page_title: List of minerals approved by IMA (S)
section_title: Sa
hierarchical_section_title: List of minerals approved by IMA (S) / S / Sa
caption_attribution_description: English: Szenicsite Locality: Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile (Locality at mindat.org) Size: miniature, 4.0 x 3.9 x 2.2 cm Szenicsite Extremely sharp, brilliant green crystals of this very rare molybdate species in an unusually fine 3-dimensional cluster, make this a SUPERB miniature for the species. It comes from the collection of the discoverer and namesake. It is truly amazing to discover a beautiful new mineral species in today's world, in crystals that can reach several centimeters. Most new species are micros or smears in rocks. But, this is exactly what happened in the January 1993 with the discovery and naming of Szenicsite, a one-locality, one-find, copper molybdate with ELECTRIC GREEN COLOR. This was the ONLY major find of the species, and not even a trickle of good specimens followed the first few pockets collected by Terry Szenics. All good specimens came through him, this one included. However, this was not sold in the 1990s like most of them but was kept in his collection and only sold recently; and it bears his signed label , dated 2007, when he released it from his personal collection and sold it to me at the Springfield Show. Incredible, world class miniature of a phenomenally interesting species and find. (TYPE and ONLY LOCALITY) Deutsch: Szenicsit Fundort: Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Provinz Chañaral, Región de Atacama, Chile (Fundort bei mindat.org) Größe: 4.0 x 3.9 x 2.2 cm
context_page_description: This list includes those recognised minerals beginning with the letter S. The International Mineralogical Association is the international group that recognises new minerals and new mineral names, however minerals discovered before 1959 did not go through the official naming procedure, although some minerals published previously have been either confirmed or discredited since that date. This list contains a mixture of mineral names that have been approved since 1959 and those mineral names believed to still refer to valid mineral species.
  The list is divided into groups:
  Introduction •
  A • B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P–Q • R • S • T • U–V • W–X • Y–Z
  The data was exported from mindat.org on 29 April 2005; updated up to 'IMA2019'.
  The minerals are sorted by name, followed by the structural group or chemical class, the year of publication, the IMA approval and the Nickel–Strunz code. The first link is to mindat.org, the second link is to webmineral.com, and the third is to the Handbook of Mineralogy.
  Abbreviations:
  ᴰ – discredited.
  Q – questionable/ doubtful.
context_section_description: Saamite (seidozerite, lamprophyllite: IMA2013-083) 9.B?.  [no] [no]
  Sabatierite (IMA1976-043) 2.BD.45    
  (IUPAC: hexacopper thallium tetraselenide)
  Sabelliite (IMA1994-013) 8.BE.65    
  (IUPAC: dicopper zinc trihydro arsenate)
  Sabieite (sabieite: IMA1982-088) 7.AC.20    
  (IUPAC: ammonium iron(III) disulfate)
  Sabinaite (IMA1978-071) 5.BB.20    
  (IUPAC: tetrasodium titanium dizirconium tetraoxide tetracarbonate)
  Sabugalite (Y: 1951) 8.EB.55    
  (IUPAC: hydrogen aluminium tetrauranyl tetraphosphate hexadecahydrate)
  Saccoite (IMA2019-056) 7.0  [no] [no]
  Sacrofanite (cancrinite-sodalite: IMA1979-058) 9.FB.05   
  Sadanagaite [Ca-amphibole: IMA2012 s.p., magnesiosadanagaite (IMA2002-051), 1984] 9.DE.15   
  Saddlebackite (tetradymite: IMA1994-051) 2.GC.40d    
  (IUPAC: dilead dibismuth ditelluride trisulfide)
  Safflorite (löllingite: 1835) 2.EB.15a    
  (IUPAC: cobalt diarsenide)
  Sahamalite-(Ce) (IMA1987 s.p., 1953) 5.AD.05    
  (IUPAC: dicerium magnesium tetracarbonate)
  Sahlinite (Y: 1934) 8.BO.20    
  (IUPAC: tetradecalead tetrachloro nonaoxodiarsenate)
  Sailaufite (arseniosiderite: IMA2000-005) 8.DH.30   [no]
  Sainfeldite (hureaulite: IMA1963-018) 8.CB.10    
  (IUPAC: pentacalcium diarsenate dihydroxoarsenate tetrahydrate)
  Sakhaite (IMA1965-035) 6.AB.65   
  Sakuraiite (stannite: IMA1965-017) 2.CB.05b    
  (IUPAC: tri(copper,zinc,iron) (indium,tin) tetrasulfide)
  Salammoniac (IMA2007 s.p., 1556) 3.AA.25    
  (IUPAC: ammonium chloride)
  Saléeite (Y: 1932) 8.EB.05    
  (IUPAC: magnesium diuranyl diphosphate deca(water))
  Salesite (Y: 1939) 4.KB.05    
  (IUPAC: copper hydro iodate)
  Saliotite (corrensite: IMA1990-018) 9.EC.60   [no] 
  Note: a regular 1:1 ordered interstratification of cookeite and paragonite.
