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"S " Mineral Photos (333)

Sabelliite Image

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Sabelliite

Comments: Green crystalline sabelliite on matrix.
Location: West Schrofen, Brixlegg, Tirol, Austria. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Sabieite

Comments: Massive, porous aggregate of sabieite.
Location: Carola Mine, Freital, Dresden, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 4.5 cm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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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: Platy sabugalite crystals.
Location: Margnac, Haute-Vienne, France. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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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Sacrofanite

Comments: Translucent crystalline sacrofanite on diopside.
Location: Sacrofano Quarry, Rome, Lazio, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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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Sainfeldite

Comments: Rose-colored crystalline aggregate of Sainfeldite.
Location: Wechsel Schacht, Richelsdorf, Hesse, Germany. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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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

Comments: Blue, prismatic crystal of Salesite in matrix.
Location: Chuquicamata, Antofagasta, Chile. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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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)   Uranpyrochlore

Comments: Deep greenish-brown resinous crystalline massive uranpyrochlore with black samarskite-(Y).
Location: Beryl Hill, near Yinnietharra Station, Western Australia, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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

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

Comments: Black, prismatic crystal of samsonite in matrix.
Location: St. Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Samuelsonite

Comments: Transparent crystal of samuelsonite.
Location: Palermo #1 mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA. Scale: Picture size 2.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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Sanbornite   Muirite

Comments: Translucent orange crystalline muirite in sanbornite.
Location: Big Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Sanbornite

Comments: Micaceous sanbornite.
Location: Esquire No. 1 Mine, Big Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Sanbornite   Traskite

Comments: Orange translucent crystalline traskite in white sanbornite.
Location: Rush Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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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Sanjuanite

Comments: Silky sanjuanite mass.
Location: Chica del Zonda, San Juan, Argentina. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Sanromanite   IMA2006-009   Juangodoyite   Chalconatronite

Comments: Yellowish, long balded sanromanite crystals in vug with platy, blue juangodoyite replacing green chalconatronite.
Location: Santa Rosa mine, Iquique Province, Tarapaca, Chile. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

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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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Santaclaraite

Comments: Flesh-colored crystalline aggregates of Santaclaraite.
Location: Corral Hollow, Alemada County, California, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Santafeite

Comments: Brownish-black silky santafeite in rusty quartz.
Location: Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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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Sarabauite

Comments: Deep red crystalline sarabauite in matrix.
Location: Sarabau Mine, Sarawak Province, Borneo. Scale: 2.2x1.2x1 cm.
© Richard Dale / Dale Minerals

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Sarcopside

Comments: Brown massive sarcopside.
Location: Bull Moose Mine, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Sarkinite

Comments: Reddish brown crystalline aggregates of sarkinite on matrix.
Location: Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Sarmientite

Comments: Pale olive-green chalky massive sarmientite.
Location: Kotzebue, Alaska, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Sartorite

Comments: Black, striated crystal of Sartorite on dolomite.
Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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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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Sasaite

Comments: Whitish sasaite coatings on altering serpentinite rock.
Location: Breitenau, Steiermark, Austria. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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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Satimolite

Comments: Porcelaneous massive satimolite.
Location: Satimola-Sahstock, Zapadno-Kazahstan, Kazakhstan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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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Sauconite

Comments: Pale brown earthy sauconite on hemimorphite microcrystals.
Location: Doughty Mine, near Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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

Comments: Pale grayish-green massive sborgite.
Location: Furnace Creek borate area, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Scacchite

Comments: Deliquescent reddish scacchite crust on volcanic rock.
Location: Vesuvius, Campania, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Scainiite

Comments: Black metallic prismatic scainite crystals and crystalline masses on limestone.
Location: Tafone Mine, near Manciano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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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Scarbroite

Comments: White earthy scarbroite.
Location: South Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. Scale: Picture size 8 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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Scarbroite   Hydroscarbroite

Comments: White to tan nodular hydroscarbroite intermixed with scarbroite in sandstone.
Location: Weston Favell, Northamptonshire, England. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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

Comments: Schachnerite tarnishing silvery metallic.
Location: Sala, Vastmanland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Schafarzikite

Comments: Dull black irregular schafarzikite masses in white marble.
Location: Bucca della Vena Mine, Valdi Castello, Carducci, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Schaurteite   Tennantite

Comments: Bright white silky fibrous schaurteite on dark tennantite.
Location: Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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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Schertelite

