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Sulfide minerals

Metal + sulfur; includes arsenides, selenides and tellurides.

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418 minerals · Sulfide minerals
Cinnabar specimen
Cinnabar HgS
SulfideHexagonalMohs 2–2.5
Galena specimen
Galena PbS
SulfideCubicMohs 2.5
Pyrite specimen
Pyrite FeS₂
SulfideCubicMohs 6–6.5
Acanthite specimen
Acanthite Ag₂S
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 2–2.5
A
Achávalite FeSe
SulfideHexagonal
A
Agmantinite Ag₂MnSnS₄
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 2–2.5
Aguilarite specimen
Aguilarite Ag₄SeS
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 2.5
Alabandite specimen
Alabandite MnS
SulfideCubicMohs 3.5–4
A
Alacránite As₈S₉
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 1.5
A
Alburnite Ag₈GeTe₂S₄
SulfideCubicMohs 4
Algodonite specimen
Algodonite Cu₁₋ₓAsₓ (x ≈ 0.15)
SulfideHexagonalMohs 4
Allargentum specimen
Allargentum Ag₁₋ₓSbₓ (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)
SulfideHexagonal
Altaite specimen
Altaite PbTe
SulfideCubicMohs 3
Anduoite specimen
Anduoite RuAs₂
SulfideOrthorhombic
Anilite specimen
Anilite Cu₇S₄
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 3
Anorpiment specimen
Anorpiment As₂S₃
SulfideTriclinicMohs 1.5
A
Antimonselite Sb₂Se₃
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 3.3
Argentopentlandite specimen
Argentopentlandite Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈
SulfideCubic
Argentopyrite specimen
Argentopyrite AgFe₂S₃
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 3.5–4
Argyrodite specimen
Argyrodite Ag₈GeS₆
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 2.5–3
Arsenopalladinite specimen
Arsenopalladinite Pd₈As₃
SulfideTriclinic
Athabascaite specimen
Athabascaite Cu₅Se₄
SulfideOrthorhombic
Aurostibite specimen
Aurostibite AuSb₂
SulfideCubicMohs 3
Baksanite specimen
Baksanite Bi₆Te₂S₃
SulfideHexagonalMohs 1.5–2
Balkanite specimen
Balkanite Ag₅Cu₉HgS₈
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 3.5
Bambollaite specimen
Bambollaite Cu(Se,Te)₂
SulfideTetragonal
B
Barquillite Cu₂(Cd,Fe)GeS₄
SulfideTetragonalMohs 4–4.5
Bartonite specimen
Bartonite K₆Fe₂₀S₂₆S
SulfideTetragonalMohs 3.5
B
Bellidoite Cu₂Se
SulfideTetragonalMohs 3
Berndtite specimen
Berndtite SnS₂
SulfideHexagonal
Berzelianite specimen
Berzelianite Cu₂₋ₓSe (x ≈ 0.12)
SulfideCubicMohs 2.7
Betekhtinite specimen
Betekhtinite (Cu,Fe)₂₁Pb₂S₁₅
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 3–3.5
B
Bezsmertnovite (Au,Ag)₄Cu(Te,Pb)
SulfideOrthorhombic
B
Bilibinskite PbAu₃Cu₂Te₂
SulfideCubic
Bismuthinite specimen
Bismuthinite Bi₂S₃
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 2–2.5
Bogdanovite specimen
Bogdanovite (Au,Te,Pb)₃(Cu,Fe)
SulfideCubic
Bonazziite specimen
Bonazziite As₄S₄
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 2.5
B
Bornhardtite Co²⁺Co³⁺₂Se₄
SulfideCubicMohs 4
Bornite specimen
Bornite Cu₅FeS₄
SulfideCubicMohs 3–3.25
Bowieite specimen
Bowieite Rh₂S₃
SulfideOrthorhombic
