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Simonellite: C19H24
Comments: Colorless to white Simonellite on fossil wood. Location: Fognano, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: Picture size 6 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Simonkolleite: Zn5(OH)8Cl2·(H2O)
Comments: Very small colorless crystals with hexagonal shape of simonkolleite. Location: Richelsdorf Smelter, Süss, Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany. Scale: Picture size 0.8 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
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
Sphaerobertrandite: Be3SiO4(OH)2
Comments: White to pale brownish, radial-concentric aggregates of sphaerobertrandite. Location: Sengischorr Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 4 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Srebrodolskite: Ca2Fe+++2O5 Periclase: MgO
Comments: Black grains of srebrodolskite with white periclase. Location: Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 2 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Stannopalladinite: (Pd,Cu)3Sn2 (?)
Comments: PPL polished section image of hexagonal crystal of stannopalladinite (white with a very slight pinkish tint) in white atokite. Inset image x-polarizers. Location: Oktyabrski Mine, Talnakh, Ural, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 0.57 mm. © Thomas Witzke
Stibivanite: Sb+++2V++++O5
Comments: Green crystals of stibivanite on matrix. Location: Buca della Vena Mine, Stazzema (Ponte Stazzemese), Versilia, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Straczekite: (Ca,K,Ba)(V5+,V4+)8O20·3H2O
Comments: Greenish-black, prismatic-acicular crystals of straczekite. Location: Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs (Potash Sulfur Springs), Garland Co., Arkansas, USA. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Strontioginorite: (Sr,Ca)2B14O23·8(H2O)
Comments: Silky white strontioginorite with anhydrite. Location: Kohnstein Quarry, Harz Mts, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Sample Size 4 cm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Sudoite: Mg2(Al,Fe+++)3Si3AlO10(OH)8 Manganite: MnO(OH)
Comments: Pinkish to nearly white earthy sudoite with dark manganite. Location: Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Erfurt district, Harz Mts, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 4 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag