Sulfosalt minerals are those complex sulfide

Sulfide

A sulfide is an anion of sulfur in its lowest oxidation state of 2-. Sulfide is also a slightly archaic term for thioethers, a common type of organosulfur compound that are well known for their bad odors.- Properties :...

 minerals with the general formula: A_mB_nS_p; where A represents a metal

Metal

A metal , is an element, compound, or alloy that is a good conductor of both electricity and heat. Metals are usually malleable and shiny, that is they reflect most of incident light...

 such as copper

Copper

Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable; an exposed surface has a reddish-orange tarnish...

, lead

Lead

Lead is a main-group element in the carbon group with the symbol Pb and atomic number 82. Lead is a soft, malleable poor metal. It is also counted as one of the heavy metals. Metallic lead has a bluish-white color after being freshly cut, but it soon tarnishes to a dull grayish color when exposed...

, silver

Silver

Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal...

, iron

Iron

Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust...

 and rarely mercury

Mercury (element)

Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is also known as quicksilver or hydrargyrum...

, zinc

Zinc

Zinc , or spelter , is a metallic chemical element; it has the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is the first element in group 12 of the periodic table. Zinc is, in some respects, chemically similar to magnesium, because its ion is of similar size and its only common oxidation state is +2...

, vanadium

Vanadium

Vanadium is a chemical element with the symbol V and atomic number 23. It is a hard, silvery gray, ductile and malleable transition metal. The formation of an oxide layer stabilizes the metal against oxidation. The element is found only in chemically combined form in nature...

; B usually represents semi-metal such as arsenic

Arsenic

Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As, atomic number 33 and relative atomic mass 74.92. Arsenic occurs in many minerals, usually in conjunction with sulfur and metals, and also as a pure elemental crystal. It was first documented by Albertus Magnus in 1250.Arsenic is a metalloid...

, antimony

Antimony

Antimony is a toxic chemical element with the symbol Sb and an atomic number of 51. A lustrous grey metalloid, it is found in nature mainly as the sulfide mineral stibnite...

, bismuth

Bismuth

Bismuth is a chemical element with symbol Bi and atomic number 83. Bismuth, a trivalent poor metal, chemically resembles arsenic and antimony. Elemental bismuth may occur naturally uncombined, although its sulfide and oxide form important commercial ores. The free element is 86% as dense as lead...

 and rarely germanium

Germanium

Germanium is a chemical element with the symbol Ge and atomic number 32. It is a lustrous, hard, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group, chemically similar to its group neighbors tin and silicon. The isolated element is a semiconductor, with an appearance most similar to elemental silicon....

, or metals like tin

Tin

Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn and atomic number 50. It is a main group metal in group 14 of the periodic table. Tin shows chemical similarity to both neighboring group 14 elements, germanium and lead and has two possible oxidation states, +2 and the slightly more stable +4...

 and rarely vanadium

Vanadium

Vanadium is a chemical element with the symbol V and atomic number 23. It is a hard, silvery gray, ductile and malleable transition metal. The formation of an oxide layer stabilizes the metal against oxidation. The element is found only in chemically combined form in nature...

; and S is sulfur

Sulfur

Sulfur or sulphur is the chemical element with atomic number 16. In the periodic table it is represented by the symbol S. It is an abundant, multivalent non-metal. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with chemical formula S8. Elemental sulfur is a bright yellow...

 or rarely selenium

Selenium

Selenium is a chemical element with atomic number 34, chemical symbol Se, and an atomic mass of 78.96. It is a nonmetal, whose properties are intermediate between those of adjacent chalcogen elements sulfur and tellurium...

 or/and tellurium. The Strunz classification

Strunz classification

Nickel–Strunz classification is a scheme for categorizing minerals based upon their chemical composition, introduced by German mineralogist Karl Hugo Strunz in his 1941 Mineralogische Tabellen. The 4th edition was edited by Christel Tennyson too . It was followed by A.S...

 includes the sulfosalts in a sulfides and sulfosalts superclass. A group which have a similar appearing formulas are the sulfarsenide