B
Bowlesite PtSnS
SulfideOrthorhombic
Braggite specimen
Braggite PtS
SulfideTetragonal
Breithauptite specimen
Breithauptite NiSb
SulfideHexagonalMohs 5.5
B
Brezinaite Cr₃S₄
SulfideMonoclinic
B
Briartite Cu₂FeGeS₄
SulfideTetragonalMohs 4.5
B
Brodtkorbite Cu₂HgSe₂
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 2.5–3
B
Browneite MnS
SulfideCubic
Bukovite specimen
Bukovite Cu₄Tl₂Se₄
SulfideTetragonalMohs 2
B
Buseckite (Fe,Zn,Mn)S
SulfideHexagonal
B
Butianite Ni₆SnS₂
SulfideTetragonal
Cadmoindite specimen
Cadmoindite CdIn₂S₄
SulfideCubic
Cadmoselite specimen
Cadmoselite CdSe
SulfideHexagonalMohs 4
Calaverite specimen
Calaverite AuTe₂
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 2.5–3
Calvertite specimen
Calvertite Cu₅Ge₀.₅S₄
SulfideCubicMohs 4–5
Cameronite specimen
Cameronite Cu₅₋ₓ(Cu,Ag)₃₊ₓTe₁₀ (x = 0.43)
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 3.5–4
C
Canfieldite Ag₈SnS₆
SulfideCubicMohs 2.5
Capgaronnite specimen
Capgaronnite AgHgClS
SulfideOrthorhombic
C
Carlinite Tl₂S
SulfideHexagonalMohs 1
Carrollite specimen
Carrollite CuCo₂S₄
SulfideCubicMohs 4.5–5.5
Caswellsilverite specimen
Caswellsilverite NaCrS₂
SulfideHexagonal
C
Catamarcaite Cu₆GeWS₈
SulfideHexagonalMohs 3.5
Cattierite specimen
Cattierite CoS₂
SulfideCubicMohs 4
C
Cervelleite Ag₄TeS
SulfideCubic
Chalcocite specimen
Chalcocite Cu₂S
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 2.5–3
Chalcopyrite specimen
Chalcopyrite CuFeS₂
SulfideTetragonalMohs 3.5–4
Chatkalite specimen
Chatkalite Cu₆FeSn₂S₈
SulfideTetragonal
Chenguodaite specimen
Chenguodaite Ag₉FeTe₂S₄
SulfideOrthorhombic
Cherepanovite specimen
Cherepanovite RhAs
SulfideOrthorhombic
Chlorbartonite specimen
Chlorbartonite K₆Fe₂₄S₂₆Cl
SulfideTetragonalMohs 4
C
Chrisstanleyite Ag₂Pd₃Se₄
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 5
C
Chvilevaite Na(Cu,Fe,Zn)₂S₂
SulfideHexagonal
Clausthalite specimen
Clausthalite PbSe
SulfideCubicMohs 2.5–3
Clinosafflorite specimen
Clinosafflorite CoAs₂
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 4.5–5
C
Cobaltpentlandite Co₉S₈
SulfideCubic
C
Coldwellite Pd₃Ag₂S
Sulfide
Colimaite specimen
Colimaite K₃VS₄
SulfideOrthorhombic
Coloradoite specimen
Coloradoite HgTe
SulfideCubicMohs 2.5
Cooperite specimen
Cooperite PtS
SulfideTetragonalMohs 4–5
Corderoite specimen
Corderoite Hg₃S₂Cl₂
SulfideCubicMohs 3
Covellite specimen
Covellite CuS
SulfideHexagonalMohs 1.5–2
Crookesite specimen
Crookesite Cu₇TlSe₄
SulfideTetragonalMohs 2.5–3
C
Crowningshieldite (Ni₀.₉Fe₀.₁)S
SulfideHexagonalMohs 3–3.5
Cubanite specimen
Cubanite CuFe₂S₃
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 3.5
Cuproiridsite specimen
Cuproiridsite Cu(Ir³⁺Ir⁴⁺)S₄
SulfideCubic
C
Cuprokalininite Cu(Cr³⁺Cr⁴⁺)S₄
SulfideCubicMohs 4.5–5
Cuprorhodsite specimen
Cuprorhodsite (Cu¹⁺₀.₅Fe³⁺₀.₅)Rh³⁺₂S₄
SulfideCubic
Danielsite specimen
Danielsite (Cu,Ag)₁₄HgS₈
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 2–2.5
Daubréelite specimen
Daubréelite FeCr₂S₄
SulfideCubicMohs 5
Dienerite specimen
Dienerite Ni₃As
Sulfide
