form;          Calculated Radioactive Intensity

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Stypticite - See Fibroferrite Suanite    Mg2B2O5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1953 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Hol Kol Au-Cu mine, about 75 km southeast of Pyongyang, Suan Co., North Korea. Succinite - See Amber Sudburyite    (Pd,Ni)Sb Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Name for the locality. LOCALITY: Copper Cliff South mine and Frood mine, Sudbury district, Ontario, Canada Sudoite    Mg2(Al,Fe+++)3Si3AlO10(OH)8 Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Toshio Sudo (1911-), University of Tokyo, Japan. Sudovikovite   PtSe2 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For N. G. Sudovikov (1903-1966), noted Russian petrologist. Suessite    (Fe,Ni)3Si Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hans E. Suess (1909-1957), U.S. Newspaper ppublisher and researcher on iron meteorites. Sugakiite  Cu(Fe,Ni)8S8 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Asahiko Sugaki (b. 1923) of Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. Sugilite     KNa2(Fe+++,Mn+++,Al)2Li3Si12O30 Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ken-ichi Sugi (1901-1948), Japanese petrologist Suhailite   (NH4)Fe3(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 Approved IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Not stated in paper. Sukulaite - See Stannomicrolite Sulfatic cancrinite - See Vishnevite Sulfoborite    Mg3B2(SO4)(OH)8(OH,F)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1893 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the sulfur and boron in the composition. Sulfur     S8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric NAME ORIGIN: Sanskrit, sulvere = "sulfur;" Latin sulphurium. Sulphohalite    Na6(SO4)2FCl Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1888 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of sulfate plus NaCl (halite). . Sulphotsumoite   Bi3Te2S Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named in allusion to the chemical relationship with tsumoite. Sulrhodite - See Bowieite Sulvanite     Cu3VS4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1900 NAME ORIGIN: Named after sulfur (sul) and vanadium (van) in the chemical formula. Sundiusite   Pb10(SO4)Cl2O8 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nils Sundius (1886-1976), Swedish mineralogist. Sunstone - See Oligoclase Suolunite    Ca2Si2O5(OH)2 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: From Suolun, Inner Mongolia, China. Suredaite   PbSnS3 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: The name honors R. J. Sureda Leston, head of the Department of Mineralogy end Economic Geology, University of Salta, Argentina. Surinamite    (Mg,Fe++)3Al4BeSi3O16 Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: From the Bakhuis Mountains, Surinam. Surite   (Pb,Cu)2-3(CO3)1.5-2(OH,F)0.5-1[(Al,Fe+++)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2] Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Cruz del Sur mine, Rio Negro Province, Argentina. Surkhobite    KBa3Ca2Na2(Mn, Fe++,Fe+++)16Ti8(Si2O7)8O8(OH)4 (F,O,OH)8 Redifined IMA 2008, Discredited IMA 2007, Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Serkhob River Basin, Dara-i-Pioz massif, Central Tajikistan. Surkhobite - See Jinshajiangite Sursassite    Mn++2Al3(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Roman name for Oberhalbstein, Sursass, Switzerland. Susannite    Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Susanna mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Sussexite    MnBO2(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Franklin and Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA. Suzukiite  BaVO(SiO3)2 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jan Suzuki (1996-1970), mineralogist and petrologist at Hokkaido University, Sapporo. Svabite     Ca5(AsO4)3F Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1891 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anton Svab (1703-1768), Swedish mining official. Svanbergite     SrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1854 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lars F. Svanberg (1805-1878), Swedish chemist. Sveite   KAl7(NO3)4Cl2(OH)16 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sociedad Venezolana de Espeleolgia. Svenekite Ca(H2AsO4)2 Proposed IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Sverigeite   NaMnMgSn++++Be2Si3O12(OH) Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the country where the mineral was found, Sweden, Sverige in Swedish. Svetlozarite - See Dachiardite-Ca REMARKS: Twinned Svetlozarite - See Dachiardite-Na REMARKS: Twinned Svyatoslavite  CaAl2Si2O8 Approved IMA 1989 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Svyatoslav Nestorovich Ivanov (b1911), Russian geologist. Svyazhinite   MgAl(SO4)2F Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nikolai Vasilevich Svyazhin (1927-1967), Russian mineralogist. Swaknoite  (NH4)2Ca(HPO4)2 Approved IMA 1991 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the acronym for the Siud Wes Aftica Karst Navorsing Organisasie (SWANKNO), a speleological association in Namibia. Swamboite    U++++++H6(UO2)6(SiO4)6 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Swambo, Shaba, Zaire. Swartzite     CaMg(UO2)(CO3)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1951 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles K. Swartz (1861-1949), geologist and mineralogist, John Hopkins University. Swedenborgite     NaBe4SbO7 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1924 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), Swedish philosopher and theologian. Sweetite   Zn(OH)2 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jessie May Sweet (1901-1979), Curator of the mineral collections of the British Museum (Natural History), London, England. Swelling chlorite - See Corrensite Swinefordite   (Li,Ca0.5,Na)0.72(Li,Al,Mg)2.66(Si,Al)4O10(OH,F)2 Approved IMA 1975 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ada Swineford (1917-1993), clay mineralogist and professor of geology at Western Washington State College, Bellingham, Washinton, USA. Switzerite    (Mn++,Fe++)3(PO4)2 Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for George Switzer, retired chairman of the Dept. of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Sylvanite     (Au,Ag)2Te4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1835 NAME ORIGIN: Named after TranSYLVANia, for the part of Romainia where it was first found.. Sylvite      KCl Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1832 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Dutch chemist, Sylvia de la Boe (1614-1672). Symesite  Pb10(SO4)O7Cl4 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert Symes (1937-) of the Department of Mineralogy, the Natural History Museum (London) in recognition of his studies of the ore deposits of South-West England. Symplesite   Fe++3(AsO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1837 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, syn, "together" and plesiazein, "to associate." Synadelphite     (Mn,Mg,Ca,Pb)9(As+++O3)(As+++++O4)2(OH)9 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1884 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "with" and "brother," as it is commonly associated with several other chemically similar minerals. Synchysite-(Ce)     CaCe(CO3)2F Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1901 NAME ORIGIN: Named for "confounding" having been mistaken for parisite and for the Ce end-member of the series. Synchysite-(Nd)   CaNd(CO3)2F Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Nd end-member of the Synchysite-(Ce) series. Synchysite-(Y)   CaY(CO3)2F Approved IMA 1966 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Y end-member of the Synchysite-(Ce) series. Syngenite      K2Ca(SO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1872 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for related, for the chemical resemblance to polyhalite. Szaibelyite    MgBO2(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1861 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Stephan Szaibely (1777-1855), Hungarian mine surveyor who first collected the mineral. Szenicsite     Cu3MoO4(OH)4 Approved IMA 1994 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its finders, Terry and Marissa Szenics. Szmikite    MnSO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1877 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ignaz Nathaniel Szmik (1815-1881), Hungarian mining official at Felsobanya, Hungary (now Baia Sprie, Romania), who discovered the mineral. Szomolnokite    Fe++SO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1877 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Smolnik (Szomolnok), 16 km northeast of Roznava, Slovakia. Sztrokayite Bi3TeS2 Not Approved IMA - Published without Approval 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Unknown. Szymanskiite    Hg+16(Ni,Mg)6(H3O)8(CO3)12 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jan T. Szymanski (b1938), CANMET crystallographer, Ottawa, Canada who solved the crystal structure. Pages:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]