Mineral Specimen Images (S)

Schorl: NaFe++3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4  
Albite: NaAlSi3O8

Comments: Several jet-black lustrous crystals of schorl perched on a white albite matrix.
Location: Shengus, Gilgit, Pakistan. Scale: 4 x 3 x 2 cm.
© Isaias Casanova / IC Minerals

Schorl: NaFe++3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4

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

Schorlomite: Ca3(Ti,Fe+++,Al)2[(Si,Fe+++,Fe++)O4]3

Comments: Lustrous massive black schorlomite.
Location: Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Schreibersite: (Fe,Ni)3P

Comments: Golden metallic schreibersite cleavage fragment from type IIB octahedrite meteorite.
Location: Sau Luiao de Moreira Meteorite, Ponte de Lima, Minho, Viana do Castelo, Portugal. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Schreibersite: (Fe,Ni)3P  
Allabogdanite: (Fe,Ni)2P

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

Schreyerite: V+++2Ti3O9

Comments: SEM image of schreyerite crystal studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. AmMin, v91, p197.
Location: Metamorphic rocks of the Sludyanka complex at the southern shore of Lake Baikal, Russia. Scale: Picture width 0.14 mm.
© American Mineralogist

Schrockingerite: NaCa3(UO2)(CO3)3(SO4)F·10(H2O)

Comments: Pale greenish-yellow schröckingerite aggregates on matrix.
Location: St Christoph Mine, Bärenhecke, Glashütte, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 6 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Schrockingerite: NaCa3(UO2)(CO3)3(SO4)F·10(H2O)

Comments: Pale greenish-yellow, platy schröckingerite on matrix.
Location: Jack Daniels No. 1 Mine, Cameron District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Paul M. Schumacher

Schuetteite: Hg3(SO4)O2

Comments: Yellow earthy schuetteite coatings.
Location: Oceanic Mine, San Luis Obispo County, California. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Schuilingite-(Nd): PbCu(Nd,Gd,Sm,Y)(CO3)3(OH)·1.5(H2O)

Comments: Blue crystals of Schuilingite-(Nd).
Location: Kasompi Mine, Kambove, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaïre). Scale: Picture size 1.8 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Schulenbergite: (Cu,Zn)7(SO4,CO3)2(OH)10·3(H2O)  
Linarite: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2

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.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Schultenite: PbHAsO4

Comments: Arrow-shaped crystals of schultenite on matrix.
Location: Gifford Lakes, King County, Washington, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Schumacherite: Bi3[(V,As,P)O4]2O(OH)  
Pucherite: BiVO4

Comments: Brown crystals of pucherite with yellow schumacherite on matrix.
Location: Pucher Shaft, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Schwertmannite: Fe+++16O16(OH)12(SO4)2

Comments: Orange-brown, earthy schwertmannite.
Location: Jachymov, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Not Given.
© Diederik Visser

Scolecite: CaAl2Si3O10·3(H2O)

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

Scorodite: Fe+++AsO4·2(H2O)

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

Scorodite: Fe+++AsO4·2(H2O)  
Beudantite: PbFe+++3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6

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

Scorodite: Fe+++AsO4·2(H2O)

Comments: Color changing scorodite, green (left image) in daylight, red (right image) under indoor lighting.
Location: Ahgbar, Morocco. Scale: NA.
© John Veevaert

Scorzalite: (Fe++,Mg)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2

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

Scotlandite: PbSO3

Comments: Radiating group of colorless spear-head shaped prismatic crystals of scotlandite.
Location: Lady Anne Hopetoun shaft. Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database