Digenite specimen
Digenite Cu₁.₈S
SulfideCubicMohs 2.5–3
Dimorphite specimen
Dimorphite As₄S₃
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 1.5
Djerfisherite specimen
Djerfisherite K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl
SulfideCubicMohs 3.5
Djurleite specimen
Djurleite Cu₃₁S₁₆
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 2.5–3
Domeykite specimen
Domeykite Cu₃As
SulfideCubicMohs 3–3.5
D
Domeykite-β Cu₃As
SulfideHexagonal
Donharrisite specimen
Donharrisite Ni₃HgS₃
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 2
Drysdallite specimen
Drysdallite MoSe₂
SulfideHexagonal
Duranusite specimen
Duranusite As₄S
SulfideOrthorhombic
Dyscrasite specimen
Dyscrasite Ag₃₊ₓSb₁₋ₓ (x ≈ 0.2)
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 3.5–4
Dzharkenite specimen
Dzharkenite FeSe₂
SulfideCubic
D
Dzierżanowskite CaCu₂S₂
SulfideHexagonal
Edgarite specimen
Edgarite FeNb₃S₆
SulfideHexagonal
Eliopoulosite specimen
Eliopoulosite V₇S₈
SulfideHexagonal
Empressite specimen
Empressite AgTe
SulfideHexagonalMohs 3.5
E
Erazoite Cu₄SnS₆
SulfideHexagonalMohs 3
Erlichmanite specimen
Erlichmanite OsS₂
SulfideCubic
E
Eskebornite CuFeSe₂
SulfideTetragonalMohs 3–3.5
Eucairite specimen
Eucairite CuAgSe
SulfideTetragonalMohs 2.5
F
Ferhodsite (Fe,Rh,Ni,Ir,Cu,Co,Pt)₉₋ₓS₈
SulfideTetragonal
F
Ferrokësterite Cu₂FeSnS₄
SulfideTetragonalMohs 4
Ferroselite specimen
Ferroselite FeSe₂
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 6–6.5
F
Ferroskutterudite FeAs₃
SulfideCubic
Ferrotorryweiserite specimen
Ferrotorryweiserite Rh₅Fe₁₀S₁₆
SulfideHexagonal
Fischesserite specimen
Fischesserite Ag₃AuSe₂
SulfideCubic
Fletcherite specimen
Fletcherite CuNi₂S₄
SulfideCubic
F
Freboldite CoSe
SulfideHexagonalMohs 6
Frohbergite specimen
Frohbergite FeTe₂
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 3–4
Froodite specimen
Froodite PdBi₂
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 2.5
Fukuchilite specimen
Fukuchilite Cu₃FeS₈
SulfideCubicMohs 4
Furutobeite specimen
Furutobeite (Cu,Ag)₆PbS₄
SulfideMonoclinic
G
Gachingite Au(Te₁₋ₓSeₓ) 0.2 ≈ x ≤ 0.5
SulfideOrthorhombic
Gallite specimen
Gallite CuGaS₂
SulfideTetragonalMohs 3–3.5
G
Gananite BiF₃
SulfideCubicMohs 3.5
G
Gaotaiite Ir₃Te₈
SulfideCubicMohs 3
Geerite specimen
Geerite Cu₈S₅
SulfideCubicMohs 3.5
Geffroyite specimen
Geffroyite (Cu,Fe,Ag)₉Se₈
SulfideCubic
Genkinite specimen
Genkinite Pt₄Sb₃
SulfideTetragonal
Germanite specimen
Germanite Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆
SulfideCubicMohs 4
G
Germanocolusite Cu₁₃VGe₃S₁₆
SulfideCubic
Getchellite specimen
Getchellite SbAsS₃
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 1.5–2
G
Geversite PtSb₂
SulfideCubicMohs 4.5–5
Gmalimite specimen
Gmalimite K₆   Fe²⁺₂₄S₂₇
SulfideCubic
Godlevskite specimen
Godlevskite (Ni,Fe)₉S₈
SulfideTetragonal
Goldfieldite specimen
Goldfieldite (Cu₄   ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃
SulfideCubicMohs 3–3.5
Gortdrumite specimen
Gortdrumite Cu₂₄Fe₂Hg₉S₂₃
SulfideOrthorhombic
G
Grechishchevite Hg₃S₂BrCl₀.₅I₀.₅
