Silica SiO2
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Quartz, crystalline , Lechatelierite , Quartz, granitic , Quartz, glass , Mogánite , Cristobalite , Quartz , Quartz, microcrystalline , Stishovite , Coesite , Quartz, pegmatitic , Quartz, smoky , Quartz, rose , Quartz, igneous , Tridymite
Open
Photo by Egandolfo (via Wikimedia Commons), Public Domain
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54
3
CL, CL/SEM
Simple oxide , Compound
Silicon Si
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Open
(C) 2016 Th. Voekler (via Wikimedia Commons). CC-BY-SA-3.0
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6
3
SXES
Mineral , Metal , Element
Silicon carbide SiC
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Moissanite
Open
Crystals of synthetic moissanite
Photo by Brillar CO., LTD (https://brillar-shop.jp/pages/moissanite), CC-BY-SA 4.0
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36
0
CL/SEM, EL, PL, PL/Laser
Synthetic , Compound, Carbide
Sillimanite Al2 SiO5
Sillimanite (subgroup) , Al2SiO5 (group) , Aluminium silicate, Al2SiO5 —
2
0
0
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Mineral, Aluminosilicate
Silver Ag
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Open
Silver. Bureau of Mines, Mineral Specimens C1650.
Photo courtesy of the US Geological Survey. Public domain.
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11
2
SXES
Mineral , Metal , Element
Simpsonite Al4 Ta3 O13 (OH)
Minerals containing OH —
Open
Simpsonite specimen from Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Borborema mineral province, Rio Grande do Norte, Northeast Region, Brazil. Size: 1.3 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm.
Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0
0
4
0
CL, PL/XL
Mineral, Hydroxide
Skiagite FeII 3 FeIII 2 [SiO4 ]3
Minerals containing SiO4 , Garnet —
1
0
0
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Silicate, Mineral
Sklodowskite Mg(UO2 )2 (SiO3 OH)2 ·6H2 O
Minerals containing OH , Minerals containing H2O —
Open
Yellow Sklodowskite needles with green malachite core, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, specimen size: 5.8cm
Photo by Weirdmeister (Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA 4.0
0
2
0
Unknown
Hydroxide , Mineral, Silicate , Uranyl , Hydrated
Skutterudite CoAs3
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1
0
0
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Mineral, Arsenide
Smectite (group) A0.3 D2-3 [T4 O10 ]Z2 · n H2 O
Clay Zincsilite , Illite-Smectite 12.0A , Montmorillonite , Volkonskoite , Swinefordite , Hectorite , Ferrosaponite , Saponite , Stevensite , Sauconite , Illite-Smectite 11.5A , Montmorillonite, Fe , Saliotite , Yakhontovite , Beidellite , Nontronite
0
2
0
Reflectance
Group , Hydrated, Aluminosilicate
Smithsonite ZnCO3
Calcite (group) , Minerals containing CO3 —
Open
Specimen of Smithsonite, from Tsumeb, Otjikoto, Namibia. NMNH 137559 00
Photo by Penland, Smithsonian Institution. CC0
1
10
0
CL, PL, Raman, Unknown
Carbonate , Mineral
Sodalite Na8 Al6 Si6 O24 Cl2 , Na4 (Si3 Al3 )O12 Cl
Sodalite (group) Hackmanite
Open
Sodalite from collection of Wikipedia user Ra'ike
CC BY-SA 3.0 Ra'ike
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63
3
CL, CL/SEM
Mineral, Aluminosilicate
Sodalite (group) —
Feldspathoid (group) Nosean , Slyudyankaite , Bolotinaite , Sapozhnikovite , Tsaregorodtsevite , Vladimirivanovite , Lazurite , Sodalite , Tugtupite , Sodalite, synthetic , Haüyne
Open
Sodalite from collection of Wikipedia user Ra'ike
CC BY-SA 3.0 Ra'ike
0
1
0
PL
Group
Soddyite (UO2 )2 (SiO4 )(H2 O)2
Minerals containing SiO4 , Minerals containing H2O —
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
