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Acanthite (Argenite)
Ag2S
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Chalcocite
Cu2S
2.5-3- SG:
5.7- Colour:
Gray-black / metallic- Streak:
gray / metallic
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Bornite
Cu5FeS4
3- SG:
5.1- Colour:
Bronze, blue (oxydized) / metallic- Streak:
Gray-blue
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Galena
PbS
2.5- SG:
7.4- Colour:
gray / metallic- Streak:
gray-black
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Sphalerite
ZnS
- Polyhedral sulfides
- H: 3-4
- SG: 4.1
- Colour: Yellow, brown, black / (metallic)
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Chalcopyrite
CuFeS2
- Polyhedral Sulfides
- H: 3.5-4
- SG: 4.2
- Colour: green-yellow / metallic
- Streak: green-black / (metallic)
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Pyrrhotite
Fe1-xS
- Polyhedral sulfides
- H: 4
- SG: 4.6
- Colour: Bronze / metallic
- Streak: gray-black
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Nickeline
NiAs
- H: 5-5.5
- SG: 7.78
- Colour: pale copper-red
- Streak: brownish-black
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Millerite
NiS
- H: 3-3.5
- SG: 5.5
- Colour: pale brass-yellow
- Streak: greenish-black
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Pentlandite
(Fe,Ni)9S8 or Fe4Ni4CoS8
Polyhedral Sulfides- H: 3-4
- SG: 4.8
- Colour: Bronze-brown / metallic
- Streak: light bronze-brown
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Covellite
CuS
- H: 1.5-2
- SG: 4.6
- Colour: indigo-blue or darker (iridescent)
- Streak: lead-gray to black
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Cinnabar
HgS
- Polyhedral Sulfides
- H: 2-2.5
- SG: 8.1
- Colour: Red
- Streak: Red
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Realgar
- AsS or As4S4
- Group Sulphides
- H: 1.5-2
- SG: 3.5
- Colour: Red, orange
- Streak: Orange
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Orpiment
As2S3
1.5-2- SG:
3.49 - Colour: Yellow
- Streak: Yellow
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Stibnite
Sb2S3
- Band Sulphides
- H: 2-2.5
- SG: 4.6
- Colour: Gray, Black / metallic
- Streak: Gray-black
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Pyrite
FeS2
- Group Sulphides
- H: 6-6.5
- SG: 5.1
- Colour: Yellow / metallic
- Streak: green-black
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Marcasite
FeS2
- SG: 4.8
- Colour: Yellow / metallic
- Streak: green-black
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Molybdenite
MoS2
- Sheet Sulphides
- H: 1
- SG: 4.7
- Colour: Gray / Metallic
- Streak: Gray-Black
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Cobaltite
- CoAsS
- Group Sulphides
- H:
5.5 - SG: 6.2
- Colour: White, Pink / Metallic
- Streak: Gray-Black
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FeAsS
- Group Sulphide
- H: 5.5-6
- SG: 6
- Colour: Gray-white / Metallic
- Streak:
Black
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