Minerals in which a metal cation bonds directly to sulfur, following the Nickel-Strunz sulfide class. Includes pyrite, iron disulfide. Belongs here: any mineral whose defining anion is sulfide rather than sulfate. Does not belong here: a sulfate mineral such as gypsum, where sulfur is bonded to oxygen as a sulfate ion rather than bonded directly to the metal as a sulfide. This class holds one live entity today; further sulfide minerals such as galena or sphalerite have a real home waiting here as later mint waves add them.
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Formation OriginSulfide (S2-) or disulfide (S2-2) as the major anion. 1 Browse By
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1. Wikipedia: Sulfide minerals
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The sulfide minerals are a class of minerals containing sulfide (S2-) or disulfide (S2-2) as the major anion.
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