The sulfide minerals are a class of mineral

Mineral

A mineral is a naturally occurring solid chemical substance formed through biogeochemical processes, having characteristic chemical composition, highly ordered atomic structure, and specific physical properties. By comparison, a rock is an aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids and does not...

s containing sulfide

Sulfide

A sulfide is an anion of sulfur in its lowest oxidation state of 2-. Sulfide is also a slightly archaic term for thioethers, a common type of organosulfur compound that are well known for their bad odors.- Properties :...

 (S²⁻) as the major anion. Some sulfide minerals are economically important as metal ore

Ore

An ore is a type of rock that contains minerals with important elements including metals. The ores are extracted through mining; these are then refined to extract the valuable element....

s. The sulfide class also includes the selenides

Selenide mineral

Selenide minerals are those minerals that have the selenide anion as a main component.Selenides are similar to sulfides and often grouped with them.Examples include:* athabascaite Cu5Se4* clausthalite PbSe* penroseite Se2* stilleite ZnSe...

, the tellurides

Telluride mineral

A telluride mineral is a mineral that has the telluride anion as a main component.Tellurides are similar to sulfides and are grouped with them in both the Dana and Strunz mineral classification systems.Examples include:* calaverite* hessite* rickardite...

, the arsenides

Arsenide mineral

An arsenide mineral is a mineral that contains arsenide as its main anion. Arsenides are grouped with the sulfides in both the Dana and Strunz mineral classification systems.- Examples :* algodonite Cu6As* domeykite Cu3As* löllingite FeAs2* nickeline NiAs...

, the antimonides

Antimonide mineral

An antimonide mineral is a mineral that contains antimonide for its main anion. The antimonides are structurally similar to the sulfides and are grouped with them in both the Dana and Strunz mineral classification systems.Examples include:* breithauptite...

, the bismuthinides, the sulfarsenides and the sulfosalts. Sulfide minerals are inorganic compound

Inorganic compound

Inorganic compounds have traditionally been considered to be of inanimate, non-biological origin. In contrast, organic compounds have an explicit biological origin. However, over the past century, the classification of inorganic vs organic compounds has become less important to scientists,...

s.

Common or important examples include:

Sulfides:

• Acanthite
  Acanthite
  Acanthite, Ag2S, crystallizes in the monoclinic system and is the stable form of silver sulfide below 173 °C. Argentite is the stable form above that temperature. As argentite cools below that temperature its cubic form is distorted to the monoclinic form of acanthite. Below 173 °C...
  
   Ag₂S, Chalcocite
  Chalcocite
  Chalcocite, copper sulfide , is an important copper ore mineral. It is opaque, being colored dark-gray to black with a metallic luster. It has a hardness of 2½ - 3. It is a sulfide with an orthorhombic crystal system....
  
   Cu₂S, Bornite
  Bornite
  Bornite is a sulfide mineral with chemical composition Cu5FeS4 that crystallizes in the orthorhombic system .-Appearance:Bornite has a brown to copper-red color on fresh surfaces that tarnishes to various iridescent shades of blue to purple in places...
  
   Cu₅FeS₄, Galena
  Galena
  Galena is the natural mineral form of lead sulfide. It is the most important lead ore mineral.Galena is one of the most abundant and widely distributed sulfide minerals. It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system often showing octahedral forms...
  
   PbS, Sphalerite
  Sphalerite
  Sphalerite is a mineral that is the chief ore of zinc. It consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form but almost always contains variable iron. When iron content is high it is an opaque black variety, marmatite. It is usually found in association with galena, pyrite, and other sulfides...
  
   ZnS, Chalcopyrite
  Chalcopyrite
  Chalcopyrite is a copper iron sulfide mineral that crystallizes in the tetragonal system. It has the chemical composition CuFeS2. It has a brassy to golden yellow color and a hardness of 3.5 to 4 on the Mohs scale. Its streak is diagnostic as green tinged black.On exposure to air, chalcopyrite...
  
   CuFeS₂, Pyrrhotite
  Pyrrhotite
  Pyrrhotite is an unusual iron sulfide mineral with a variable iron content: FeS . The FeS endmember is known as troilite. Pyrrhotite is also called magnetic pyrite because the color is similar to pyrite and it is weakly magnetic...
  
   Fe_1-xS, Millerite
  Millerite
  Millerite is a nickel sulfide mineral, NiS. It is brassy in colour and has an acicular habit, often forming radiating masses and furry aggregates...
  
   NiS, Pentlandite
  Pentlandite
  Pentlandite is an iron-nickel sulfide, 9S8. Pentlandite usually has a Ni:Fe ratio of close to 1:1. It also contains minor cobalt.Pentlandite forms isometric crystals, but is normally found in massive granular aggregates. It is brittle with a hardness of 3.5 - 4 and specific gravity of 4.6 - 5.0 and...
  
   (Fe,Ni)₉S₈, Covellite
  Covellite
  Covellite is a rare copper sulfide mineral with the formula CuS. This indigo blue mineral is ubiquitous in copper ores, it is found in limited abundance and is not an important ore of copper itself, although it is well known to mineral collectors.The mineral is associated with chalcocite in zones...
  
   CuS, Cinnabar
  Cinnabar
  Cinnabar or cinnabarite , is the common ore of mercury.-Word origin:The name comes from κινναβαρι , a Greek word most likely applied by Theophrastus to several distinct substances...
  
   HgS, Realgar
  Realgar
  Realgar, α-As4S4, is an arsenic sulfide mineral, also known as "ruby sulphur" or "ruby of arsenic". It is a soft, sectile mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, or in granular, compact, or powdery form, often in association with the related mineral, orpiment . It is orange-red in colour, melts...
  
   AsS, Orpiment
  Orpiment
  Orpiment, As2S3, is a common monoclinic arsenic sulfide mineral. It has a Mohs hardness of 1.5 to 2 and a specific gravity of 3.46. It melts at 300 °C to 325 °C...
  
   As₂S₃, Stibnite
  Stibnite
  Stibnite, sometimes called antimonite, is a sulfide mineral with the formula Sb2S3. This soft grey material crystallizes in an orthorhombic space group. It is the most important source for the metalloid antimony...
  
   Sb₂S₃, Pyrite
  Pyrite
  The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, is an iron sulfide with the formula FeS2. This mineral's metallic luster and pale-to-normal, brass-yellow hue have earned it the nickname fool's gold because of its resemblance to gold...
  
   FeS₂, Marcasite
  Marcasite
  The mineral marcasite, sometimes called white iron pyrite, is iron sulfide with orthorhombic crystal structure. It is physically and crystallographically distinct from pyrite, which is iron sulfide with cubic crystal structure. Both structures do have in common that they contain the disulfide...
  
   FeS₂, Molybdenite
  Molybdenite
  Molybdenite is a mineral of molybdenum disulfide, MoS2. Similar in appearance and feel to graphite, molybdenite has a lubricating effect that is a consequence of its layered structure. The atomic structure consists of a sheet of molybdenum atoms sandwiched between sheets of sulfur atoms...
  
   MoS₂

Arsenides:

• Nickeline NiAs
• Skutterudite
  Skutterudite
  Skutterudite is a cobalt arsenide mineral that has variable amounts of nickel and iron substituting for cobalt with a general formula: As3. Some references give the arsenic a variable formula subscript of 2-3. High nickel varieties are referred to as nickel-skutterudite, previously chloanthite...
  
   (Co,Ni)As₃

Antimonides:

• Breithauptite
  Breithauptite
  Breithauptite is a nickel antimonide mineral with the simple formula NiSb. Breithauptite is a metallic opaque copper-red mineral crystallizing in the hexagonal - dihexagonal dipyramidal crystal system. It is typically massive to reniform in habit, but is observed as tabular crystals...
  