Sulfarsenide mineral

The sulfarsenide minerals are a subgroup of the sulfide minerals which include arsenic replacing sulfur as an anion in the formula. Antimony and bismuth may occur with or in place of the arsenic as in ullmannite. The chemical formula of a sulfarsenide looks like a sulfosalt, however the structures...

s (for example cobaltite

Cobaltite

Cobaltite is a sulfosalt mineral composed of cobalt, arsenic and sulfur, CoAsS. It contains up to 10 percent iron and variable amounts of nickel. Structurally it resembles pyrite with one of the sulfur atoms replaced by an arsenic atom....

 (Co,Fe)AsS). In sulfarsenides the arsenic substitutes for sulfur whereas in the sulfosalts the arsenic substitutes for a metal cation.

There are about 200 known sulfosalt minerals. Examples include:

• A₃BX₃ type
  • Pyrargyrite
    Pyrargyrite
    Pyrargyrite is a sulfosalt mineral consisting of silver sulfantimonide, Ag3SbS3. Known also as dark red silver ore or ruby silver, it is an important source of the metal....
    
     Ag₃SbS₃
  • Proustite
    Proustite
    Proustite is a sulfosalt mineral consisting of silver sulfarsenide, Ag3AsS3, known also as light red silver or ruby silver ore, and an important source of the metal. It is closely allied to the corresponding sulfantimonide, pyrargyrite, from which it was distinguished by the chemical analyses of...
    
     Ag₃AsS₃
  • Tetrahedrite
    Tetrahedrite
    Tetrahedrite is a copper antimony sulfosalt mineral with formula: 12Sb4S13. It is the antimony endmember of the continuous solid solution series with arsenic bearing tennantite. Pure endmembers of the series are seldom if ever seen in nature. Of the two, the antimony rich phase is more common...
    
     Cu₁₂Sb₄S₁₃
  • Tennantite
    Tennantite
    Tennantite is a copper arsenic sulfosalt mineral. Its chemical formula is Cu12As4S13. It is grey-black, steel-gray, iron-gray or black in color. A closely related mineral, tetrahedrite has antimony substituting for arsenic and the two form a solid solution series. The two have very similar...
    
     Cu₁₂As₄S₁₃
• A₃BX₄ type
  • Enargite
    Enargite
    Enargite is a copper arsenic sulfosalt mineral with formula: Cu3AsS4. It takes its name from the Greek word enarge, "distinct." Enargite is a steel gray, blackish gray, to violet black mineral with metallic luster. It forms slender orthorhombic prisms as well as massive aggregates...
    
     Cu₃AsS₄
  • Sulvanite Cu₃VS₄
  • Samsonite
    Samsonite (mineral)
    Samsonite is a silver manganese antimony sulfosalt mineral with formula Ag4MnSb2S6. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system with a typical slender radiating prismatic habit. It is metallic black to steel black with no cleavage and a brittle to conchoidal fracture. In thin fragments it...
    
     Ag₄MnSb₂S₆
  • Geocronite
    Geocronite
    Geocronite is a mineral, a mixed sulfosalt containing lead, antimony, and arsenic with a formula of Pb146S23. Geocronite is the antimony rich endmember of a solid solution series. The arsenic rich endmember is named jordanite. It occurs as grey, black, to silvery white monoclinic crystals...
    
     Pb₁₄(Sb,As)₆S₂₃
  • Gratonite
    Gratonite
    Gratonite is a lead-arsenic sulfosalt mineral, with the chemical composition Pb9As4S15. Gratonite was discovered in 1939 at the Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru. It is named in honor of geologist L. C. Graton , who had a long-standing association with the Cerro de Pasco mines.-References:***...
    
     Pb₉As₄S₁₅
• A₂BX₃ type
  • Bournonite
    Bournonite
    Bournonite is a sulfosalt mineral species, a sulfantimonite of lead and copper with the formula PbCuSbS3.It was first mentioned by Philip Rashleigh in 1797 as an ore of antimony and was more completely described in 1804 by French crystallographer and mineralogist Jacques Louis de Bournon , after...
    
