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Sodalite

Mineral # 500 Available

Sodalite, as pale blue crystals in albite matrix, really a sodalite porphyry! From the amazing De Mix Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, collected 1974, BRH.

This specimen measures about 6.0 cm x 4.2 cm x 3.0 cm.

Sodalite # 500 – Price: $US 80.

Sodalite

Mineral # 381 Available

Sodalite, as pale blue crystals in albite matrix, really a sodalite porphyry! From the amazing De Mix Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, collected 1974, BRH.

This specimen measures about 11.7 cm x 6.5 cm x 3.7 cm.

Sodalite # 381 – Price: $US 130.

Sorensenite


Mineral # 198 Available

Sorensenite, as delicate pink glassy crystal laths in matrix from the type locality, Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Greenland, collected ca. 1970 by the Mineralogical and Geological Museum of the University of Denmark and includes their label. The crystals are up to 2.2 cm long — a fine example of this single-locality mineral.

This specimen measures about 4.1 cm x 2.3 cm x 1.6 cm.

Sorensenite # 198 – Price: $US 130.

Sorensenite

Mineral # 199 Available

Sorensenite, as pink crystal laths (no matrix) from the type locality, Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Greenland, collected ca. 1970. The crystals are up to 26 mm long — a good example of this color of this single-locality mineral.

This specimen measures about 11 mm x 10 mm x 2 mm.

Sorensenite # 199 – Price: $US 50.

Sorensenite

Mineral # 200 Available

Sorensenite, as glassy, nearly white crystal laths, without matrix, from the type locality, Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Greenland, collected ca. 1970. The crystals are up to 2.7 cm long — an interesting color variation example of this single-locality mineral.

This specimen measures about 2.7 cm x 10 mm x 3 mm.

Sorensenite # 200 – Price: $US 80.

Sorensenite

Mineral # 201 Available

Sorensenite, as muted grayish-pink crystal laths, free of matrix, from the type locality, Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Greenland, collected ca. 1970. The crystals are up to 2.2 cm long — another variation of this single-locality mineral.

This specimen measures about 2.2 cm x 8 mm x 3 mm.

Sorensenite # 201 – Price: $US 60.

Sorensenite

Mineral # 202 Available

Sorensenite, as whitish crystal laths without matrix from the type locality, Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Greenland, collected ca. 1970. The crystals are up to 1.9 cm long — another form and a fine example of this single-locality mineral.

This specimen measures about 18 mm x 18 mm x 4 mm.

Sorensenite # 202 – Price: $US 90.

Sperrylite


Mineral # 062 Available

Sperrylite from the INCO Vermilion Mine, Whitefish, (SW of Sudbury), Ontario, Canada. Collected May, 1975. Includes a sperrylite cube, an octahedron and broken crystals in chalcopyrite with accessory native gold. The old dumps are long gone as they were removed for processing for platinum.

This specimen measures about 6.5 cm x 4.5 cm x 2.5 cm. The largest crystal is about 1.5 mm cubed.

Sperrylite # 062 – Price: $US 350.

Spinel

Mineral # 270 Available

Nice grey-purple Spinel octahedral crystals, the largest about 9 mm, in quartz. From the Des Cedres Dam, Notre Dame du Laus, Quebec, Canada. Collected before 1979.

This specimen measures about 7 cm x 3.8 cm x 2 cm.

Spinel # 270 – Price: $US 45.

Spodumene

Mineral # 429 Available

Light green Spodumene cleavages to 7 cm. From the Tantalum Mining Corp. of Canada, Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada. Collected before 1976. Accessories include lepidolite, tantalite, pollucite, dolomite, zinnwaldite and albite.

This specimen measures about 7.2 cm x 4.7 cm x 4.2 cm.

Spodumene # 429 – Price: $US 75.

Stibiconite

Mineral # 237 Available

Stibiconite as a yellow-white micro-crystalline coating, from Lake George Antimony Mine, Lake George, New Brunswick, Canada. In a hydrothermal vein cutting graywacke. Confirmed by XRD GSC. Collected July 1974.

This specimen measures about 3.3 cm x 2.5 cm x 6 mm.

Stibiconite # 237 – Price: $US 35.

Strengite


Mineral # 458 Available

Strengite as mauve crystals in vugs, from the Bull Moose Mine, Custer, South Dakota, USA. Accessories include phosphosiderite and barbosalite. Collected before 1978. Includes original South Dakota School of Mines Museum label.

This specimen measures about 5.0 cm x 3.0 cm x 2.5 cm.

Strengite # 458 – Price: $US 85.

Strengite


Mineral # 460 Available

Strengite as mauve crystals in vugs, from the Indian Mountain, Alabama, USA. Accessories include cacoxinite. Collected before 1978.

This specimen measures about 5.0 cm x 3.0 cm x 2.5 cm.

Strengite # 460 – Price: $US 40.

Sulphur

Mineral # 239 Available

Sulphur from the mine at Girgenti, Sicily, Italy which closed in 1965. The largest crystal is 1.6 cm, with internal stress marks -- probably from being touched without gloves, but otherwise, a lovely sharp crystal.

This specimen measures about 4.2 cm x 3 cm x 2 cm.

Sulphur # 239 – Price: $US 90.

Sursassite

Mineral # 064 Available

Sursassite from The Strategic Manganese Mine, Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada. The rare copper-colored fibrous sursassite is in veins in manganiferous shale with accessory quartz. Received in exchange from National Mineral Collection of Canada (Bob Gault) Aug. 1975. Specimen #73/36/14 and label included.

This specimen measures about 7 cm x 4 cm x 3 cm.

Sursassite # 064 – Price: $US 55.

Svanbergite

Mineral # 187 Available

Svanbergite, beige massive. This unusual phosphate is from Västanå (Westanå) Iron Mine, Skåne, Sweden. Collected before 1978.

This specimen measures about 6.3 cm x 4.2 cm x 1.7 cm.

Svanbergite # 187 – Price: $US 45.