   NiSb

Tellurides:

• Altaite
  Altaite
  Altaite, or lead telluride, is a yellowish white mineral with an isometric crystal structure. Altaite is in the galena group of minerals as it shares many of properties of galena. Altaite has an unusually high density for a light-colored mineral...
  
   PbTe
• Calaverite
  Calaverite
  Calaverite, or gold telluride, is an uncommon telluride of gold, a metallic mineral with the chemical formula AuTe2, with approximately 3% of the gold replaced by silver. It was first discovered in Calaveras County, California in 1861, and was named for the county in 1868.The mineral often has a...
  
   AuTe₂
• Sylvanite
  Sylvanite
  Sylvanite or silver gold telluride, Te2, is the most common telluride of gold.-Properties:The gold:silver ratio varies from 3:1 to 1:1. It is a metallic mineral with a color that ranges from a steely gray to almost white. It is closely related to calaverite, which is more purely gold telluride with...
  
   (Au,Ag)Te₂

Sulfarsenides:

• Cobaltite
  Cobaltite
  Cobaltite is a sulfosalt mineral composed of cobalt, arsenic and sulfur, CoAsS. It contains up to 10 percent iron and variable amounts of nickel. Structurally it resembles pyrite with one of the sulfur atoms replaced by an arsenic atom....
  
   (Co,Fe)AsS
• Arsenopyrite
  Arsenopyrite
  Arsenopyrite is an iron arsenic sulfide . It is a hard metallic, opaque, steel grey to silver white mineral with a relatively high specific gravity of 6.1. When dissolved in nitric acid, it releases elemental sulfur. When arsenopyrite is heated, it becomes magnetic and gives off toxic fumes...
  
   FeAsS
• Gersdorffite
  Gersdorffite
  Gersdorffite is a nickel arsenic sulfide mineral with formula NiAsS. It crystallizes in the isometric system showing diploidal symmetry. It occurs as euhedral to massive opaque, metallic grey-black to silver white forms. Gersdorffite belongs to a solid solution series with cobaltite, CoAsS....
  
   NiAsS

Sulfosalts:

• Pyrargyrite
  Pyrargyrite
  Pyrargyrite is a sulfosalt mineral consisting of silver sulfantimonide, Ag3SbS3. Known also as dark red silver ore or ruby silver, it is an important source of the metal....
  
   Ag₃SbS₃, Proustite
  Proustite
  Proustite is a sulfosalt mineral consisting of silver sulfarsenide, Ag3AsS3, known also as light red silver or ruby silver ore, and an important source of the metal. It is closely allied to the corresponding sulfantimonide, pyrargyrite, from which it was distinguished by the chemical analyses of...
  
   Ag₃AsS₃, Tetrahedrite
  Tetrahedrite
  Tetrahedrite is a copper antimony sulfosalt mineral with formula: 12Sb4S13. It is the antimony endmember of the continuous solid solution series with arsenic bearing tennantite. Pure endmembers of the series are seldom if ever seen in nature. Of the two, the antimony rich phase is more common...
  
   Cu₁₂Sb₄S₁₃, Tennantite
  Tennantite
  Tennantite is a copper arsenic sulfosalt mineral. Its chemical formula is Cu12As4S13. It is grey-black, steel-gray, iron-gray or black in color. A closely related mineral, tetrahedrite has antimony substituting for arsenic and the two form a solid solution series. The two have very similar...
  
   Cu₁₂As₄S₁₃, Enargite
  Enargite
  Enargite is a copper arsenic sulfosalt mineral with formula: Cu3AsS4. It takes its name from the Greek word enarge, "distinct." Enargite is a steel gray, blackish gray, to violet black mineral with metallic luster. It forms slender orthorhombic prisms as well as massive aggregates...
  
   Cu₃AsS₄, Bournonite
  Bournonite
  Bournonite is a sulfosalt mineral species, a sulfantimonite of lead and copper with the formula PbCuSbS3.It was first mentioned by Philip Rashleigh in 1797 as an ore of antimony and was more completely described in 1804 by French crystallographer and mineralogist Jacques Louis de Bournon , after...
  
   PbCuSbS₃, Jamesonite
  Jamesonite
  Jamesonite is a sulfosalt mineral, a lead, iron, antimony sulfide with formula Pb4FeSb6S14. With the addition of manganese it forms a series with benavidesite. It is a dark grey metallic mineral which forms acicular prismatic monoclinic crystals. It is soft with a Mohs hardness of 2.5 and has a...
  
   Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄, Cylindrite
  Cylindrite
  Cylindrite is a sulfosalt mineral containing tin, lead, antimony and iron with formula: Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14. It forms triclinic pinacoidal crystals which often occur as tubes or cylinders which are in fact rolled sheets...
  
   Pb₃Sn₄FeSb₂S₁₄

Nickel–Strunz Classification -02- Sulfides

IMA

International Mineralogical Association

The International Mineralogical Association is an international group of 38 national societies. The goal is to promote the science of mineralogy and to standardize the nomenclature of the 4000 plus known mineral species...

-CNMNC proposes a new hierarchical scheme (Mills et al., 2009). This list uses the Classification of Nickel–Strunz

Strunz classification

Nickel–Strunz classification is a scheme for categorizing minerals based upon their chemical composition, introduced by German mineralogist Karl Hugo Strunz in his 1941 Mineralogische Tabellen. The 4th edition was edited by Christel Tennyson too . It was followed by A.S...

 (10 ed, pending publication).

• Abbreviations:
  • "*" - discredited (IMA/CNMNC status).
  • "?" - questionable/doubtful (IMA/CNMNC status).
  • "REE" - Rare-earth element
    Rare earth element
    As defined by IUPAC, rare earth elements or rare earth metals are a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table, specifically the fifteen lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium...
    
     (Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu)
  • "PGE" - Platinum-group element
    Platinum group
    The platinum group metals is a term used sometimes to collectively refer to six metallic elements clustered together in the periodic table.These elements are all transition metals, lying in the d-block .The six...
    
     (Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt)
  • 03.C Aluminofluorides, 06 Borates, 08 Vanadates (04.H V^[5,6] Vanadates), 09 Silicates:
    • Neso: insular (from Greek
      Greek language
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       νησος nēsos, island)
    • Soro: grouping (from Greek
      Greek language
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       σωροῦ sōros, heap, mound (especially of corn))
    • Cyclo: ring
    • Ino: chain (from Greek
      Greek language
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       ις [genitive: ινος inos], fibre)
    • Phyllo: sheet (from Greek
      Greek language
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       φύλλον phyllon, leaf)
    • Tekto: three-dimensional framework
• Nickel–Strunz code scheme: NN.XY.##x
  • NN: Nickel–Strunz mineral class number
  • X: Nickel–Strunz mineral division letter
  • Y: Nickel–Strunz mineral family letter
  • ##x: Nickel–Strunz mineral/group number, x add-on letter

Class: sulfides, selenides, tellurides

• 02.A Simple Sulfides, Selenides, etc
  • 02.AA Alloys of metalloids with Cu, Ag, Sn, Au: 10a Algodonite
    Algodonite
    Algodonite is a copper arsenide mineral with formula: Cu6As. It is a gray white metallic mineral crystallizing in the hexagonal system. It has a Mohs hardness of 4 and a specific gravity of 8.38 - 8.72....
    
    , 10b Domeykite
    Domeykite
    Domeykite is a copper arsenide mineral, Cu3As. It crystallizes in the isometric system, although crystals are very rare. It typically forms as irregular masses or botryoidal forms. It is an opaque, white to gray metallic mineral with a Mohs hardness of 3 to 3.5 and a specific gravity of 7.2 to...
    
    , 10d Koutekite; 15 Novakite, 20 Cuprostibite, 25 Kutinaite, 30 Allargentum
    Allargentum
    Allargentum is a mineral from the class of antimonides, superclass of sulfides and sulfosalts , with formula written as Ag1-xSbx, where x = 0.09–0.16. This moderately rare mineral is found in silver ores and is therefore named from the Greek άλλος and the Latin 'argentum'...
    
