Sulfide mineral
The sulfide minerals are a class of minerals containing sulfide (S2−) or disulfide (S22−) as the major anion. Some sulfide minerals are economically important as metal ores. The sulfide class also includes the selenides, the tellurides, the arsenides, the antimonides, the bismuthinides, the sulfarsenides and the sulfosalts.[1][2] Sulfide minerals are inorganic compounds.
Minerals[]
Common or important examples include:[2]
- Acanthite Ag2S
- Chalcocite Cu2S
- Bornite Cu5FeS4
- Galena PbS
- Sphalerite ZnS
- Chalcopyrite CuFeS2
- Pyrrhotite Fe
1–xS - Millerite NiS
- Pentlandite (Fe,Ni)9S8
- Covellite CuS
- Cinnabar HgS
- Realgar AsS
- Orpiment As2S3
- Stibnite Sb2S3
- Pyrite FeS2
- Marcasite FeS2
- Molybdenite MoS2
Sulfarsenides:
- Cobaltite (Co,Fe)AsS
- Arsenopyrite FeAsS
- Gersdorffite NiAsS
Sulfosalts:
- Pyrargyrite Ag3SbS3
- Proustite Ag3AsS3
- Tetrahedrite Cu12Sb4S13
- Tennantite Cu12As4S13
- Enargite Cu3AsS4
- Bournonite PbCuSbS3
- Jamesonite Pb4FeSb6S14
- Cylindrite Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14
Nickel–Strunz Classification -02- Sulfides[]
IMA-CNMNC proposes a new hierarchical scheme (Mills et al., 2009). This list uses the Classification of Nickel–Strunz (mindat.org, 10 ed, pending publication).
- Abbreviations:
- "*" - discredited (IMA/CNMNC status).
- "?" - questionable/doubtful (IMA/CNMNC status).
- "REE" - Rare-earth element (Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu)
- "PGE" - Platinum-group element (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 νησος nēsos, island)
- Soro: grouping (from Greek σωροῦ sōros, heap, mound (especially of corn))
- Cyclo: ring
- Ino: chain (from Greek ις [genitive: ινος inos], fibre)
- Phyllo: sheet (from Greek 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, 10b Domeykite, 10d ; 15 , 20 , 25 , 30 Allargentum, 35 Dyscrasite, 40 , 45
- 02.AB Ni-metalloid alloys: 10 , 15 Maucherite, 20 Oregonite
- 02.AC Alloys of metalloids with PGE: 05a Atheneite, 05a ; 10a Stillwaterite, 10b -II, 10c ; 15a , 15a , 15b Mertieite-I; 20a Stibiopalladinite, 20b , 20c ; 25a , 25b , 25c , 25d , 25e , 25f ; 30 ; 35a , 35b , 40 Polarite; 45a , 45b , 45c
- 02.B Metal Sulfides, M:S > 1:1 (mainly 2:1)
- 02.BA With Cu, Ag, Au: 05a Chalcocite, 05b Djurleite, 05c Geerite, 05d , 05e Digenite, 05f Anilite; 10 Bornite; 15a Berzelianite, 15b , 15c Umangite, 15d Athabascaite; 20a Rickardite, 20b Weissite; 25a Stromeyerite, 25b , 25c , 25c Jalpaite, 25d , 25e ; 30a Acanthite, 30a Argentite*, 30b Aguilarite, 30b Naumannite, 30c Hessite, 30d , 30e Stutzite; 35 Argyrodite, 35 , 35 Canfieldite; 40a , 40a Petzite, 40b Uytenbogaardtite, 40c , 40d ; 45 , 50 , 55 Bilibinskite, 60
