supersolid
A superfluid material that has a spatially ordered structure similar to a crystal.
An analogue in a space of four or more dimensions of a solid in three dimensions.

supersolids
plural of supersolid

suredaite
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal grayish black mineral containing arsenic, lead, silver, sulfur, and tin.

surinamite
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.

surite
A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, carbon, copper, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

sursassite
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

susannite
A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.

suzukiite
An orthorhombic-pyramidal light green mineral containing barium, oxygen, silicon, and vanadium.

svabite
A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, fluorine, and oxygen.

sveite
A monoclinic white mineral containing aluminum, chlorine, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and potassium.

sverigeite
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal yellow mineral containing beryllium, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and tin.

sviatonossite
An andradite-syenite mineral.

svyatoslavite
A monoclinic-sphenoidal colorless mineral containing aluminum, calcium, oxygen, and silicon.

svyazhinite
A triclinic mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.

swaknoite
An orthorhombic white mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.

swamboite
A monoclinic-prismatic light yellow mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and uranium.

swartzite
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and uranium.

swedenborgite
A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal mineral containing antimony, beryllium, oxygen, and sodium.

sweetite
A tetragonal-trapezohedral mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, and zinc.

swinefordite
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

swinestone
stinkstone

swinestones
plural of swinestone

switzerite
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.

sychnodymite
Synonym of carrollite.

syenite
Granite.
An igneous rock composed of feldspar and hornblende.

syenites
plural of syenite

syenodiorite
A plutonic rock intermediate in composition between syenite (or monzonite) and diorite

syenodiorites
plural of syenodiorite

syenogabbro
A rock composed of syenite and gabbro.

syenogabbros
plural of syenogabbro

sylvanite
Silver gold telluride, a soft metallic mineral ranging in color from steely gray to almost white.

sylvanites
plural of sylvanite

sylvine
Synonym of sylvite.

sylvines
plural of sylvine

sylvinite
sylvite

sylvinites
plural of sylvinite

symplectite
An intimate intergrowth of two or more different crystals, formed from the breakdown of unstable phases, consisting of minerals, ceramics, or metals.

symplectites
plural of symplectite

symplektite
Alternative form of symplectite.

symplesite
A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.

synadelphite
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, lead, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.

synnyrite
Synonym of kalsilite syenite.

synrift
Sedimentary deposition of rocks during an extensional geological regime.

syntagmatite
A basaltic variety of hornblende.

syntagmatites
plural of syntagmatite

syntaxy
An overgrowth in which both the original crystal and the crystal growing on it have the same orientation.

szaibelyite
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, and oxygen.

szaskaite
Alternative name for smithsonite.

szenicsite
An orthorhombic dark green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, molybdenum, and oxygen.

sztrokayite
A bismuth-sulphur-tellurium mineral.

szymanskiite
A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, mercury, nickel, and oxygen.

taaffeite
A rare mauve gemstone with a hexagonal crystal structure.

taaffeites
plural of taaffeite

tacharanite
A monoclinic white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.

tacharanites
plural of tacharanite

tachylite
Alternative form of tachylyte.

tachylites
plural of tachylite

tachylyte
A black, vitreous basalt of volcanic origin.

tachylytes
plural of tachylyte

tactoid
An elongated liquid crystal microdomain
An elongated particle, particularly a cell

tactoids
plural of tactoid

taenite
A mineral, found in certain meteorites, that is a magnetic alloy of iron and nickel

taenites
plural of taenite

tafone
A small cave-like feature found in granular rock such as sandstone.

tafoni
plural of tafone

tagilite
Synonym of pseudomalachite.

tagilites
plural of tagilite.

taikanite
A monoclinic-sphenoidal greenish black mineral containing barium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and strontium.

taimyrite
An orthorhombic bronze gray mineral containing copper, palladium, platinum, and tin.

tainiolite
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing fluorine, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.

takanelite
A hexagonal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.

takedaite
A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing boron, calcium, and oxygen.

takeuchiite
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal black mineral containing boron, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.

takovite
A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, carbon, hydrogen, nickel, and oxygen.

talcite
A massive variety of talc.

talcites
plural of talcite

talmessite
A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.

talnakhite
An isometric-hextetrahedral mineral containing copper, iron, nickel, and sulfur.

tamaite
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.

tamarugite
A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.

tancoite
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.

taneyamalite
A triclinic-pedial mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

tangiwaite
Synonym of bowenite.

tantalcarbide
An isometric-hexoctahedral yellow gray mineral containing carbon and tantalum.

tantite
A triclinic-pedial colorless mineral containing oxygen and tantalum.

tanzanite
A trichroic violet-blue variety of the mineral zoisite mined in Tanzania, used as a gemstone.

tanzanites
plural of tanzanite

taramellite
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing barium, boron, chlorine, iron, lead, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.

taramite
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

taranakite
A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and potassium.

tarapacaite
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing chromium, oxygen, and potassium.

tarbuttite
A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.

tarkianite
An isometric-hextetrahedral black mineral containing copper, iron, molybdenum, rhenium, and sulfur.

tartuffite
A discredited mineral species, a mixture of calcite and bitumen.

taseqite
A complex yellow-brown mineral found in Greenland.

tasmanite
A kind of sedimentary rock, a marine-type oil shale consisting mostly of the prasinophyte alga Tasmanites.

tasmanites
plural of tasmanite.

tatyanaite
An orthorhombic pink mineral containing copper, palladium, platinum, and tin.

tausonite
An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing oxygen, strontium, and titanium.

tavorite
A triclinic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lithium, oxygen, and phosphorus.