Sulfide mineral
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A sulfide mineral is a mineral containing sulfide (S2-) as the major anion. Sulfides are economically important as metal ores. The sulfide class also includes the selenides, the tellurides, the arsenides, the antimonides, the bismuthinides, and the sulfosalts (sulfur and a second anion such as arsenic).[1]
Common or important examples include: sulfides:[2]
- acanthite Ag2S
- chalcocite Cu2S
- bornite Cu9FeS4
- galena PbS
- sphalerite ZnS
- chalcopyrite CuFeS2
- pyrrhotite Fe1-xS
- millerite NiS
- pentlandite (Fe,Ni)9S8
- covellite CuS
- cinnabar HgS
- realgar AsS
- orpiment As2S3
- stibnite Sb2S3
- pyrite FeS2
- marcasite FeS2
- molybdenite MoS2
Arsenides:
- nickeline NiAS
- skutterudite (Co,Ni)As3
Antimonides:
- breithauptite NiSb
Tellurides:
- altaite PbTe
- calaverite AuTe2
- sylvanite (Au,Ag)Te2
Sulfosalts:
- cobaltite (Co,Fe)AsS
- arsenopyrite FeAsS
- pyrargyrite Ag3SbS3
- proustite Ag3AsS3
- tetrahedrite Cu12Sb4S13
- tennantite Cu12As4S13
- enargite Cu3AsS4
- bournonite PbCuSbS3
- jamesonite Pb4FeSb6S14
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.minerals.net/mineral/sort-met.hod/group/sulfgrp.htm Minerals.net Dana Classification, Sulfides
- ^ Klein, Cornelis and Cornelius S. Hurlbut, Jr., 1986, Manual of Mineralogy, Wiley, 20th ed., pp 269-293 ISBN 0-471-80580-7
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