- 02.BB With Ni, Fe: 05 Heazlewoodite; 10 , 10 , 10 , 10 , 10 ; 15a , 15a Cobaltpentlandite, 15a , 15a , 15a Pentlandite, 15a , 15b , 15c ; 20
- 02.BC With Rh, Pd, Pt, etc.: 05 , 05 ; 10 Oosterboschite; 15 , 15 Chrisstanleyite; 20 , 25 , 30 , 35 , 40 , 45 , 50 Temagamite, 55 , 60 , 65 , 70
- 02.BD With Hg, Tl: 05 , 10 ; 15 , 15 Danielsite; 20 , 25 ; 30 Bukovite, 30 , 30 ; 35 , 40 , 45 Sabatierite, 50 Crookesite, 55
- 02.BE With Pb(Bi): 05 , 10 ; 15 Rhodplumsite, 15 Shandite; 20 , 25 , 30
- 02.C Metal Sulfides, M:S = 1:1 (and similar)
- 02.CA With Cu: 05a Covellite, 05b , 05c , 05d ; 10 , 15
- 02.CB With Zn, Fe, Cu, Ag, Au, etc.: 05a , 05a Hawleyite, 05a Coloradoite, 05a Metacinnabar, 05a Sphalerite, 05a Tiemannite, 05a Stilleite, 05b , 05c ; 07.0 ?; 10a Chalcopyrite, 10a Eskebornite, 10a , 10a , 10a , 10a , 10b , 10b Mooihoekite, 10b , 10b Talnakhite; 15a , 15a , 15a , 15a , 15a Stannite, 15a , 15a , 15a , 15a Kesterite, 15b Mohite, 15c Stannoidite; 20 Chatkalite, 20 Mawsonite; 30 , 30 Germanite, 30 , 30 Nekrasovite, 30 , 30 , 30 ; 35a Hemusite, 35a , 35a Renierite, 35a , 35a , 35a , 35a ; 40 Lautite; 45 Cadmoselite, 45 Rambergite, 45 Greenockite, 45 Wurtzite; 55a Cubanite, 55b ; 60 , 60 ; 65 Argentopyrite, 65 ; 70 , 75 Vulcanite, 80 Empressite, 85
- 02.CC With Ni, Fe, Co, PGE, etc.: 05 , 05 Breithauptite, 05 , 05 , 05 Nickeline, 05 , 05 , 05 , 05 , 05 Achavalite, 05 *, 05 , 05 ; 10 , 10 Pyrrhotite, 10 Troilite; 15 , 15 , 15 , 15 ; 20 , 20 Millerite; 25 Mackinawite, 30 ; 35a Braggite, 35a Cooperite, 35a
- 02.CD With Sn, Pb, Hg, etc.: 05 , 05 Teallite; 10 Altaite, 10 Galena, 10 Clausthalite, 10 Alabandite, 10 Niningerite, 10 Oldhamite, 10 Keilite; 15a Cinnabar, 15b
- 02.D Metal Sulfides, M:S = 3:4 and 2:3
- 02.DA M:S = 3:4: 05 , 05 , 05 Carrollite, 05 , 05 Daubréelite, 05 Greigite, 05 Linnaeite, 05 Kalininite, 05 Polydymite, 05 Violarite, 05 Tyrrellite, 05 Siegenite, 05 , 05 Cadmoindite, 05 , 05 , 05 *, 05 , 05 Indite, 05 , 05 Xingzhongite; 10 , 10 ; 15 , 15 Brezinaite, 15 ; 20 , 20 ; 25
- 02.DB M:S = 2:3 and similar: 05 , 05a Antimonselite, 05a , 05a Bismuthinite, 05a Stibnite, 05a , 05b Paakkonenite; 10 , 10 ; 15 Bowieite, 15 ; 20 , 25 , 30 , 35
- 02.DC Variable M:S: 05 ?, 05a , 05b , 05b , 05b , 05b , 05b , 05c , 05c , 05c , 05c Tetradymite, 05c , 05c Tellurobismuthite, 05d , 05d , 05d , 05d Joseite-B, 05d , 05e , 05e , 05e *, 05e *
- 02.E Metal Sulfides, M:S £1:2