     PbCuSbS₃
  • Seligmannite
    Seligmannite
    Seligmanite is a rare mineral, with the chemical formula PbCuAsS3. Originally described from the Lengenbach Quarry, Valais Canton, Switzerland; it has also been found in the Raura district, Lima Region, Peru; at Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia; and at the Sterling Mine, Sussex County, New...
    
     PbCuAsS₃
  • Aikinite
    Aikinite
    Aikinite is a sulfide mineral of lead, copper and bismuth with formula PbCuBiS3. It forms black to grey or reddish brown acicular orthorhombic crystals with a Mohs hardness of 2 to 2.5 and a specific gravity of 6.1 to 6.8. It was originally found in 1843 in the Beryozovskoye deposit, Ural...
    
     PbCuBiS₃
• ABX₂ type
  • Boulangerite
    Boulangerite
    Boulangerite is a sulfosalt mineral, lead antimony sulfide, formula Pb5Sb4S11. It was named in 1837 in honor of French mining engineer Charles Boulanger. It forms metallic grey monoclinic crystals. Sometimes the crystals form a fine feathery mass which has been called plumosite....
    
     Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁
  • Matildite AgBiS₂
  • Smithite AgAsS₂
  • Chalcostibite CuSbS₂
  • Emplectite CuBiS₂
  • Teallite
    Teallite
    Teallite is a sulfide mineral of tin and lead with chemical formula: PbSnS2. It occurs in hydrothermal veins and is sometimes mined as an ore of tin. Teallite forms soft silvery grey mica-like plates and crystallizes in the orthorhombic system...
    
     PbSnS₂
• A₂B₂X₅ type
  • Ramdohrite Ag₃Pb₆Sb₁₁S₂₄
  • Jamesonite
    Jamesonite
    Jamesonite is a sulfosalt mineral, a lead, iron, antimony sulfide with formula Pb4FeSb6S14. With the addition of manganese it forms a series with benavidesite. It is a dark grey metallic mineral which forms acicular prismatic monoclinic crystals. It is soft with a Mohs hardness of 2.5 and has a...
    
     Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄
  • Cosalite Pb₂Bi₂S₅
• A₂B₃X₆ type
  • Andorite
    Andorite
    Andoriteis a sulfosalt mineral with the chemical formula PbAgSb3S6.It was first described in 1892 for an occurrence in the Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures County, Romania, and named for Hungarian amateur mineralogist Andor von Semsey . Andorite occurs in low-temperature polymetallic...
    
     PbAgSb₃S₆
  • Lindstromite Pb₃Cu₃Bi₇S₁₅
• AB₂X₄ type
  • Zinkenite
    Zinkenite
    Zinkenite is a steel-gray metallic sulfosalt mineral composed of lead antimony sulfide Pb9Sb22S42. Zinkenite occurs as acicular needle-like crystals....
    
     Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂
  • Berthierite
    Berthierite
    Berthierite is a mineral, a sulfide of iron and antimony with formula FeSb2S4. It is steel grey in colour with a metallic lustre which can be covered by an iridescent tarnish. Because of its appearance it is often mistaken for stibnite....
    
     FeSb₂S₄
  • Cylindrite
    Cylindrite
    Cylindrite is a sulfosalt mineral containing tin, lead, antimony and iron with formula: Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14. It forms triclinic pinacoidal crystals which often occur as tubes or cylinders which are in fact rolled sheets...
    
     Pb₃Sn₄FeSb₂S₁₄

Nickel–Strunz Classification -02- Sulfosalts

IMA

International Mineralogical Association

The International Mineralogical Association is an international group of 38 national societies. The goal is to promote the science of mineralogy and to standardize the nomenclature of the 4000 plus known mineral species...

-CNMNC proposes a new hierarchical scheme (Mills et al., 2009). This list uses the Classification of Nickel–Strunz

Strunz classification

Nickel–Strunz classification is a scheme for categorizing minerals based upon their chemical composition, introduced by German mineralogist Karl Hugo Strunz in his 1941 Mineralogische Tabellen. The 4th edition was edited by Christel Tennyson too . It was followed by A.S...