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 2.5
Greenockite specimen
Greenockite CdS
SulfideHexagonalMohs 3–3.5
Greigite specimen
Greigite Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄
SulfideCubicMohs 4–4.5
Grimmite specimen
Grimmite NiCo₂S₄
SulfideCubic
G
Grokhovskyite CuCrS₂
SulfideHexagonal
Guanajuatite specimen
Guanajuatite Bi₂Se₃
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 2.5–3
Hanauerite specimen
Hanauerite AgHgSI
SulfideOrthorhombic
Hanswilkeite specimen
Hanswilkeite KFeS₂
Sulfide
Hauerite specimen
Hauerite MnS₂
SulfideCubicMohs 4
Hawleyite specimen
Hawleyite CdS
SulfideCubic
H
Haycockite Cu₄Fe₅S₈
SulfideOrthorhombic
Heazlewoodite specimen
Heazlewoodite Ni₃S₂
SulfideTrigonalMohs 4
Hedleyite specimen
Hedleyite Bi₇Te₃
SulfideHexagonalMohs 2
Heideite specimen
Heideite (Fe,Cr)₁.₁₅(Ti,Fe)₂S₄
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 3.5–4.5
Hemusite specimen
Hemusite Cu¹⁺₄Cu²⁺₂SnMoS₈
SulfideCubicMohs 4
H
Henryite (Cu,Ag)₃₊ₓTe₂ (x~0.4)
SulfideCubic
Herzenbergite specimen
Herzenbergite SnS
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 2
Hessite specimen
Hessite Ag₂Te
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 2–3
H
Hocartite Ag₂FeSnS₄
SulfideTetragonalMohs 4
H
Honeaite Au₃TlTe₂
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 11.18
H
Horomanite Fe₆Ni₃S₈
SulfideTetragonalMohs 3
Hypercinnabar specimen
Hypercinnabar HgS
SulfideHexagonalMohs 3
Idaite specimen
Idaite Cu₃FeS₄
SulfideTetragonalMohs 2.5–3.5
Ikunolite specimen
Ikunolite Bi₄S₃
SulfideHexagonalMohs 2
I
Iltisite HgAgSCl
SulfideHexagonal
Imiterite specimen
Imiterite Ag₂HgS₂
SulfideMonoclinic
I
Inaglyite PbCu₃Ir₈S₁₆
SulfideHexagonal
Indite specimen
Indite FeIn₂S₄
SulfideCubic
I
Ingodite Bi₂TeS
SulfideHexagonal
Insizwaite specimen
Insizwaite PtBi₂
SulfideCubic
Iridarsenite specimen
Iridarsenite IrAs₂
SulfideMonoclinic
I
Ishiharaite (Cu,Ga,Fe,In,Zn)S
SulfideCubic
Isocubanite specimen
Isocubanite CuFe₂S₃
SulfideCubic
I
Isomertieite Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂
SulfideCubic
Jacutingaite specimen
Jacutingaite Pt₂HgSe₃
SulfideHexagonalMohs 3.5
J
Jagüéite Cu₂Pd₃Se₄
SulfideMonoclinic
J
Jaipurite CoS
SulfideHexagonal
Jalpaite specimen
Jalpaite Ag₃CuS₂
SulfideTetragonalMohs 2–2.5
J
Joegoldsteinite MnCr₂S₄
SulfideCubic
Jordisite specimen
Jordisite MoS₂
Sulfide
Joséite-A specimen
Joséite-A Bi₄TeS₂
SulfideMohs 2
Joséite-B specimen
Joséite-B Bi₄Te₂S
Sulfide
K
Kalgoorlieite As₂Te₃
SulfideMonoclinic
K
Kalininite ZnCr₂S₄
SulfideCubic
Kashinite specimen
Kashinite Ir₂S₃
SulfideOrthorhombic
Kawazulite specimen
Kawazulite Bi₂Te₂Se
SulfideHexagonalMohs 1.5
K
Keilite FeS
SulfideCubicMohs 4
K
Keithconnite Pd₂₀Te₇
SulfideHexagonal
Kenhsuite specimen
Kenhsuite Hg₃S₂Cl₂
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 2–3
K
Kharaelakhite (Cu,Pt,Pb,Fe,Ni)₉S₈
SulfideOrthorhombic
Kiddcreekite specimen
Kiddcreekite Cu₆WSnS₈
SulfideCubic
K
Kieftite CoSb₃
SulfideCubic
K
Kingstonite Rh₃S₄
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 6
Kitkaite specimen