Comments: Transparent glassy crystalline schertelite grains.
Location: Skipton Caves, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Schiavinatoite

Comments: Black, 3mm euhedral crystal of schiavinatoite in matrix.
Location: Ampanodiana Sud, Tetezantsio, Mahaiza, Madagascar. Scale: 3x2x2cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

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Schiavinatoite   Rynersonite

Comments: Brown, columnar schiavinatoite with minor white rynersonite sticks on quartz.
Location: Ampanodiana Sud, Tetezantsio, Mahaiza, Antananarivo, Madagascar. Scale: See Image.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Schieffelinite   Rodalquilarite

Comments: Creamy white Schieffelinite with minor green rodalquilarite.
Location: Tombstone, Tombstone District, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA. Scale: Picture size 6 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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Schirmerite

Comments: Gray metallic granular schirmerite in quartz.
Location: Grand Trunk, Geneva District, Park County, Colorado, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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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Schmiederite

Comments: Acicular schmiederite micro crystals in quartz.
Location: Condor Mine, La Rioja, Argentina. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Schmitterite   Emmonsite

Comments: Yellow schmitterite with green emmonsite.
Location: Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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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   Becquerelite

Comments: Bright yellow crystals of schoepite on transparent yellow becquerelite.
Location: Shinkolobwe mine, Tantara, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scale: .
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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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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Schoepite   Ianthinite

Comments: Purple to brown resinous ianthinite with yellow schoepite and orange becquerelite.
Location: Colorado Plateau area, Saguache County, Colorado, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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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Schoonerite

Comments: Dark crystals of schoonerite on matrix.
Location: Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Schorl   Albite

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

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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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Schorlomite

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

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Schreibersite

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

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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 schr?ckingerite aggregates on matrix.
Location: St Christoph Mine, B?renhecke, Glash?tte, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 6 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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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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Schuetteite

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

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Schuilingite-(Nd)

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

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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.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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Schultenite

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

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Schumacherite   Pucherite

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

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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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Scrutinyite

Comments: Acicular crystals of scrutinyite.
Location: Hilarion Mine, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attik? Prefecture, Greece. Scale: Picture size 1 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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Searlesite

Comments: Clear, prismatic crystal of Searlesite.
Location: Point of Rocks Mesa. Colfax County, New Mexico, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Seeligerite

Comments: Orange crystalline seeligerite in matrix.
Location: Casucha Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta, Chile. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Segelerite

Comments: Yellow, prismatic, striated crystal of Segelerite.
Location: Tip Top mine, Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Segnitite

Comments: Translucent yellow crystalline segnitite crust.
Location: Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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.
© Canadian Mineralogist

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Seidozerite   Arfvedsonite

Comments: Dark red translucent seidozerite with vitreous, black arfvedsonite.
Location: Seidozero Lake, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Sekaninaite

Comments: Black-green crystalline sekaninaite cleavage with dark purple colored fracture surface.
Location: Rozna, Moravia, Jihomoravsky, Czech Republic. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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   Liveingite

Comments: Black prismatic seligmannite crystals with crystalline black liveingite.
Location: Lengenbach Quarry, Binnental, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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.
© Walter Gabriel

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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.
© Fabre Minerals

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Senaite

Comments: Brownish-black senaite cleavage.
Location: Dattas, near Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Senaite

Comments: Black crystal of senaite.
Location: Presidente Kibitschek, Minas Gerias, Brazil. Scale: Crystal size 2 mm.
© Dave Barthelmy

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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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Senegalite

Comments: Yellowish green, prismatic, crystals of senegalite.
Location: Faleme River, Senegal. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Sengierite

Comments: Green, tabular, crystals of sengierite on matrix.
Location: Lubumbashi, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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Sepiolite

Comments: Sectile to chalky massive sepiolite.
Location: Pinos Altos, Grant County, New Mexico. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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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.
© Fabre Minerals

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Serandite   Lintisite

Comments: Yellowish-white fibrous veinlets of lintisite in brown serandite.
Location: Mount Alluaiv, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Serendibite   Phlogopite

Comments: Blue serendibite, with golden colored phlogopite, in white marble.
Location: Near Johnsberg, Warren County, New York, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Serpierite

Comments: Blue, acicular crystals of serpierite.
Location: Serpieri mine, Laurium, Greece. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

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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.
© American Mineralogist

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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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