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Spangolite: Cu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3(H2O)
Comments: Blue, hexagonal (trigonal) crystals of spangolite on matrix. Location: Blanchard mine, Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Spencerite: Zn4(PO4)2(OH)2·3(H2O)
Comments: Pale green pearly translucent spencerite, with divergent structure. Location: Salmo, Nelson Mining District, British Columbia, Canada. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Sperrylite: PtAs2 Cabriite: Pd2SnCu
Comments: Polished section (PPL) image of a ovoid grain of cabriite (Ca) rimmed by native silver (Ag) in a matrix of brownish cubanite (Cu), with tawny chalcopyrite (Cp). Surrounded on three sides by coarse, millimetric crystals of sperrylite (Sp). Location: Noril’sk-Talnakh mining district of northwestern Russia. (CanMin, v40:473). Scale: Feld of view 1.2 mm. © Canadian Mineralogist
Sperrylite: PtAs2
Comments: Tin-white grain of sperrylite in chalcopyrite matrix. Location: Vermillion mine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Comments: Small crystal of dull gray cabriite on a larger tin-white sperrylite crystal. Location: Dzhezhazgan, Kazakhstan. Scale: Crystal size 1.5 mm. © John Veevaert
Comments: Brilliant, mirror-like modified octahedral crystals of sperrylite to 1.3 cm on chalcopyrite matrix.. Location: Talnak deposit, near Noril'sk, Russia. Scale: 4.4 x 2.3 x 2cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Spertiniite: Cu(OH)2
Comments: Sparse blue spertiniite on serpentinite rock. Location: Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Spessartine: Mn++3Al2(SiO4)3
Comments: Dodecahedral crystal of spessartine garnet on matrix. Location: Haramosh Mountains, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakastan. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
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
Sphaerocobaltite: CoCO3 Vladimirite: Ca5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·5(H2O)
Comments: Translucent white prismatic vladimirite microcrystals with pink sphaerocobaltite. Location: Irhtem Mine, near Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate, Morocco. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species