    , 35 Dyscrasite
    Dyscrasite
    The silver antimonide mineral dyscrasite has the chemical formula Ag3Sb. It is an opaque, silver white, metallic mineral which crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system. It forms pyramidal crystals up to 5 cm and can also form cylindrical and prismatic crystals.-Crystallography and...
    
    , 40 Maldonite, 45 Stistaite
  • 02.AB Ni-metalloid alloys: 10 Orcelite, 15 Maucherite
    Maucherite
    Maucherite is a grey to reddish silver white nickel arsenide mineral. It crystallizes in the tetragonal crystal system. It occurs in hydrothermal veins alongside other nickel arsenide and sulfide minerals. It is metallic and opaque with a hardness of 5 and a specific gravity of 7.83. It is also...
    
    , 20 Oregonite
    Oregonite
    Oregonite, Ni2FeAs2 is a nickel iron arsenide mineral first described from Josephine Creek, Oregon, USA.Oregonite crystallises in the hexagonal crystal system and has a Mohs hardness of 5.-Occurrence:...
    
    
  • 02.AC Alloys of metalloids with PGE: 05a Atheneite
    Atheneite
    Atheneite is a rare metallic compound commonly associated with palladium–gold deposits. It was discovered in 1974 by A.M. Clark, A.J. Criddle, and E.E. Fejer in the Minas Gerais mine in the town of Itabira, Brazil . Atheneite was also found in 1982 during a major gold rush at Serra Pelada in...
    
    , 05a Vincentite; 10a Stillwaterite
    Stillwaterite
    The palladium arsenide mineral Stillwaterite has a general formula of Pd8As3. Stillwaterite was first discovered in the Banded and Upper zones of the Stillwater igneous complex in Montana, USA, and has been reported in the Lac-des-Iles area of Ontario, Canada...
    
    , 10b Mertieite-II, 10c Arsenopalladinite; 15a Miessiite, 15a Isomertieite, 15b Mertieite-I; 20a Stibiopalladinite
    Stibiopalladinite
    Stibiopalladinite is a mineral containing the chemical elements palladium and antimony. Its chemical formula is Pd5Sb2. It is a silvery white to steel grey opaque mineral crystallizing in the hexagonal crystal system....
    
    , 20b Palarstanide, 20c Menshikovite; 25a Palladoarsenide, 25b Rhodarsenide, 25c Palladodymite, 25d Naldretteite, 25e Majakite, 25f Palladobismutharsenide; 30 Polkanovite; 35a Genkinite, 35b Ungavaite, 40 Polarite
    Polarite
    Polarite , is an opaque, yellow-white mineral. Its crystals are orthorhombic pyramidal, but can only be seen through a microscope. It has a metallic luster and leaves a white streak. Polarite is rated 3.5 to 4 on the Mohs Scale....
    
    ; 45a Froodite, 45b Iridarsenite, 45c Borishanskiite
• 02.B Metal Sulfides, M:S > 1:1 (mainly 2:1)
  • 02.BA With Cu, Ag, Au: 05a Chalcocite
    Chalcocite
    Chalcocite, copper sulfide , is an important copper ore mineral. It is opaque, being colored dark-gray to black with a metallic luster. It has a hardness of 2½ - 3. It is a sulfide with an orthorhombic crystal system....
    
    , 05b Djurleite
    Djurleite
    Djurleite is a copper sulfide mineral of secondary origin with formula Cu31S16 that crystallizes with monoclinic-prismatic symmetry. It is typically massive in form, but does at times develop thin tabular to prismatic crystals. It occurs with other supergene minerals such as chalcocite, covellite...
    
    , 05c Geerite
    Geerite
    Geerite is a copper sulfide mineral with the chemical formula Cu8S5. The mineral is named after the original collector, Adam Geer, of Utica, New York, USA.-Crystallography:...
    
    , 05d Roxbyite, 05e Digenite
    Digenite
    Digenite is a copper sulfide mineral with formula: Cu9S5. Digenite is a black to dark blue opaque mineral that crystallizes with a trigonal - hexagonal scalenohedral structure. In habit it is usually massive, but does often show pseudo-cubic forms. It has poor to indistinct cleavage and a brittle...
    
    , 05f Anilite; 10 Bornite
    Bornite
    Bornite is a sulfide mineral with chemical composition Cu5FeS4 that crystallizes in the orthorhombic system .-Appearance:Bornite has a brown to copper-red color on fresh surfaces that tarnishes to various iridescent shades of blue to purple in places...
    
    ; 15a Berzelianite, 15b Bellidoite, 15c Umangite
    Umangite
    Umangite is a copper selenide mineral, Cu3Se2, discovered in 1891. It occurs only in small grains or fine granular aggregates with other copper minerals of the sulfide group. It has a hardness of 3. It is blue-black to red-violet in color with a black streak. It has a metallic luster.Umangite is...
    
    , 15d Athabascaite
    Athabascaite
    Athabascaite is a member of the copper selenide minerals, and forms with other copper selenides. It was first discovered by S. Kaiman in 1949 while he was researching radioactive materials around Lake Athabasca. Kaiman was conducting research near Uranium City, Saskatchewan where mass amounts of...
    
    ; 20a Rickardite
    Rickardite
    Rickardite is a copper telluride mineral . It occurs in Colorado, USA.-References:*D. M. Chizhikov and V. P. Shchastlivyi, 1966, Tellurium and Tellurides, Nauka Publishing, Moscow-External links:**...
    
    , 20b Weissite
    Weissite
    Weissite is a telluride mineral consisting of copper telluride . Weissite has hexagonal crystal structure. Its specific gravity is 6 and its Mohs hardness is 3. Occurrence is in Gunnison County, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. It is also reported from Kalgoorlie, Western...
    
    ; 25a Stromeyerite
    Stromeyerite
    Stromeyerite is a sulfide mineral of copper and silver, with the chemical formula AgCuS. It forms opaque blue grey to dark blue orthorhombic crystals....
    
    , 25b Mckinstryite, 25c Selenojalpaite, 25c Jalpaite
    Jalpaite
    Jalpaite is a rare copper silver sulfide mineral with formula Ag3CuS2.It was first described in 1858 for an occurrence in the Leonora Mine, Jalpa, Zacatecas, Mexico and named for the locality. It occurs in low temperature hydrothermal veins at temperatures less than 117 °C...
    
    , 25d Eucairite, 25e Henryite; 30a Acanthite
    Acanthite
    Acanthite, Ag2S, crystallizes in the monoclinic system and is the stable form of silver sulfide below 173 °C. Argentite is the stable form above that temperature. As argentite cools below that temperature its cubic form is distorted to the monoclinic form of acanthite. Below 173 °C...
    
    , 30a Argentite
    Argentite
    Argentite was primarily treated as a mineral belonging to the galena group, cubic silver sulfide , occasionally found as uneven cubes and octahedra, but more often as dendritic or earthy masses, with a blackish lead-grey color and metallic lustre. All these forms are structurally not argentite, but...
    
    *, 30b Aguilarite
    Aguilarite
    Aguilarite is a sulfosalt mineral found in the San Carlos mine in Mexico. Its crystal system is orthorhombic.- References :* from mindat.org* from...
    
    , 30b Naumannite, 30c Hessite
    Hessite
    Hessite is a mineral form of disilver telluride . It is a soft, dark grey telluride mineral which forms monoclinic crystals.It is named after Germain Henri Hess ....
    
    , 30d Cervelleite, 30e Stutzite
    Stützite
    Stützite or stuetzite is a silver telluride mineral with formula: Ag5−xTe3 or Ag7Te4.It was first described in 1951 from a museum specimen from Sacarimb, Romania. It was named for Austrian mineralogist Xavier Stütz ....
    
