Sulfide mineral

Sulfide mineral

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). [http://www.minerals.net/mineral/sort-met.hod/group/sulfgrp.htm Minerals.net Dana Classification, Sulfides]

Common or important examples include: sulfides: [Klein, Cornelis and Cornelius S. Hurlbut, Jr., 1986, "Manual of Mineralogy", Wiley, 20th ed., pp 269-293 ISBN 0-471-80580-7 ]
* acanthite Ag2S
* chalcocite Cu2S
* bornite Cu5FeS4
* 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 MoS2Arsenides:
* nickeline NiAs
* skutterudite (Co,Ni)As3Antimonides:
*breithauptite NiSbTellurides:
*altaite PbTe
*calaverite AuTe2
*sylvanite (Au,Ag)Te2Sulfosalts:
*cobaltite (Co,Fe)AsS
*arsenopyrite FeAsS
*pyrargyrite Ag3SbS3
*proustite Ag3AsS3
*tetrahedrite Cu12Sb4S13
*tennantite Cu12As4S13
*enargite Cu3AsS4
*bournonite PbCuSbS3
*jamesonite Pb4FeSb6S14

References

* [http://webmineral.com/dana/II-2.shtml Webmineral New Dana Classification of Sulfide Minerals]
* [http://webmineral.com/strunz/II.shtml Webmineral Strunz classification: sulfides]


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