 (10 ed, pending publication).

• Abbreviations:
  • "*" - discredited (IMA/CNMNC status).
  • "?" - questionable/doubtful (IMA/CNMNC status).
  • "REE" - Rare-earth element
    Rare earth element
    As defined by IUPAC, rare earth elements or rare earth metals are a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table, specifically the fifteen lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium...
    
     (Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu)
  • "PGE" - Platinum-group element
    Platinum group
    The platinum group metals is a term used sometimes to collectively refer to six metallic elements clustered together in the periodic table.These elements are all transition metals, lying in the d-block .The six...
    
     (Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt)
  • 03.C Aluminofluorides, 06 Borates, 08 Vanadates (04.H V^[5,6] Vanadates), 09 Silicates:
    • Neso: insular (from Greek
      Greek language
      Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
      
       νησος nēsos, island)
    • Soro: grouping (from Greek
      Greek language
      Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
      
       σωροῦ sōros, heap, mound (especially of corn))
    • Cyclo: ring
    • Ino: chain (from Greek
      Greek language
      Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
      
       ις [genitive: ινος inos], fibre)
    • Phyllo: sheet (from Greek
      Greek language
      Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
      
       φύλλον phyllon, leaf)
    • Tekto: three-dimensional framework
• Nickel–Strunz code scheme: NN.XY.##x
  • NN: Nickel–Strunz mineral class number
  • X: Nickel–Strunz mineral division letter
  • Y: Nickel–Strunz mineral family letter
  • ##x: Nickel–Strunz mineral/group number, x add-on letter

Class: sulfosalts

• 02.G Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites
  • 02.G: IMA2007-010
  • 02.GA Neso-sulfarsenites, etc., without additional S: 05 Proustite
    Proustite
    Proustite is a sulfosalt mineral consisting of silver sulfarsenide, Ag3AsS3, known also as light red silver or ruby silver ore, and an important source of the metal. It is closely allied to the corresponding sulfantimonide, pyrargyrite, from which it was distinguished by the chemical analyses of...
    
    , 05 Pyrargyrite
    Pyrargyrite
    Pyrargyrite is a sulfosalt mineral consisting of silver sulfantimonide, Ag3SbS3. Known also as dark red silver ore or ruby silver, it is an important source of the metal....
    
    ; 10 Xanthoconite, 10 Pyrostilpnite; 15 Samsonite
    Samsonite (mineral)
    Samsonite is a silver manganese antimony sulfosalt mineral with formula Ag4MnSb2S6. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system with a typical slender radiating prismatic habit. It is metallic black to steel black with no cleavage and a brittle to conchoidal fracture. In thin fragments it...
    
    ; 20 Wittichenite, 20 Skinnerite, 25 Malyshevite, 25 Lisiguangite, 25 Muckeite, 25 Lapieite; 30 Aktashite
    Aktashite
    Aktashite is a rare arsenic sulfosalt mineral with formula Cu6Hg3As4S12. It is a copper mercury-bearing sulfosalt and is the only sulfosalt mineral with essential Cu and Hg yet known. It is of hydrothermal origin. It was published without approval of the IMA/CNMNC....
    
    , 30 Nowackiite, 30 Gruzdevite; 35 Laffittite; 40 Stalderite, 40 Routhierite
    Routhierite
    Routhierite is a rare thallium sulfosalt mineral with formula Tl22S6.It was first described in 1974 for an occurrence in the Jas Roux deposit in the French Alps. It was named after French geologist Pierre Routhier . It is also reported from the Northern Ural Mountains, Russia and the Thunder Bay...
    
    ; 45 Erniggliite; 50 Seligmannite
    Seligmannite
    Seligmanite is a rare mineral, with the chemical formula PbCuAsS3. Originally described from the Lengenbach Quarry, Valais Canton, Switzerland; it has also been found in the Raura district, Lima Region, Peru; at Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia; and at the Sterling Mine, Sussex County, New...
    