    ; 35 Argyrodite
    Argyrodite
    Argyrodite is an uncommon silver germanium sulfide mineral with formula Ag8GeS6. The color is iron-black with a purplish tinge, and the lustre metallic....
    
    , 35 Putzite, 35 Canfieldite
    Canfieldite
    Canfieldite is a rare silver tin sulfide mineral with formula: Ag8SnS6. The mineral typically contains variable amounts of germanium substitution in the tin site and tellurium in the sulfur site. There is a complete series between canfieldite and its germanium analogue, argyrodite. It forms black...
    
    ; 40a Fischesserite, 40a Petzite
    Petzite
    The mineral petzite, Ag3AuTe2, is a soft, steel-gray telluride mineral generally deposited by hydrothermal activity. It forms isometric crystals, and is usually associated with rare tellurium and gold minerals, often with silver, mercury, and copper....
    
    , 40b Uytenbogaardtite, 40c Petrovskaite, 40d Penzhinite; 45 Bezsmertnovite, 50 Bogdanovite, 55 Bilibinskite, 60 Chenguodaite
  • 02.BB With Ni, Fe: 05 Heazlewoodite
    Heazlewoodite
    Heazlewoodite, Ni3S2, is a rare sulfur-poor nickel sulfide mineral found in serpentinitized dunite. It occurs as disseminations and masses of opaque, metallic light bronze to brassy yellow grains which crystallize in the trigonal crystal system. It has a hardness of 4, a specific gravity of 5.82,...
    
    ; 10 Arsenohauchecornite, 10 Bismutohauchecornite, 10 Hauchecornite, 10 Tellurohauchecornite, 10 Tucekite; 15a Argentopentlandite, 15a Cobaltpentlandite, 15a Geffroyite, 15a Manganoshadlunite, 15a Pentlandite
    Pentlandite
    Pentlandite is an iron-nickel sulfide, 9S8. Pentlandite usually has a Ni:Fe ratio of close to 1:1. It also contains minor cobalt.Pentlandite forms isometric crystals, but is normally found in massive granular aggregates. It is brittle with a hardness of 3.5 - 4 and specific gravity of 4.6 - 5.0 and...
    
    , 15a Shadlunite, 15b Godlevskite, 15c Sugakiite; 20 Vozhminite
  • 02.BC With Rh, Pd, Pt, etc.: 05 Palladseite, 05 Miassite; 10 Oosterboschite; 15 Jagueite, 15 Chrisstanleyite
    Chrisstanleyite
    Chrisstanleyite, Ag2Pd3Se4, is a selenide mineral that crystallizes in high saline, acidic hydrothermal solution at low temperatures as part of selenide vein inclusions in and alongside calcite veins...
    
    ; 20 Keithconnite, 25 Vasilite, 30 Telluropalladinitev, 35 Luberoite, 40 Oulankaite, 45 Telargpalite, 50 Temagamite
    Temagamite
    Temagamite is a bright white palladium mercury telluride mineral with a hardness of 2½ on the Mohs scale. Its chemical formula is Pd3HgTe3. It was discovered at the Temagami Mine on Temagami Island, Lake Temagami in 1973, and it represents a rare mineral in the Temagami greenstone belt.It occurs as...
    
    , 55 Sopcheite, 60 Laflammeite, 65 Tischendorfite, 70 Kharaelakhite
  • 02.BD With Hg, Tl: 05 Imiterite, 10 Gortdrumite; 15 Balkanite, 15 Danielsite; 20 Donharrisite, 25 Carlinite; 30 Bukovite
    Bukovite
    Bukovite is a rare selenide mineral with formula Tl2Cu3FeSe4. It is a brown to black metallic mineral which crystallizes in the tetragonal system....
    
    , 30 Thalcusite, 30 Murunskite; 35 Rohaite, 40 Chalcothallite, 45 Sabatierite
    Sabatierite
    Sabatierite is a mineral found in the Czech Republic. It is named for the French mineralogist Germain Sabatier....
    
    , 50 Crookesite
    Crookesite
    Crookesite is a selenide mineral composed of copper and selenium with variable thallium and silver.-Characteristics:Its chemical formula is reported either as Cu7Se4 or 2Se...
    
    , 55 Brodtkorbite
  • 02.BE With Pb(Bi): 05 Betekhtinite, 10 Furutobeite; 15 Rhodplumsite
    Rhodplumsite
    Rhodplumsite is a rare rhodium-lead sulfide mineral, chemical formula Rh3Pb2S2.-References:*Emsley, John. Nature's Building Blocks. Oxford, 2001. ISBN 0-19-850341-5...
    
    , 15 Shandite
    Shandite
    Shandite is a sulfide mineral with chemical formula: Ni3Pb2S2. It was discovered in 1950 and named after Scottish petrologist, Samuel James Shand . It is characterized by a metallic luster and a brass-yellow color. It has a specific gravity of 8.92, and a Mohs hardness value of 4...
    
    ; 20 Parkerite, 25 Schlemaite, 30 Pasavaite
• 02.C Metal Sulfides, M:S = 1:1 (and similar)
  • 02.CA With Cu: 05a Covellite
    Covellite
    Covellite is a rare copper sulfide mineral with the formula CuS. This indigo blue mineral is ubiquitous in copper ores, it is found in limited abundance and is not an important ore of copper itself, although it is well known to mineral collectors.The mineral is associated with chalcocite in zones...
    
    , 05b Klockmannite, 05c Spionkopite, 05d Yarrowite; 10 Nukundamite, 15 Calvertite
  • 02.CB With Zn, Fe, Cu, Ag, Au, etc: 05a Rudashevskyite, 05a Hawleyite
    Hawleyite
    Hawleyite is a rare sulfide mineral in the sphalerite group, dimorphous and easily confused with greenockite. Chemically, it is a cadmium sulfide, and occurs as a bright yellow coating on sphalerite or siderite in vugs, deposited by meteoric waters....
    
    , 05a Coloradoite
    Coloradoite
    Coloradoite, also known as mercury telluride , is a rare telluride ore associated with metallic deposit . Gold usually occurs within tellurides as a high finess native-metal ....
    
    , 05a Metacinnabar, 05a Sphalerite
    Sphalerite
    Sphalerite is a mineral that is the chief ore of zinc. It consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form but almost always contains variable iron. When iron content is high it is an opaque black variety, marmatite. It is usually found in association with galena, pyrite, and other sulfides...
    
    , 05a Tiemannite
    Tiemannite
    Tiemannite is a mineral, mercury selenide, formula HgSe. It occurs in hydrothermal veins associated with other selenides, or other mercury minerals such as cinnabar, and often with calcite. Discovered in 1855 in Germany, it is named after C. W...
    
    , 05a Stilleite
    Stilleite
    Stilleite is a selinide mineral, zinc selenide with formula ZnSe. It has been found only as microscopic grey crystals associated with other selenides. It was originally discovered in Katanga Province, Zaire in 1956 and is named for the German geologist, Hans Stille ....
    
    , 05b Sakuraiite, 05c Polhemusite; 07.0 Arsenosulvanite?; 10a Chalcopyrite
    Chalcopyrite
    Chalcopyrite is a copper iron sulfide mineral that crystallizes in the tetragonal system. It has the chemical composition CuFeS2. It has a brassy to golden yellow color and a hardness of 3.5 to 4 on the Mohs scale. Its streak is diagnostic as green tinged black.On exposure to air, chalcopyrite...
    
    , 10a Eskebornite, 10a Gallite, 10a Lenaite, 10a Roquesite, 10a Laforetite, 10b Haycockite, 10b Mooihoekite
    Mooihoekite
    Mooihoekite is a copper iron sulfide mineral with chemical formula of Cu9Fe9S16. The mineral was discovered in 1972 and received its name from its discovery area, the Mooihoek mine in Transvaal, South Africa.-Crystal structure and optical properties:...
    
