- Some sulfide minerals
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▪ TableSome sulfide minerals*name idealized formulatungstenite WS2alabandite MnSpyrite (fool's gold) FeS2marcasite FeS2pyrrhotite Fe1-xSlaurite RuS2linnaeite Co3S4millerite NiScooperite PtSchalcocite (Cu glance) Cu2Sargentite (Ag glance) Ag2Ssphalerite (Zn blende) ZnSwurtzite ZnSgreenockite CdScinnabar (vermillion) HgSrealgar As4S4orpiment As2S3dimorphite As4S3stibnite Sb2S3bismuthinite Bi2S3pentlandite (Fe,Ni)9S8chalcopyrite CuFeS2bornite Cu5FeS4arsenopyrite FeAsScobaltite CoAsSenargite Cu3AsS4bournoite CuPbSbS3proustite Ag3AsS3pyrargyrite Ag3SbS3tetrahedrite** Cu12As4S13***Those in bold are more prevalent or important.**There is a second series in which As is replaced by Sb: in both series Cu is often substituted in part by Fe, Ag, Zn, Hg, or Pb.Source: Reprinted from N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw, Chemistry of the Elements, copyright © 1984, p. 761, with permission of Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd.See as table:
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