    , 50 Soucekite, 50 Bournonite
    Bournonite
    Bournonite is a sulfosalt mineral species, a sulfantimonite of lead and copper with the formula PbCuSbS3.It was first mentioned by Philip Rashleigh in 1797 as an ore of antimony and was more completely described in 1804 by French crystallographer and mineralogist Jacques Louis de Bournon , after...
    
    
  • 02.GB Neso-sulfarsenites, etc: 05 Argentotennantite, 05 Giraudite, 05 Goldfieldite, 05 Freibergite
    Freibergite
    Freibergite is a complex sulfosalt mineral of silver, copper, iron, antimony and arsenic with formula 124S13. It has cubic crystals and is formed in hydrothermal deposits. It forms one solid solution series with tetrahedrite and another with argentotennantite. Freibergite is an opaque, metallic...
    
    , 05 Hakite, 05 Tennantite
    Tennantite
    Tennantite is a copper arsenic sulfosalt mineral. Its chemical formula is Cu12As4S13. It is grey-black, steel-gray, iron-gray or black in color. A closely related mineral, tetrahedrite has antimony substituting for arsenic and the two form a solid solution series. The two have very similar...
    
    , 05 Tetrahedrite
    Tetrahedrite
    Tetrahedrite is a copper antimony sulfosalt mineral with formula: 12Sb4S13. It is the antimony endmember of the continuous solid solution series with arsenic bearing tennantite. Pure endmembers of the series are seldom if ever seen in nature. Of the two, the antimony rich phase is more common...
    
    ; 10 Selenostephanite, 10 Stephanite
    Stephanite
    Stephanite is a silver antimony sulfosalt mineral with formula: Ag5SbS4 It is composed of 68.8% silver, and sometimes is of importance as an ore of this metal.-History:...
    
    ; 15 Cupropearceite, 15 Selenopolybasite, 15 Cupropolybasite, 15 Polybasite
    Polybasite
    Polybasite is a sulfosalt mineral of silver, copper, antimony and arsenic. Its chemical formula is [62S7][Ag9CuS4].It forms black monoclinic crystals which can show dark red internal reflections. It has a Mohs hardness of 2.5 to 3. It is found worldwide and is an ore of silver...
    
    , 15 Pearceite, 15 Antimonpearceite, 15 Arsenpolybasite, 20 Galkhaite
    Galkhaite
    Galkhaite is a rare and chemically complex sulfosalt mineral from a group of natural thioarsenites. Its formula is 64S12, making the mineral the only known natural Cs-Hg and Cs-As phase. It occurs in Carlin-type hydrothermal deposits....
    
    
  • 02.GC Poly-sulfarsenites: 05 Hatchite, 05 Wallisite; 10 Sinnerite, 15 Watanabeite, 20 Simonite, 25 Q­ratite, 30 Smithite, 35 Trechmannite, 40a Aleksite
    Aleksite
    Aleksite is a rare lead bismuth tellurium sulfosalt mineral with formula PbBi2Te2S2....
    
    , 40b Kochkarite, 40c Rucklidgeite, 40c Poubaite, 40d Saddlebackite, 40e Babkinite; 45 Tvalchrelidzeite, 50 Mutnovskite
• 02.H Sulfosalts of SnS Archetype
  • 02.HA With Cu, Ag, Fe (without Pb): 05 Emplectite, 05 Chalcostibite; 10 Miargyrite
    Miargyrite
    Miargyrite is a mineral, a sulfide of silver and antimony with the formula AgSbS2. It is a dimorph of Cuboargyrite. Originally discovered in the Freiberg district of Germany in 1824, it has subsequently been found in many places where silver is mined. It usually occurs in low temperature...
    
    , 15 Livingstonite
    Livingstonite
    Livingstonite is a mercury antimony sulfosalt mineral. It occurs in low-temperature hydrothermal veins associated with cinnabar, stibnite, sulfur and gypsum....
    
