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SYSTEMATIC of the MINERALS / SYSTEMATIK der MINERALE

           according to E.H. Nickel & M.C. Nichols (2007), H. Strunz & E.H. Nickel (2001)



2. SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS
(Sulfides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides, Antimonides, Bismuthides, Sulfarsenites, Sulfantimonites, Sulfbismuthites, etc.)


2.D: Metalsulfides, M: S = 3: 4 and 2 : 3


2.DA. Metalsulfides with M : S = 3 : 4

2.DA.05. Linnaeite group

Linnaeite CoCo2S4 cub., Fd-3m        
Siegenite CoNi2S4 cub., Fd-3m FOTO
Polydymite NiNi2S4 cub., Fd-3m FOTO
Violarite FeNi2S4 cub., Fd-3m
Greigite FeFe2S4 cub., Fd-3m FOTO
Carollite Cu(Co,Ni)2S4 cub., Fd-3m FOTO
Fletcherite Cu(Ni,Co)2S4 cub., Fd-3m FOTO
Bornhardtite Co3Se4 cub., Fd-3m
Trüstedtite Ni3Se4 cub., Fd-3m
Tyrrellite (Cu,Co,Ni)3Se4 cub., Fd-3m (?)
Daubréelite FeCr2S4 cub., Fd-3m FOTO
Florensovite Cu(Cr,Sb)2S4 cub., Fd-3m (?)
Kalininite ZnCr2S4 cub., Fd-3m
Indite FeIn2S4 cub., Fd-3m
Cadmoindite CdIn2S4 cub., Fd-3m
Cuprorhodsite CuRh2S4 cub., Fd-3m
Cuproiridsite CuIr2S4 cub., Fd-3m FOTO
Malanite Cu(Pt,Ir)2S4 cub., Fd-3m (?) FOTO
Ferrorhodsite (Fe,Cu)(Rh,Ir,Pt)2S4 cub., Fd-3m
Xingzhongite (Cu,Pb,Fe)(Ir,Pt,Rh)2S4 cub., Fd-3m (?)

"Dayingite", alleged CuCoPtS4, is cobaltian malanite, discredited in 1980.



2.DA.10. Rhodostannite group

Rhodostannite Cu2FeSn2S8 tetr., I41/a
Toyohaite Ag2FeSn2S8 tetr., I41/a



2.DA.15. Brezinaite group

Brezinaite Cr3S4 mon., I2/m
Heideite (Fe,Cr)(Ti,Fe)2S4 mon., I2/m
Wilkmanite Ni3Se4 mon., I2/m



2.DA.20. Konderite group

Konderite PbCu3(Rh,Pt,Ir)8S16 hex., P6/mmm
Inaglyite PbCu3(Ir,Pt)8S16 hex., P6/mmm



2.DA.25. Kingstonite group

Kingstonite Rh3S4 mon., C2/m



2.DB. Metalsulfides with M : S = 2 : 3

2.DB.05. Stibnite group

Stibnite  /  Antimonit Sb2S3 orth., Pbnm FOTO
Antimonselite Sb2Se3 orth., Pbnm
Bismuthinite Bi2S3 orth., Pbnm
Guanajuatite Bi2Se3 orth., Pbnm
Metastibnite Sb2S3 amorph FOTO
Pääkkönenite Sb2AsS2 mon., C2/m



2.DB.10. Ottemannite group

Ottemannite Sn2S3 orth., Pnam
Suredaite PbSnS3 orth., Pnam
unnamed SnGeS3 mon., P21/c FOTO

Unnamed SnGeS3 is a sublimation product from a burning mine dump and will therefore not accepted as a mineral.



2.DB.15. Bowieite group

Bowieite (Rh,Ir)2S2 orth., Pbcn
Kashinite (Ir,Rh)2S3 orth., Pbcn



2.DB.20. Montbrayite group

Montbrayite Au2Te3 tric., P1



2.DB.25. Edgarite group

Edgarite FeNb3S6 hex., P6322 (?) FOTO



2.DA.30. Tarkianite group

Tarkianite (Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)4S8 cub., F-43m



2.DB.35. Cameronit group

Cameronite Cu7AgTe10 tetr.



2.DC. M : S variabel

2.DC.05. Tetradymite group

  c ca. 3 x 6 Å

Hedleyite Bi2+xTe1-x    (x ca. 0.13) trig., P-3m1



  c ca. 4 x 6 Å

Ingodite Bi2TeS trig.
Tsumoite BiTe trig., P-3m1
Sulphotsumoite Bi2Te2S trig., P-3m1
Nevskite BiSe trig., P-3m1
Telluronevskite Bi3Te(Se,S)2 trig., P-3m1 FOTO



  c ca. 5 x 6 Å

Tellurantimony Sb2Te3 trig., R-3m
Paraguanajuatite Bi2(Se,S)3 trig., R-3m
Tetradymite Bi2Te2S trig., R-3m FOTO
Tellurobismuthite Bi2Te3 trig., R-3m
Kawazulite Bi2Te2S trig., R-3m, R3m or R32
Skippenite Bi2Se2Te trig., R-3m
Saddlebackite Pb2Bi2Te2S3 hex.



  c ca. 7 x 6 Å

Ikunolite Bi4SeS2 trig., R-3m FOTO
Joséite-A Bi4TeS2 trig., R-3m
Joséite-B Bi4Te2S trig., R-3m
Joséite-C Bi16Te3S9 (?) trig., R-3m
Pilsenite Bi4Te3 trig., R-3m
Laitakarite Bi4Se2S trig., R-3m
Poubaite PbBi2Se2(Te,S)2 trig., R-3m
Rucklidgeite (Bi,Pb)3Te4 trig., R-3m
Babkinite Bi2Bi2(S,Se)2 trig., P-3 or P-3m1



  c > 9 x 6 Å

Protojoseite Bi3TeS trig.
Baksanite Bi6Te2S3 trig., P-3m1
Kochkarite PbBi4Te7 trig., P-3m1
Aleksite PbBi2Te2S2 trig., P-3m1
Vihorlatite Bi24Se17Te2 trig., P3m1 FOTO

Ordering of S and Te in joséite-A and joséite-B was not observed, there is possibly a complete solid solution from tellurian ikunolite to sulfurian pilsenite.
The very incompletely described joséite-C is also possibly a member of these series and not a separate mineral.
Sztrokayite (listed in Nickel & Nichols, 2007), alleged Bi3TeS2, crystal system and space group unknown, very incompletely described, was published without IMA approval.





in bold: grandfathered, IMA accepted, renamed and redefined (with IMA approval) minerals,
in normal letters: minerals published without IMA approval, questionable minerals, polytypes


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