Soddyite (UO2 )2 (SiO4 )(H2 O)2
Minerals containing H2O , Th-U silicate , Minerals containing SiO4 —
Open
Soddyite specimen from Shinkolobwe Mine, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ex Dr. Wilke coll.
Photo by Weirdmeister (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY 4.0
0
2
0
PL
Mineral, Silicate , Uranyl , Hydrated
Sodium bromide NaBr
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—
0
1
0
IR
Halide , Compound
Sodium chloride NaCl
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—
Open
Specimen of Halite, from Kłodawa, Poland. Exhibit of the Earth and Man" Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria
Photo by Vassia Atanassova, via Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 3.0
0
3
0
PL
Halide , Compound
Sodium hydroxide NaOH
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—
0
2
0
IR, Raman
Hydroxide , Compound
Sodium iodide NaI
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—
0
1
0
IR
Halide , Compound
Sodium sulphate Na2 SO4
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Thenardite , Thénardite
0
14
0
PL, PLE
Sulphate , Synthetic , Compound
Sogdianite KZr2 Li3 Si12 O30
Osumilite (group) —
Open
Single crystal group of the rare zirconium mineral sogdianite from the type locality: Dara-i-Pioz Glacier, Tien Shan Mountains, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan
Photo by David Hospital (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA 4.0
0
1
0
PL
Mineral, Silicate
Solongoite Ca2 B3 O4 (OH)4 Cl
Minerals containing OH —
0
3
0
PL/XL
Hydroxide , Mineral, Borate
Sorosilicate [Si2 O7 ]6-
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—
0
1
0
Reflectance
Group
Spessartine MnII 3 Al2 (SiO4 )3
Minerals containing SiO4 , Garnet —
Open
Specimen of spessartine, from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Specimen M 37302, Museums Victoria
Photo by Sarah McCaffrey, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
4
2
2
CL, Reflectance
Mineral, Aluminosilicate
Sphalerite (Zn,FeII )S, ZnS, (Zn,Fe)S
Sphalerite (group) , Zinc sulphide Marmatite
Open
Sphalerite specimen from Rodna, Transilvania, Romania
Photo by Ken Larsen, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
12
20
3
CL/SEM, SXES
Mineral, Sulphide
Sphalerite (group) —
—
Ishiharaite , Sphalerite , Coloradoite , Browneite , Stilleite , Metacinnabar , Hawleyite , Rudashevskyite , Tiemannite
0
20
3
CL/SEM, SXES
Group
Spinel (FeII ,Mg)(CrIII ,Al)2 O4 , FeII Al2 O4 , MgAl2 O4
Spinel (subgroup) —
Open
Pink and blue spinels from Tajikistan
Photo by Chip Clark, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
2
23
3
CL/SEM, SXES
Mineral
Spinel (subgroup) AII DIII 2 O4
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Hercynite (var. syn) , Manganochromite , Galaxite , Chromite , Thermaerogenite , Maghemite , Cochromite , Titanomaghemite , Deltalumite , Coulsonite , Magnetite , Spinel , Dellagiustaite , Zincochromite , Vuorelainenite , Magnesiocoulsonite , Gahnite , Trevorite , Magnesioferrite , Hausmannite , Franklinite , Hercynite , Magnesiochromite , Cr spinel , Gahnite-Hercynite (series) , Guite , Hetaerolite , Jacobsite , Spinel (var. Mg, Fe, Cr) , Cuprospinel
0
27
5
CL/SEM, EDS, SXES
Subgroup
Spinel peridotite —
Peridotite —
1
0
0
—
Igneous , Intrusive , Rock type , Ultramafic