    , 10b Putoranite, 10b Talnakhite
    Talnakhite
    Talnakhite is a mineral of chalcopyrite group with formula: Cu98S16. It occurs in olivinic gabbro-dolerite. It was named after the Talnakh ore deposit, near Norilsk in Western Siberia, Russia where it was discovered as reported in 1963 by I. Budko and E. Kulagov. It was officially named...
    
    ; 15a Cernyite, 15a Hocartite, 15a Kuramite, 15a Pirquitasite, 15a Stannite
    Stannite
    Stannite is a mineral, a sulfide of copper, iron, and tin. The chemical formula Cu2FeSnS4. Zinc commonly occurs with the iron and trace germanium may be present. Stannite is used as an ore of tin, consisting of approximately 28% tin, 13% iron, 30% copper, 30% sulfur by mass...
    
    , 15a Velikite, 15a Idaite, 15a Ferrokesterite, 15a Kesterite, 15b Mohite
    Mohite
    Mohite is a mineral with the chemical formula Cu2SnS3. It is colored greenish gray and leaves a gray streak. It is opaque and has metallic luster. Its crystal system is triclinic pedial. It is rated 4 on the Mohs Scale and has a specific gravity of 4.86....
    
    , 15c Stannoidite
    Stannoidite
    Stannoidite is a sulfide mineral composed of five chemical elements: copper, iron, zinc, tin and sulfur. Its name originates from Latin stannum and Greek eides . The mineral is found in hydrothermal Cu-Sn deposits.Stannoidite was first described in 1969 for an occurrence in the Konjo mine, Okayama...
    
    ; 20 Chatkalite, 20 Mawsonite; 30 Colusite, 30 Germanite
    Germanite
    Germanite is a rare copper iron germanium sulfide mineral, Cu26Fe4Ge4S32. It was first discovered in 1922, and named for its germanium content. It is only a minor source of this important semiconductor element, which is mainly derived from the processing of the zinc sulfide mineral sphalerite...
    
    , 30 Germanocolusite, 30 Nekrasovite
    Nekrasovite
    Nekrasovite is a rare copper vanadium sulfosalt mineral with formula Cu26V26S32. It crystallizes in the isometric system and occurs as small grains in ore aggregates...
    
    , 30 Stibiocolusite, 30 Maikainite, 30 Ovamboite; 35a Hemusite, 35a Kiddcreekite, 35a Renierite
    Renierite
    Renierite, 112Fe4S16 is a rare copper zinc germanium bearing sulfide mineral. It occurs at the Kipushi Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo; and Namibia, among other places....
    
    , 35a Polkovicite, 35a Morozeviczite, 35a Catamarcaite, 35a Vinciennite; 40 Lautite; 45 Cadmoselite
    Cadmoselite
    Cadmoselite is a rare cadmium selenide mineral with chemical formula CdSe. Cadmoselite crystallizes in the hexagonal system and occurs as black to pale grey opaque crystals and grains....
    
    , 45 Rambergite
    Rambergite
    Rambergite is a manganese sulfide mineral with formula MnS.It has been found in anoxic marine sediments, rich in organic matter of the Gotland Deep, Baltic Sea and also in skarn in the Garpenberg area, Dalarna, Sweden. It was named after the mineralogist, Hans Ramberg .It is closely related to...
    
    , 45 Greenockite
    Greenockite
    Greenockite is a rare cadmium mineral that consists of cadmium sulfide, CdS, in crystalline form. Greenockite crystallizes in the hexagonal system. It occurs as massive encrustations and as six-sided pyramidal crystals which vary in color from a honey yellow through shades of red to brown...
    
    , 45 Wurtzite
    Wurtzite
    Wurtzite is a zinc iron sulfide mineral a less frequently encountered mineral form of sphalerite. The iron content is variable up to eight percent. It is trimorphous with matraite and sphalerite....
    
    ; 55a Cubanite
    Cubanite
    Cubanite is a yellow mineral of copper, iron, and sulfur, CuFe2S3.Cubanite was first described in 1843 for an occurrence in the Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Oriente Province, Cuba....
    
    , 55b Isocubanite; 60 Picotpaulite, 60 Raguinite; 65 Argentopyrite, 65 Sternbergite; 70 Sulvanite, 75 Vulcanite
    Vulcanite
    Vulcanite is a rare copper telluride mineral. The mineral has a metallic luster, and is a green or bronze-yellow shade. It has a hardness between 1 and 2 on the Moh's scale . Its crystal structure is orthorhombic....
    
    , 80 Empressite
    Empressite
    Empressite is a mineral form of silver telluride, AgTe.It is a rare, grey, orthorhombic mineral with which can form compact masses, rarely as bipyrimidal crystals....
    
    , 85 Muthmannite
  • 02.CC With Ni, Fe, Co, PGE, etc.: 05 Zlatogorite, 05 Breithauptite
    Breithauptite
    Breithauptite is a nickel antimonide mineral with the simple formula NiSb. Breithauptite is a metallic opaque copper-red mineral crystallizing in the hexagonal - dihexagonal dipyramidal crystal system. It is typically massive to reniform in habit, but is observed as tabular crystals...
    
    , 05 Freboldite, 05 Langisite, 05 Nickeline, 05 Sederholmite, 05 Stumpflite, 05 Sudburyite, 05 Sobolevskite, 05 Achavalite, 05 Jaipurite*, 05 Hexatestibiopanickelite, 05 Kotulskite; 10 Smythite, 10 Pyrrhotite
    Pyrrhotite
    Pyrrhotite is an unusual iron sulfide mineral with a variable iron content: FeS . The FeS endmember is known as troilite. Pyrrhotite is also called magnetic pyrite because the color is similar to pyrite and it is weakly magnetic...
    
    , 10 Troilite
    Troilite
    Troilite is a rare iron sulfide mineral with the simple formula of FeS. It is the iron rich endmember of the pyrrhotite group. Pyrrhotite has the formula FeS which is iron deficient...
    
    ; 15 Cherepanovite, 15 Modderite, 15 Ruthenarsenite, 15 Westerveldite; 20 Makinenite, 20 Millerite
    Millerite
    Millerite is a nickel sulfide mineral, NiS. It is brassy in colour and has an acicular habit, often forming radiating masses and furry aggregates...
    
    ; 25 Mackinawite
    Mackinawite
    Mackinawite is an iron nickel sulfide mineral with formula 1 + xS . It crystallizes in the tetragonal crystal system and occurs as opaque bronze to grey-white tabular crystals and anhedral masses. It has a Mohs hardness of 2.5 and a specific gravity of 4.17.-Occurrence:It occurs in serpentinized...
    
    , 30 Vavrinite; 35a Braggite
    Braggite
    Braggite is a sulfide mineral of platinum, palladium and nickel with chemical formula: S. It is a dense , steel grey, opaque mineral which crystallizes in the tetragonal crystal system...
    
    , 35a Cooperite
    Cooperite
    Cooperite is a grey mineral consisting of platinum sulfide , generally in combinations with sulfides of other elements such as palladium and nickel . Its general formula is S. It is a dimorph of braggite....
    
    , 35a Vysotskite
  • 02.CD With Sn, Pb, Hg, etc.: 05 Herzenbergite, 05 Teallite
    Teallite
    Teallite is a sulfide mineral of tin and lead with chemical formula: PbSnS2. It occurs in hydrothermal veins and is sometimes mined as an ore of tin. Teallite forms soft silvery grey mica-like plates and crystallizes in the orthorhombic system...
    
    ; 10 Altaite
    Altaite
    Altaite, or lead telluride, is a yellowish white mineral with an isometric crystal structure. Altaite is in the galena group of minerals as it shares many of properties of galena. Altaite has an unusually high density for a light-colored mineral...
    
    , 10 Galena
    Galena
    Galena is the natural mineral form of lead sulfide. It is the most important lead ore mineral.Galena is one of the most abundant and widely distributed sulfide minerals. It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system often showing octahedral forms...
    