    ; 20 Berthierite
    Berthierite
    Berthierite is a mineral, a sulfide of iron and antimony with formula FeSb2S4. It is steel grey in colour with a metallic lustre which can be covered by an iridescent tarnish. Because of its appearance it is often mistaken for stibnite....
    
    , 20 Clerite, 20 Garavellite; 25 Baumstarkite, 25 Aramayoite
  • 02.HB With Cu, Ag, Hg, Fe, Sn and Pb: 05a Krupkaite, 05a Aikinite
    Aikinite
    Aikinite is a sulfide mineral of lead, copper and bismuth with formula PbCuBiS3. It forms black to grey or reddish brown acicular orthorhombic crystals with a Mohs hardness of 2 to 2.5 and a specific gravity of 6.1 to 6.8. It was originally found in 1843 in the Beryozovskoye deposit, Ural...
    
    , 05a Hammarite, 05a Gladite, 05a Friedrichite, 05a Lindstromite, 05a Pekoite, 05a Paarite, 05a Emilite, 05a Salzburgite
    Salzburgite
    Salzburgite has a general empirical formula of Pb2Cu2Bi7S12 and an orthorhombic crystal structure. This mineral is very similar to paarite in that they both have nearly the same empirical formulas. They are both of the bismuthinite - aikinite series. Salzburgite was named after the region in...
    
    , 05b Meneghinite
    Meneghinite
    Meneghinite is a sulfosalt mineral with the chemical formula CuPb13 Sb7S24.In the orthorhombic crystal system, meneghinite has a Mohs hardness of 2½, one perfect cleavage and a conchoidal fracture. It is a blackish lead-grey in colour and gives a black shining streak...
    
    , 05c Jaskolskiite; 10a Kobellite
    Kobellite
    Kobellite is a gray, fibrous, metallic mineral, a sulfide of antimony, bismuth, and lead. It is a member of the izoklakeite - berryite series with silver and iron substituting in the copper site and a vaying ratio of bismuth, antimony, and lead. It crystallizes with orthorhombic dipyramidal crystals...
    
    , 10a Tintinaite, 10b Giessenite, 10b Izoklakeite, 10c Eclarite; 15 Jamesonite
    Jamesonite
    Jamesonite is a sulfosalt mineral, a lead, iron, antimony sulfide with formula Pb4FeSb6S14. With the addition of manganese it forms a series with benavidesite. It is a dark grey metallic mineral which forms acicular prismatic monoclinic crystals. It is soft with a Mohs hardness of 2.5 and has a...
    
    , 15 Benavidesite; 20a Nagyagite
    Nagyagite
    Nagyagite is a rare sulfide mineral with known occurrence associated with gold ores. Nagyagite crystals are opaque, monoclinic and dark grey to black coloured....
    
    , 20b Buckhornite, 20c Museumite, 20d Berryite
    Berryite
    Berryite is a mineral with the formula Pb35Bi7S16. It occurs as gray to blue-gray monoclinic prisms. It is opaque and has a metallic luster. It has a Mohs hardness of 3.5 and a specific gravity of 6.7....
    
    , 20e Watkinsonite
  • 02.HC With only Pb: 05a Sartorite, 05a Twinnite, 05a Guettardite
    Guettardite
    Guettardite is a rare arsenic-antimony lead sulfosalt mineral with formula Pb2S4. It forms gray black metallic prismatic to acicular crystals with monoclinic symmetry. It is a dimorph of the triclinic twinnite.-Discovery and occurrence:...
    
    , 05b Baumhauerite
    Baumhauerite
    Baumhauerite is a rare lead sulfosalt mineral. It crystallizes in the triclinic system, is gray-black to blue-gray and its lustre is metallic to dull. Baumhauerite has a hardness of 3....
    
    , 05b Baumhauerite-2a, 05c Liveingite, 05d Dufrenoysite, 05d Veenite, 05d Rathite, 05e Chabourneite, 05f Pierrotite, 05f Parapierrotite, 05g Marumoite; 10a Fuloppite, 10b Bismutoplagionite*, 10b Plagionite, 10c Heteromorphite, 10d Semseyite
    Semseyite
    Semseyite is a rarely occurring sulfosalt mineral and is part of the class of lead antimony sulfides. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system with the chemical composition Pb9Sb8S21...
    
