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Sonolite: Mn9(SiO4)4(OH,F)2
Comments: Dark red anhedral grains of sonolite in matrix. Location: Crouse mine, Bald Knob, Alleghany Co., North Carolina, USA. Scale: Crystal size 0.75 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Sonoraite: Fe+++Te++++O3(OH)·(H2O)
Comments: Lime green crystalline aggregate of sonoraite. Location: Joe Shaft, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Sopcheite: Ag4Pd3Te4
Comments: B&W iamge of coarse- and fine-grained sopcheite (white SOP) occurring at the margin of bornite (BR) that has replaced chalcopyrite. (CanMin, v28:489). Location: Geordie Lake Intrusion of the Coldwell alkaline complex, northwestern Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Imate. © Canadian Mineralogist
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
Sorbyite: Pb19(Sb,As)20S49
Comments: Gray metallic sorbyite stringers in white quartz. Location: Candelaria, Mineral County, Nevada, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Sorensenite: Na4SnBe2Si6O18·2(H2O)
Comments: Lght pink, prismatic crystals of sorensite to 5mm in dark green aegerine matrix. Location: Kvanefjeld, Ilimaussaq, Greenland. Scale: Picture size 1 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Comments: Translucent white prismatic sorensenite crystals and crystalline in dark aegirine. Location: Kvanefjeld, Ilimaussaq, Greenland. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Sorosite: Cu(Sn,Sb) Tin: Sn Stistaite: SnSb
Comments: Back-scattered electron image of large sorosite crystal (So=partly skeletal) adjacent to stistaite (St). Tn=native tin. Note abundant microcrystals of sorosite isolated within native tin. (AmMin 83:903). Location: Baimka gold-platinum group mineral placer deposit, Chukotka, Russian Far East. Scale: Image Size 1.5 cm. © American Mineralogist
Souzalite: (Mg,Fe++)3(Al,Fe+++)4(PO4)4(OH)6·2(H2O)
Comments: Blue-gray radial sprays of souzalite in brown siderite. Location: Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Spadaite: MgSiO2(OH)2·(H2O) (?)
Comments: Tan mottled silky fibrous spadaite, slightly flexible coatings. Location: Palos Verdes Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species