    , 10 Clausthalite
    Clausthalite
    Clausthalite is a lead selenide mineral, PbSe. It forms a solid solution series with galena PbS.-Occurrence:It occurs in low-sulfur hydrothermal deposits with other selenides and in mercury deposits...
    
    , 10 Alabandite
    Alabandite
    Alabandite or alabandine is a a rarely occurring manganese sulfide mineral. It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system with the chemical composition Mn2+S and develops commonly massive to granular aggregates, but rarely also cubic or octahedral crystals to 1 cm.- Etymology and History :Alabandite...
    
    , 10 Niningerite
    Niningerite
    Niningerite is a magnesium-iron-manganese sulfide mineral with the chemical formula S that is found in enstatite chondrite meteorites. Niningerite is the magnesium-dominant analog of keilite. This mineral is named after Harvey H. Nininger....
    
    , 10 Oldhamite, 10 Keilite
    Keilite
    Keilite is an iron-magnesium sulfide mineral ) that is found in enstatite chondrites. Keilite is the iron-dominant analog of niningerite. Keilite is named after Klaus Keil....
    
    ; 15a Cinnabar
    Cinnabar
    Cinnabar or cinnabarite , is the common ore of mercury.-Word origin:The name comes from κινναβαρι , a Greek word most likely applied by Theophrastus to several distinct substances...
    
    , 15b Hypercinnabar
• 02.D Metal Sulfides, M:S = 3:4 and 2:3
  • 02.DA M:S = 3:4: 05 Bornhardtite, 05 Florensovite, 05 Carrollite
    Carrollite
    Carrollite, CuCo2S4, is a sulfide of copper and cobalt, often with substantial substitution of nickel for the metal ions, and a member of the linnaeite group. It is named after the type locality in Carroll County, Maryland, USA, at the Patapsco mine, Finksburg, Sykesville.- Unit cell :Space group:...
    
    , 05 Fletcherite, 05 Daubreelite, 05 Greigite
    Greigite
    Greigite is an iron sulfide mineral with formula Fe3S4. It is the sulfur equivalent of the iron oxide magnetite . It was first described in 1964 for an occurrence in San Bernardino County, California, and named after the mineralogist and physical chemist Joseph W...
    
    , 05 Linnaeite
    Linnaeite
    Linnaeite is a cobalt sulfide mineral with the composition Co+2Co+32S4 . It was discovered in 1845 in Västmanland, Sweden, and was named to honor Carl Linnaeus ....
    
    , 05 Kalininite
    Kalininite
    Kalininite is a thiospinel mineral found in Russia.- References :**...
    
    , 05 Polydymite
    Polydymite
    Polydymite, Ni2+Ni23+S4, is a supergene thiospinel sulfide mineral associated with the weathering of primary pentlandite nickel sulfide.Polydymite crystallises in the isometric system, with a hardness of 4.5 to 5.5 and a specific gravity of about 4, is dark violet gray to copper-red, often with...
    
    , 05 Violarite
    Violarite
    Violarite is a supergene sulfide mineral associated with the weathering and oxidation of primary pentlandite nickel sulfide ore minerals....
    
    , 05 Tyrrellite
    Tyrrellite
    Tyrrellite is a selenide mineral that has a formula of Cu2Se4. It has been found in the Goldfields District in northern Saskatchewan, as well as in the Petrovice deposit, Czech Republic. It is named after the Canadian geologist Joseph Burr Tyrrell...
    
    , 05 Siegenite
    Siegenite
    Siegenite is a cobalt nickel sulfide mineral with formula: 3S4 . It was found at the Browns deposit, Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia....
    
    , 05 Trustedtite, 05 Cadmoindite
    Cadmoindite
    Cadmoindite is a rare cadmium indium sulfide mineral discovered in Siberia around the vent of a high-temperature fumarole at the Kudriavy volcano, Iturup Island in the Kuril Islands. It has also been reported from the Kateřina Coal Mine in Bohemia, Czech Republic....
    
    , 05 Cuproiridsite, 05 Cuprorhodsite, 05 Dayingite*, 05 Ferrorhodsite, 05 Indite
    Indite
    Indite is an extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral, found in Siberia. Its chemical formula is FeIn2S4.It occurs as replacement of cassiterite in hydrothermal deposits. It is associated with dzhalindite, cassiterite and quartz...
    
    , 05 Malanite, 05 Xingzhongite; 10 Rhodostannite, 10 Toyohaite; 15 Wilkmanite, 15 Brezinaite, 15 Heideite; 20 Inaglyite, 20 Konderite; 25 Kingstonite
  • 02.DB M:S = 2:3 and similar: 05 Heklaite, 05a Antimonselite, 05a Guanajuatite, 05a Bismuthinite
    Bismuthinite
    Bismuthinite is a mineral consisting of bismuth sulfide . It is an important ore for bismuth. The crystals are steel-grey to off-white with a metallic luster...
    
    , 05a Stibnite
    Stibnite
    Stibnite, sometimes called antimonite, is a sulfide mineral with the formula Sb2S3. This soft grey material crystallizes in an orthorhombic space group. It is the most important source for the metalloid antimony...
    
    , 05a Metastibnite, 05b Paakkonenite
    Pääkkönenite
    Pääkkönenite is a metallic grey mineral with the molecular formula Sb2AsS2. It is named after Viekko Pääkkönen, a Finnish geologist....
    
    ; 10 Ottemannite, 10 Suredaite; 15 Bowieite
    Bowieite
    Bowieite is a rhodium-iridium-platinum sulfide mineral 2S3, found in platinum-alloy nuggets from Goodnews Bay, Alaska. Named after British scientist, Stanley Bowie in recognition of his work on identification of opaque minerals....
    
    , 15 Kashinite; 20 Montbrayite, 25 Edgarite, 30 Tarkianite, 35 Cameronite
  • 02.DC Variable M:S: 05 Platynite?, 05a Hedleyite, 05b Nevskite, 05b Telluronevskite, 05b Ingodite, 05b Sulphotsumoite, 05b Tsumoite, 05c Kawazulite, 05c Paraguanajuatite, 05c Skippenite, 05c Tetradymite
    Tetradymite
    Tetradymite is a mineral consisting of bismuth, tellurium and sulfide, Bi2Te2S, also known as telluric bismuth. If sulfur is absent the mineral is tellurobismuthite and the formula is then Bi2Te3...
    
    , 05c Tellurantimony, 05c Tellurobismuthite
    Tellurobismuthite
    Tellurobismuthite is a telluride mineral: bismuth telluride . It has a trigonal structure and lattice parameters a=0.439 nm and c=3.06 nm. There are natural cleavage planes in the direction as the crystal is effectively lamellar in that plane. The Mohs hardness is 2 and the specific gravity is...
    
    , 05d Laitakarite, 05d Ikunolite, 05d Joseite, 05d Joseite-B, 05d Pilsenite, 05e Vihorlatite, 05e Baksanite, 05e Protojoseite*, 05e Sztrokayite*
• 02.E Metal Sulfides, M:S £ 1:2
  • 02.EA M:S = 1:2: 05 Sylvanite
    Sylvanite
    Sylvanite or silver gold telluride, Te2, is the most common telluride of gold.-Properties:The gold:silver ratio varies from 3:1 to 1:1. It is a metallic mineral with a color that ranges from a steely gray to almost white. It is closely related to calaverite, which is more purely gold telluride with...
    
    , 10 Calaverite
    Calaverite
    Calaverite, or gold telluride, is an uncommon telluride of gold, a metallic mineral with the chemical formula AuTe2, with approximately 3% of the gold replaced by silver. It was first discovered in Calaveras County, California in 1861, and was named for the county in 1868.The mineral often has a...
    