    , 10d Rayite; 15 Boulangerite
    Boulangerite
    Boulangerite is a sulfosalt mineral, lead antimony sulfide, formula Pb5Sb4S11. It was named in 1837 in honor of French mining engineer Charles Boulanger. It forms metallic grey monoclinic crystals. Sometimes the crystals form a fine feathery mass which has been called plumosite....
    
    , 15 Falkmanite, 15 Plumosite
    Plumosite
    Plumosite can refer to any feather ore, i.e. any ore that forms fine capillaries within the surrounding rock.Generally it is a synonym for either Boulangerite, Jamesonite or Zinkenite....
    
    *; 20 Robinsonite, 25 Moeloite, 30 Dadsonite, 35 Zoubekite, 35 Owyheeite
  • 02.HD With Tl: 05 Lorandite
    Lorandite
    Lorandite is a thallium arsenic sulfosalt with the chemical formula: TlAsS2. Though rare, it is the most common thallium-bearing mineral. Lorandite occurs in low-temperature hydrothermal associations and in gold and mercury ore deposits...
    
    , 05 Weissbergite; 15 Christite
    Christite
    Christite is a mineral with the chemical formula TlHgAsS3. It is named after Dr. Charles L. Christ, a member of the U.S. Geological Survey. It usually comes in a crimson red or bright orange color. It has a density of 6.2 and has a rating between 1 and 2 on Mohs Hardness Scale. Christite has an...
    
    , 20 Jankovicite, 25 Rebulite, 30 Imhofite, 35 Edenharterite, 40 Jentschite, 45 Hutchinsonite
    Hutchinsonite
    Hutchinsonite is a sulfosalt mineral of thallium, arsenic and lead with formula 2As5S9. Hutchinsonite is a rare hydrothermal mineral.It was first discovered in Binnental, Switzerland in 1904 and named after Cambridge mineralogist Arthur Hutchinson, F.R.S. ....
    
    , 50 Bernardite, 55 Sicherite, 60 Gabrielite
    Gabrielite
    Gabrielite is a rare thallium sulfosalt mineral with a chemical formula of Tl6Ag3Cu69S21 or Tl2AgCu2As3S7.It was first reported in 2002 for its occurrence in the Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland, and named after Walter Gabriel, a Swiss mineral photographer.This region was transformed...
    
    
  • 02.HE With alkalies, H₂O: 05 Gerstleyite
  • 02.HF With SnS and PbS archetype structure units: 20 Vrbaite; 25a Abramovite
    Abramovite
    Abramotive is a very rare mineral from the sulfides and sulfosalt categories. It has the chemical formula Pb2SnInBiS7. It occurs as tiny elongated lamellar-shaped crystals, up 1mm × 0.2mm in size, and is characterized by its non-commensurate structure....
    
    , 25a Levyclaudite, 25a Cylindrite
    Cylindrite
    Cylindrite is a sulfosalt mineral containing tin, lead, antimony and iron with formula: Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14. It forms triclinic pinacoidal crystals which often occur as tubes or cylinders which are in fact rolled sheets...
    
    , 25b Coiraite, 25b Incaite, 25b Potosiite, 25b Franckeite
    Franckeite
    Franckeite, chemical formula Pb5Sn3Sb2S14, belongs to a family of complex sulfide minerals. Franckeite is a sulfosalt. It is closely related to cylindrite....
    