Kitkaite NiTeSe
SulfideHexagonal
Klockmannite specimen
Klockmannite Cu₅.₂Se₆
SulfideHexagonalMohs 2–3
K
Kojonenite Pd₇₋ₓSnTe₂ (0.3 ≤ x ≤ 0.8)
SulfideTetragonal
K
Kolarite PbTeCl₂
SulfideOrthorhombic
K
Konderite PbCu₃Rh₈S₁₆
SulfideHexagonal
Kostovite specimen
Kostovite AuCuTe₄
SulfideMohs 2–2.5
Koutekite specimen
Koutekite Cu₅As₂
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 4
K
Kravtsovite PdAg₂S
SulfideOrthorhombic
Krennerite specimen
Krennerite Au₃AgTe₈
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 2–3
K
Krut'aite CuSe₂
SulfideCubic
Krutovite specimen
Krutovite NiAs₂
SulfideCubicMohs 5.5
K
Kullerudite NiSe₂
SulfideOrthorhombic
K
Kuramite Cu₃SnS₄
SulfideTetragonal
K
Kurilite Ag₈Te₃Se
SulfideHexagonalMohs 3
K
Kuvaevite Ir₅Ni₁₀S₁₆
SulfideHexagonal
Kësterite specimen
Kësterite Cu₂ZnSnS₄
SulfideTetragonalMohs 4.5
L
Laflammeite Pd₃Pb₂S₂
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 3.5
L
Laforêtite AgInS₂
SulfideTetragonalMohs 3
Laitakarite specimen
Laitakarite Bi₄(Se,S)₃
SulfideHexagonal
L
Langisite CoAs
SulfideOrthorhombic
Laphamite specimen
Laphamite As₂Se₃
SulfideMonoclinic
Laurite specimen
Laurite RuS₂
SulfideCubicMohs 7.5
Lavrentievite specimen
Lavrentievite Hg₃S₂Cl₂
SulfideTriclinicMohs 2–2.5
L
Lenaite AgFeS₂
SulfideTetragonalMohs 4–4.5
L
Lingbaoite AgTe₃
SulfideHexagonal
Linnaeite specimen
Linnaeite Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄
SulfideCubicMohs 4.5–5.5
L
Luberoite Pt₅Se₄
SulfideMonoclinic
L
Lukkulaisvaaraite Pd₁₄Ag₂Te₉
SulfideTetragonalMohs 4
Löllingite specimen
Löllingite FeAs₂
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 5–5.5
Mackinawite specimen
Mackinawite (Fe,Ni)₁₊ₓS (x = 0-0.07)
SulfideTetragonal
M
Maikainite Cu₁₀Fe₃MoGe₃S₁₆
SulfideCubic
M
Makotoite Ag₁₂(Cu₃Au)S₈
SulfideHexagonal
Malanite specimen
Malanite Cu¹⁺(Ir³⁺Pt⁴⁺)S₄
SulfideCubicMohs 5
Maldonite specimen
Maldonite Au₂Bi
SulfideCubicMohs 1.5–2
M
Maletoyvayamite Au₃Se₄Te₆
SulfideTriclinic
Marcasite specimen
Marcasite FeS₂
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 6–6.5
M
Mattagamite CoTe₂
SulfideOrthorhombic
Maucherite specimen
Maucherite Ni₁₁As₈
SulfideMonoclinicMohs 5
Mawsonite specimen
Mawsonite Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈
SulfideTetragonalMohs 3.5–4
Mckinstryite specimen
Mckinstryite Ag₅Cu₃S₄
SulfideOrthorhombic
Melonite specimen
Melonite NiTe₂
SulfideHexagonalMohs 1–1.5
M
Merenskyite PdTe₂
SulfideHexagonalMohs 3.5
Mertieite-I specimen
Mertieite-I Pd₅₊ₓ(Sb,As)₂₋ₓ (x = 0.1-0.2)
SulfideMonoclinic
M
Mertieite-II Pd₈Sb₂.₅As₀.₅
SulfideHexagonal
Metacinnabar specimen
Metacinnabar HgS
SulfideCubicMohs 3
Metastibnite specimen
Metastibnite Sb₂S₃
SulfideAmorphousMohs 2–3
Miassite specimen
Miassite Rh₁₇S₁₅
SulfideCubic
M
Miessiite Pd₁₁Te₂Se₂
SulfideCubicMohs 2–2.5
Millerite specimen
Millerite NiS
SulfideHexagonalMohs 3–3.5
M
Minakawaite RhSb
SulfideOrthorhombic
M
Mitrofanovite Pt₃Te₄
SulfideHexagonal
Modderite specimen
Modderite CoAs
SulfideOrthorhombicMohs 4

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