    ; 15 Krennerite
    Krennerite
    Krennerite is an orthorhombic gold telluride mineral which can contain a relatively small amount of silver in the structure. The formula is AuTe2 varying to Te2. Both of the chemically similar gold-silver tellurides, calaverite and sylvanite are in the monoclinic crystal system, whereas krennerite...
    
    , 15 Kostovite; 20 Berndtite, 20 Merenskyite
    Merenskyite
    Merenskyite is a rare telluride / bismuthinide mineral with formula: 2. It is an opaque white to light gray metallic mineral that occurs as inclusions within other minerals such as chalcopyrite...
    
    , 20 Melonite
    Melonite
    Melonite is a telluride of nickel; it is a metallic mineral. Its chemical formula is NiTe2. It is opaque and white to reddish-white in color, oxidizing in air to a brown tarnish....
    
    , 20 Kitkaite, 20 Moncheite, 20 Sudovikovite, 20 Shuangfengite; 25 Verbeekite; 30 Drysdallite
    Drysdallite
    Drysdallite is a rare molybdenum selenium sulfide mineral with formula Mo2. It crystallizes in the hexagonal system as small pyramidal crystals or in cleavable masses. It is an opaque metallic mineral with a Mohs hardness of 1 to 1.5 and a specific gravity of 6.25...
    
    , 30 Jordisite, 30 Molybdenite
    Molybdenite
    Molybdenite is a mineral of molybdenum disulfide, MoS2. Similar in appearance and feel to graphite, molybdenite has a lubricating effect that is a consequence of its layered structure. The atomic structure consists of a sheet of molybdenum atoms sandwiched between sheets of sulfur atoms...
    
    , 30 Tungstenite
  • 02.EB M:S = 1:2, with Fe, Co, Ni, PGE, etc.: 05a Aurostibite
    Aurostibite
    Aurostibite is an isometric gold antimonide mineral which is a member of the pyrite group. Aurostibite was discovered in 1952 and can be found in hydrothermal gold-quartz veins, in sulfur-deficient environments that contain other antimony minerals. The mineral can be found in Yellowknife in the...
    
    , 05a Cattierite
    Cattierite
    Cattierite is a mineral found in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was discovered together with Vaesite by Johannes F. Vaes, a Belgian mineralologist and named after Felicien Cattier, Chairman of the Board, Union Miniere du Haut Katanga....
    
    , 05a Hauerite
    Hauerite
    Hauerite is a manganese sulfide mineral with the chemical formula MnS2. It forms reddish brown or black octahedral crystals and it is usually found associated with the sulfides of other transition metals such as rambergite...
    
    , 05a Fukuchilite
    Fukuchilite
    Fukuchilite, Cu3FeS8, is a copper iron sulfide named after the Japanese mineralogist Nobuyo Fukuchi, that occurs in ore bodies of gypsum-anhydrite at the intersection points of small masses of barite, covellite, gypsum and pyrite, and is mostly found in the Hanawa mine in the Akita prefecture of...
    
    , 05a Erlichmanite, 05a Geversite, 05a Insizwaite, 05a Laurite
    Laurite
    Laurite is an opaque black, metallic ruthenium sulfide mineral with formula: RuS2. It crystallizes in the isometric system. It is in the pyrite structural group. Though rare, it occurs in many parts of the world....
    
    , 05a Krutaite, 05a Pyrite
    Pyrite
    The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, is an iron sulfide with the formula FeS2. This mineral's metallic luster and pale-to-normal, brass-yellow hue have earned it the nickname fool's gold because of its resemblance to gold...
    
    , 05a Penroseite
    Penroseite
    Penroseite is a rare selenide mineral with formula Se2. It has a gray-steel color and black streak with a hardness of 3. It is an isometric mineral, 2/m. Penroseite was first discovered in 1925 in a Bolivian rhyolite. It was named for Richard Penrose , an economic geologist.Penroseite is a rare...
    
    , 05a Sperrylite
    Sperrylite
    Sperrylite is a platinum arsenide mineral with formula: PtAs2 and is an opaque metallic tin white mineral which crystallizes in the isometric system with the pyrite group structure. It forms cubic, octahedral or pyritohedral crystals in addition to massive and reniform habits...
    
    , 05a Vaesite
    Vaesite
    Vaesite is a mineral found together with cattierite in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is named after Johannes F. Vaes, a Belgian mineralologist.-References:**...
    
    , 05a Villamaninite, 05a Trogtalite, 05a Dzharkenite, 05a Gaotaiite, 05b Bambollaite; 10a Frohbergite, 10a Hastite?, 10a Ferroselite
    Ferroselite
    Ferroselite is an iron selenide of general formula FeSe2 precipitated under reducing conditions in anoxic environments. It is a source of selenium in the Rocky Mountains where selenium occurrence is associated with Upper Cretaceous shale deposits....
    
    , 10a Kullerudite, 10a Mattagamite, 10a Marcasite
    Marcasite
    The mineral marcasite, sometimes called white iron pyrite, is iron sulfide with orthorhombic crystal structure. It is physically and crystallographically distinct from pyrite, which is iron sulfide with cubic crystal structure. Both structures do have in common that they contain the disulfide...
    
    , 10b Alloclasite
    Alloclasite
    Alloclasite is a sulfosalt mineral. It is a member of the arsenopyrite group. Alloclasite crystallizes in the monoclinic system and typically forms as columnar to radiating acicular prismatic clusters. It is an opaque steel-gray to silver-white, with a metallic lustre and a black streak...
    
    , 10c Glaucodot
    Glaucodot
    Glaucodot is a cobalt iron arsenic sulfide mineral with formula: AsS. The cobalt:iron ratio is typically 3:1 with minor nickel substituting. It forms a series with arsenopyrite . It is an opaque grey to tin-white typically found as massive forms without external crystal form. It crystallizes in the...
    
    , 10d Costibite, 10e Pararammelsbergite, 10e Paracostibite, 10f Oenite; 15a Clinosafflorite, 15a Anduoite, 15a Omeiite, 15a Lollingite
    Lollingite
    Loellingite, also spelled löllingite, is an iron arsenide mineral with formula FeAs2. It is often found associated with arsenopyrite from which it is hard to distinguish. Cobalt, nickel and sulfur substitute in the structure. The orthorhombic lollingite group includes the nickel iron arsenide...
    
    , 15a Nisbite, 15a Rammelsbergite
    Rammelsbergite
    Rammelsbergite is a nickel arsenide mineral with formula NiAs2. It forms metallic silvery to tin white to reddish orthorhombic prismatic crystals, but is usually massive in form. It has a Mohs hardness of 5.5 and a specific gravity of 7.1....
    
    , 15a Safflorite
    Safflorite
    Safflorite is a rare cobalt iron arsenide mineral with formula: As2. Pure safflorite would be just CoAs2, but iron is virtually always present. Safflorite is a member of the three-way substitution series of arsenides known as the löllingite or löllingite group...
    
    , 15b Seinajokite; 20 Paxite, 20 Arsenopyrite
    Arsenopyrite
    Arsenopyrite is an iron arsenic sulfide . It is a hard metallic, opaque, steel grey to silver white mineral with a relatively high specific gravity of 6.1. When dissolved in nitric acid, it releases elemental sulfur. When arsenopyrite is heated, it becomes magnetic and gives off toxic fumes...
    
    , 20 Gudmundite, 20 Ruarsite, 20 Osarsite; 25 Krutovite
    Krutovite
    Krutovite is a cubic nickel diarsenide with a chemical composition of NiAs2 and a sulfur content of 0.02-0.34 weight percent...
    
    , 25 Cobaltite
    Cobaltite
    Cobaltite is a sulfosalt mineral composed of cobalt, arsenic and sulfur, CoAsS. It contains up to 10 percent iron and variable amounts of nickel. Structurally it resembles pyrite with one of the sulfur atoms replaced by an arsenic atom....
    