  Saltonseaite (rinneite: IMA2011-104) 3.0  [no] [no] 
  (IUPAC: tripotassium sodium manganese hexachloride)
  Salzburgite (meneghinite: IMA2000-044) 2.HB.05a    
  (Cu1.6Pb1.6Bi6.4S₁₂)
  Samaniite (IMA2007-038) 2.BB.    
  (IUPAC: dicopper pentairon dinickel octasulfide)
  Samarskite 4.DB.25
  Samarskite-(Y) (IMA1980 s.p., 1847) 4.DB.25   
  Samarskite-(Yb) (IMA2004-001) 4.DB.25   [no] 
  (IUPAC: ytterbium niobium tetraoxide)
  Samfowlerite (IMA1991-045) 9.BF.10   
  Sampleite (lavendulan: 1942) 8.DG.05    
  (IUPAC: sodium calcium pentacopper chloro tetraphosphate pentahydrate)
  Samsonite (Y: 1910) 2.GA.15    
  (IUPAC: tetrasilver manganese hexasulfur diantimonide)
  Samuelsonite (IMA1974-026) 8.BF.10    
  (IUPAC: nonacalcium tetramanganese(II) dialuminium dihydro decaphosphate)
  Sanbornite (Y: 1932) 9.EF.10    
  (IUPAC: dibarium (decaoxy tetrasilicate))
  Sanderite (Y: 1952) 7.CB.07   [no] 
  (IUPAC: magnesium sulfate dihydrate)
  Saneroite (IMA1979-060) 9.DK.15   
  Sangenaroite (IMA2019-014) 2.0  [no] [no]
  Sanguite (IMA2013-002) 3.0  [no] [no]
  (IUPAC: potassium copper trichloride)
  Sanidine (feldspar: 1808) 9.FA.30    
  (IUPAC: potassium (aluminoctaoxotrisilicate))
  Sanjuanite (sanjuanite-destinezite: IMA1966-043) 8.DB.30    
  (IUPAC: dialuminium hydro phosphate sulfate nonahydrate)
  Sanmartinite (wolframite: 1948) 4.DB.30    
  (IUPAC: zinc (tungsten tetraoxide))
  Sanrománite (IMA2006-009) 5.AC.30   [no] 
  (IUPAC: disodium calcium trilead pentacarbonate)
  Santabarbaraite (IMA2000-052) 8.CE.80   [no] 
  (IUPAC: triiron(III) trihydro diphosphate pentahydrate)
  Santaclaraite (IMA1979-005) 9.DK.10    
  (IUPAC: calcium tetramanganese(II) tetradecaoxopentasilicate dihydroxyl monohydrate)
  Santafeite (hydrous vanadate: 1958) 8.DM.40   
  Santanaite (IMA1971-035) 7.FB.10    
  (IUPAC: undecalead chromium hexadecaoxide)
  Santarosaite (IMA2007-013) 6.BD.05    
  (IUPAC: copper metaborate)
  Santite (IMA1969-044) 6.EA.10    
  (IUPAC: potassium tetrahydroxo hexaoxopentaborate dihydrate)
  Saponite (montmorillonite, smectite: 1842) 9.EC.45   
  Sapphirine (sapphirine: 1819) 9.DH.45   
  Sarabauite (IMA1976-035) 2.MA.10    
  (IUPAC: hexasulfa tetraantimonide · calcium decaoxide hexantimonide)
  Saranchianite (IMA2015-019) 7.0  [no] [no] 
  (IUPAC: disodium copper disulfate)
  Sarcolite (Y: 1807) 9.EH.15   
  Sarcopside (olivine: 1868) 8.AB.15    
  (IUPAC: triiron(II) diphosphate)
  Sardignaite (IMA2008-040) 4.0  [no] [no] 
  (IUPAC: bis
caption: Brilliant green crystals of szenicsite
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