List of Minerals Named After People - S

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• Samarskite: Y_0.2REE_0.3Fe3+_0.3U_0.2Nb_0.8Ta_0.2O₄ – Russian official Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets (1803–1870)
• Sanbornite: BaSi₂O₅ – American mineralogist Frank B. Sanborn (1862–1936)
• Satterlyite: (Fe++,Mg)₂(PO₄)(OH) – Canadian geologist Jack Satterly (born 1906)
• Schreibersite: (Fe,Ni)₃P – Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers (1775–1852)
• Scottyite: BaCu₂Si₂O₇ – Michael Scott (born 1945), first CEO of Apple and significant sponsor of the Rruff project
• Seamanite: Mn₃(PO₄)(OH)₂ – Arthur Edmund Seaman
• Sekaninaite: (Fe+2,Mg)₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈ – Czech mineralogist Josef Sekanina (born 1901)
• Sillimanite: Al₂SiO₅ – American chemist Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864)
• Smithsonite: ZnCO₃ – British chemist and mineralogist, James Smithson (1754–1829)
• Sperrylite: PtAs₂ – American chemist Francis Louis Sperry
• Steacyite: K_0.3(Ca,Na)₂ThSi₈O₂₀ – Canadian mineralogist Harold Robert Steacy (born 1923)
• Stenonite: Sr₂Al(CO₃)F₅ – Danish physician Nicolaus Steno (Niels Steensen) (1638-1686)
• Stephanite: Ag₅SbS₄ – Archduke Stephan of Austria (1817-1867)
• Stichtite: Mg₆Cr₂CO₃(OH)₁₆·4H₂O – Australian mine manager Robert Carl Sticht (1857–1922)
• Stilleite: ZnSe – German geologist Hans Stille (1876–1966)
• Stolzite: PbWO₄ – Czechoslovakian Joseph Alexi Stolz (1803–1896)
• Strashimirite: Cu₈(AsO₄)₄(OH)₄·5(H₂O) – Bulgarian petrographer and mineralogist Strashimir Dimitrov (1892-1960)
• Stromeyerite: AgCuS – German chemist, Friedrich Stromeyer (1776–1835)
• Strunzite: Mn2+Fe3+₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6(H₂O) and ferristrunzite, ferrostrunzite – German mineralogist Karl Hugo Strunz (1910–2006)
• Sugilite: KNa₂(Fe,Mn,Al)₂Li₃Si₁₂O₃₀ – Japanese petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi (1901–1948)
• Sylvite: KCl – Dutch chemist Franciscus Sylvius (1614–1672)