- 02.EA M:S = 1:2: 05 Sylvanite, 10 Calaverite; 15 Krennerite, 15 Kostovite; 20 Berndtite, 20 Merenskyite, 20 Melonite, 20 , 20 , 20 Sudovikovite, 20 ; 25 Verbeekite; 30 Drysdallite, 30 , 30 Molybdenite, 30 Tungstenite
- 02.EB M:S = 1:2, with Fe, Co, Ni, PGE, etc.: 05a Aurostibite, 05a Cattierite, 05a Hauerite, 05a Fukuchilite, 05a Erlichmanite, 05a , 05a , 05a Laurite, 05a Krutaite, 05a Pyrite, 05a Penroseite, 05a Sperrylite, 05a Vaesite, 05a Villamaninite, 05a Trogtalite, 05a Dzharkenite, 05a , 05b ; 10a , 10a Hastite?, 10a Ferroselite, 10a , 10a , 10a Marcasite, 10b Alloclasite, 10c Glaucodot, 10d , 10e , 10e , 10f Oenite; 15a , 15a , 15a , 15a Lollingite, 15a , 15a Rammelsbergite, 15a Safflorite, 15b ; 20 , 20 Arsenopyrite, 20 , 20 , 20 ; 25 Krutovite, 25 Cobaltite, 25 , 25 , 25 Gersdorffite, 25 , 25 Jolliffeite, 25 , 25 , 25 Ullmannite, 25 , 25 , 25 , 25 , 25 , 25 , 25 , 25 ; 30 , 35 Rheniite
- 02.EC M:S = 1:>2: 05 , 05 , 05 ?, 05 Nickelskutterudite, 05 Skutterudite; 10 Patronite
- 02.F Sulfides of Arsenic, Alkalies; Sulfides with Halide, Oxide, Hydroxide, H2O
- 02.FA With As, (Sb), S: 05 , 10 Dimorphite, 15a Realgar, 15b Pararealgar, 20 Alacranite, 25 ; 30 , 30 Orpiment; 35 Getchellite, 40 Wakabayashilite
- 02.FB With Alkalies (without Cl, etc.): 05 , 05 , 05 ; 10 , 15 ; 20 , 20 ; 25 Colimaite
- 02.FC With Cl, Br, I (halide-sulfides): 05 Djerfisherite, 05 Owensite, 05 ; 10 , 10 ; 15a , 15a Corderoite, 15a , 15b Kenhsuite, 15c , 15d ; 20a Capgaronnite, 20b , 20c ; 25 -(Br), 25 Demicheleite-(Cl)
- 02.FD With O, OH, H2O: 05 Kermesite, 10 , 20 , 25 Coyoteite; 30 , 30 Valleriite, 30 ; 35 Tochilinite, 40 , 45 , 50
- 02.X Unclassified Strunz Sulfides
- 02.XX Unknown: 00 ?, 00 ?, 00 Bravoite?, 00 ?, 00 ?, 00 *, 00 ?, 00 *, 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 ?, 00 Dilithium*, 00 ?
See also[]
References[]
- ^ http://www.minerals.net/mineral/sort-met.hod/group/sulfgrp.htm Minerals.net Dana Classification, Sulfides
- ^ a b Klein, Cornelis and Cornelius S. Hurlbut, Jr., 1986, Manual of Mineralogy, Wiley, 20th ed., pp 269-293 ISBN 0-471-80580-7
- Stuart J. Mills; Frédéric Hatert; Ernest H. Nickel & Giovanni Ferraris (2009). "The standardisation of mineral group hierarchies: application to recent nomenclature proposals". Eur. J. Mineral. 21 (5): 1073–1080. Bibcode:2009EJMin..21.1073M. doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1994.
- Ernest H. Nickel & Monte C. Nichols (March 2009). "IMA-CNMNC List of Mineral Names" (PDF). IMA-CNMNC.
- Ferraiolo, Jim. "Nickel–Strunz (Version 10) Classification System". webmineral.com.
- Webmineral New Dana Classification of Sulfide Minerals
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