[vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_heading main_heading=”S – Glossary” heading_tag=”h2″][/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Saccharoidal
Saline
Saline deposit
Saline lake
Salinity
Salt
Salt dome
Salt Lake
Sand
Sandstone
Sanidinite (facies)
Sassuritization
Scalenohedral
Scalenohedron
Scales
Scaly
Scanning electron microscope(SEM)
Scattering
Scepter
Schiller
Schist
Schistosity
Schottky defect
Schrodinger wave model
Scientific theory
Sclerometer
screw axis
Screw dislocation
Second setting
Secondary
Secondary electrons
Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS)
Secondary mineral
Secondary radiation
Sectile
Sectility
Sediment
Sedimentary
Sedimentary rock
Sedimentation process
Selenide
Selenides
Selvage
Semi-metal
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Semi-metallic
Semi-metallic elements
Semi-precious
Semi-precious gemstone
Semimetal (element)
Semimetal (native element)
Series
Serpentinite
Setting
Shaft
shale
Sheaflike
Sheet silicates
Sheetrock
Shelly fracture
Shock metamorphism
Shortwave
sialic
Siderophile
Sign of elongation
Silica
Silica gel
Silica group
Silicate
Silicic
Silky
silt
Siltstone
simple substitution
simple twin
Single chain silicates
skarn
Slag
Slaked lime
Slate
Slow ray
snell’s law
Soft radiation
Solid solution
solid solution series
solid state diffusion
solid-solid reaction
solidus
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Solvus
Sorosilicates
Space group
Space group operators
Space symmetry
Sparry
Special angles
Special form
Special point
Specific gravity (G)
Spectrometer
Spectroscopy
Sphenoid
Square net
stability field
stable (thermodynamics)
stable equilibrium
stable isotope
Stable mineral
Stacking fault
Stalactitic
stellated
Steno’s law
Stereo diagram
Stoichiometry
strain energy
Streak
Striation (twin)
Subgroup
subhedral
Submetallic luster
Substage
Sulfate (mineral )
Sulfate (radical)
sulfide
Sulfosalt
Supergene
swelling clay
Syenite
symmetrical extinction
symmetry (crystal)
symmetry element
Symmetry operation
syngenetic
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