    , 25 Changchengite, 25 Hollingworthite, 25 Gersdorffite
    Gersdorffite
    Gersdorffite is a nickel arsenic sulfide mineral with formula NiAsS. It crystallizes in the isometric system showing diploidal symmetry. It occurs as euhedral to massive opaque, metallic grey-black to silver white forms. Gersdorffite belongs to a solid solution series with cobaltite, CoAsS....
    
    , 25 Irarsite, 25 Jolliffeite
    Jolliffeite
    Jolliffeite is a rare selenide mineral with formula NiAsSe or AsSe. It is the selenium analogue of the sulfide mineral gersdorffite, NiAsS, with a common impurity of cobalt, CoAsSe...
    
    , 25 Padmaite, 25 Platarsite, 25 Ullmannite
    Ullmannite
    Ullmannite is a nickel antimony sulfide mineral with formula: NiSbS. Considerable substitution occurs with cobalt and iron in the nickel site along with bismuth and arsenic in the antimony site...
    
    , 25 Tolovkite, 25 Willyamite, 25 Milotaite, 25 Kalungaite, 25 Maslovite, 25 Testibiopalladite, 25 Michenerite, 25 Mayingite; 30 Urvantsevite, 35 Rheniite
    Rheniite
    Rheniite is a very rare rhenium sulfide mineral . It forms metallic, silver grey platey crystals in the Triclinic - pinacoidal class. It has a specific gravity of 7.5....
    
    
  • 02.EC M:S = 1:>2: 05 Ferroskutterudite, 05 Kieftite, 05 Dienerite?, 05 Nickelskutterudite, 05 Skutterudite
    Skutterudite
    Skutterudite is a cobalt arsenide mineral that has variable amounts of nickel and iron substituting for cobalt with a general formula: As3. Some references give the arsenic a variable formula subscript of 2-3. High nickel varieties are referred to as nickel-skutterudite, previously chloanthite...
    
    ; 10 Patronite
    Patronite
    Patronite is the vanadium sulfide mineral with formula VS4. The material is usually described as V4+2. Structurally, it is a "linear-chain" compound with alternating bonding and nonbonding contacts between the vanadium centers...
    
    
• 02.F Sulfides of Arsenic, Alkalies; Sulfides with Halide, Oxide, Hydroxide, H₂O
  • 02.FA With As, (Sb), S: 05 Duranusite, 10 Dimorphite
    Dimorphite
    Dimorphite is a very rare orange-yellow chalcogenide mineral. In nature, dimorphite forms primarily by deposit in volcanic fumaroles at temperatures of 70°-80°C . Dimorphite was first discovered in a such a fumarole near Naples, Italy in 1849 by the mineralologist Arcangelo Scacchi...
    
    , 15a Realgar
    Realgar
    Realgar, α-As4S4, is an arsenic sulfide mineral, also known as "ruby sulphur" or "ruby of arsenic". It is a soft, sectile mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, or in granular, compact, or powdery form, often in association with the related mineral, orpiment . It is orange-red in colour, melts...
    
    , 15b Pararealgar
    Pararealgar
    Pararealgar is an arsenic sulfide mineral with the chemical formula As4S4 also represented as AsS. It forms gradually from realgar under exposure to light. Its name derives from the fact that its elemental composition is identical to realgar, As4S4...
    
    , 20 Alacranite
    Alacranite
    Alacránite is an arsenic sulfide mineral first discovered in the Uzon caldera, Kamchatka, Russia. It was named for its occurrence in the Alacrán silver, arsenic, antimony mine, Pampa Larga, Chile. It is generally more rare than realgar and orpiment. Its origin is hydrothermal...
    
    , 25 Uzonite; 30 Laphamite, 30 Orpiment
    Orpiment
    Orpiment, As2S3, is a common monoclinic arsenic sulfide mineral. It has a Mohs hardness of 1.5 to 2 and a specific gravity of 3.46. It melts at 300 °C to 325 °C...
    
    ; 35 Getchellite
    Getchellite
    Getchellite is a rare sulfide of arsenic and antimony, AsSbS3, that was discovered by B. G. Weissberg of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1963, and approved as a new species by the International Mineralogical Association in 1965. Many metal sulfides are grey to...
    
    , 40 Wakabayashilite
    Wakabayashilite
    Wakabayashilite is a rare arsenic, antimony sulfide mineral with formula [6S9][As4S5].-Discovery and occurrence:Wakabayashilite is a rare mineral first discovered in Nevada prior to 1930 but it was mistaken for a hair orpiment. In the 1970s, wakabayashilite was found in Japan and scientifically...
    
    
  • 02.FB With Alkalies (without Cl, etc.): 05 Cronusite, 05 Caswellsilverite, 05 Schollhornite; 10 Chvilevaite, 15 Orickite; 20 Rasvumite, 20 Pautovite; 25 Colimaite
    Colimaite
    Colimaite, the naturally occurring analog of synthetic K3VS4, is a sulfide mineral discovered in southwestern Mexico. The potassium-vanadium sulfide was collected from the crater of the Colima volcano...
    
    
  • 02.FC With Cl, Br, I (halide-sulfides): 05 Djerfisherite, 05 Owensite, 05 Thalfenisite; 10 Bartonite, 10 Chlorbartonite; 15a Arzakite, 15a Corderoite
    Corderoite
    Corderoite is an extremely rare mercury sulfide chloride mineral with formula Hg3S2Cl2. It crystallizes in the isometric crystal system. It is soft, 1.5 to 2 on the Mohs scale, and varies in color from light gray to black and rarely pink or yellow....
    
    , 15a Lavrentievite, 15b Kenhsuite, 15c Grechishchevite, 15d Radtkeite; 20a Capgaronnite, 20b Iltisite, 20c Perroudite; 25 Demicheleite-(Br), 25 Demicheleite-(Cl)
  • 02.FD With O, OH, H₂O: 05 Kermesite
    Kermesite
    Kermesite or antimony oxysulfide is also known as red antimony . The mineral’s color ranges from cherry red to a dark red to a black. Kermesite is the result of partial oxidation between stibnite and other antimony oxides such as valentinite or stibiconite...
    
    , 10 Viaeneite, 20 Erdite, 25 Coyoteite
    Coyoteite
    Coyoteite is a hydrated sodium iron sulfide mineral. The mineral was named coyoteite after Coyote Peak near Orick, California where it was discovered ....
    
    ; 30 Haapalaite, 30 Valleriite, 30 Yushkinite; 35 Tochilinite, 40 Wilhelmramsayite, 45 Vyalsovite, 50 Bazhenovite
• 02.X Unclassified Strunz Sulfides
  • 02.XX Unknown: 00 Horsfordite?, 00 Imgreite?, 00 Bravoite?, 00 Isochalcopyrite?, 00 Bayankhanite?, 00 Dzhezkazganite*, 00 Matraite?, 00 Iridisite*, 00 Prassoite, 00 Samaniite, 00 Horomanite, 00 Jeromite?, 00 Dilithium
    Dilithium
    Dilithium, Li2, is a diatomic molecule comprising two lithium atoms covalently bonded together. Li2 is known in the gas phase. It has a bond order of 1, an internuclear separation of 267.3 pm and a bond energy of 101 kJ mol−1....
    
    *, 00 Kurilite?

See also

• Classification of minerals - Non silicates
  Classification of minerals - Non silicates
  This list gives an overview of the classification of minerals and includes mostly IMA recognized minerals and its groupings. This list complements the alphabetical list on List of minerals and List of minerals. Rocks, ores, mineral mixtures, not IMA approved minerals, not named minerals are...
  
  
• Classification of minerals - Silicates
  Classification of minerals - Silicates
  This list gives an overview of the classification of minerals and includes mostly IMA recognized minerals and its groupings. This list complements the alphabetical list on List of minerals and List of minerals. Rocks, ores, mineral mixtures, not IMA approved minerals, not named minerals are...