    ; 30 Lengenbachite
• 02.J Sulfosalts of PbS Archetype
  • 02.JA Galena derivatives with little or no Pb: 05a IMA2005-036, 05a IMA2008-058, 05a Cupropavonite, 05a Pavonite, 05b Grumiplucite, 05c Kudriavite, 05d Cupromakovickyite, 05d Makovickyite, 05e Benjaminite, 05f Mummeite, 05g Borodaevite, 05h Mozgovaite; 10a Cuprobismutite, 10b Kupcikite, 10c Hodrushite, 10d Pizgrischite, 10e Paderaite; 15 Cuboargyrite, 15 Schapbachite; 20 Bohdanowiczite, 20 Matildite, 20 Volynskite
  • 02.JB Galena derivatives, with Pb: 05 Diaphorite, 10 Cosalite; 15 Marrite
    Marrite
    Marrite is depicted by the chemical formula PbAgAsS3. It is the arsenic equivalent of mineral freieslebenite , but also displays close polyhedral characteristics with sicherite and diaphorite. Marrite was named in honor of geologist John Edward Marr of Cambridge, England.-Crystal habit:Marrite is...
    
    , 15 Freieslebenite
    Freieslebenite
    Freieslebenite is a rare sulfosalt mineral of antimony, lead and silver with formula AgPbSbS3 and molecular weight of 533.02 g/mol. It is an opaque non-fluorescent mineral which has a hydrothermal origin. It is metallic, with a specific gravity of 6.3 and a Mohs hardness of 2.5 - about that of a...
    
    ; 20 Cannizzarite, 20 Wittite; 25a Junoite, 25b Felbertalite, 25c Nordstromite, 25d Proudite, 25g Nuffieldite, 25i IMA2008-053, 25i Neyite, 25j Rouxelite; 30a Jordanite
    Jordanite
    Jordanite is a sulfosalt mineral with chemical formula Pb146S23 in the monoclinic crystal system, named after the German scientist Dr H. Jordan who discovered it in 1864....
    
    , 30a Geocronite
    Geocronite
    Geocronite is a mineral, a mixed sulfosalt containing lead, antimony, and arsenic with a formula of Pb146S23. Geocronite is the antimony rich endmember of a solid solution series. The arsenic rich endmember is named jordanite. It occurs as grey, black, to silvery white monoclinic crystals...
    
    , 30b Kirkiite, 30c Tsugaruite; 35a Zinkenite
    Zinkenite
    Zinkenite is a steel-gray metallic sulfosalt mineral composed of lead antimony sulfide Pb9Sb22S42. Zinkenite occurs as acicular needle-like crystals....
    
    , 35b Scainiite, 35c Pillaite, 35d Pellouxite; 40a Bursaite
    Bursaite
    Bursaite is a sulfosalt of the lillianite family. It has the formula Pb5Bi4S11 and orthorhombic structure. Bursaite is named after Bursa Province, Turkey, where it was discovered. It is generally located in regions rich in sulfur and commonly occurs alongside other sulfosalts...
    
    ?, 40a Gustavite, 40a Lillianite, 40a Xilingolite
    Xilingolite
    Xilingolite is a lead sulfide mineral with formula Pb3Bi2S6. It has a hardness of 3, a metallic luster, and usually exhibits a lead-grey color. It is a dimorph of lillianite, exhibiting increased Pb-Bi order and decreased symmetry....
    
    , 40a Treasurite, 40a Vikingite, 40a Fizelyite, 40a Andorite
    Andorite
    Andoriteis a sulfosalt mineral with the chemical formula PbAgSb3S6.It was first described in 1892 for an occurrence in the Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures County, Romania, and named for Hungarian amateur mineralogist Andor von Semsey . Andorite occurs in low-temperature polymetallic...
    
    , 40a Roshchinite, 40a Uchucchacuaite
    Uchucchacuaite
    Uchucchacuaite is a rare sulfosalt mineral found in hydrothermal deposits.It was first described in 1984 for an occurrence in the Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru and named for the mine. It has also been reported from mines in Hokkaido, Japan...
    
    , 40a Ramdohrite, 40b Aschamalmite, 40b Eskimoite, 40b Heyrovskyite, 40c Ourayite, 40d Schirmerite, 40e Ustarasite; 45 Angelaite, 45 Galenobismutite, 45 Weibullite; 55 Gratonite
    Gratonite
    Gratonite is a lead-arsenic sulfosalt mineral, with the chemical composition Pb9As4S15. Gratonite was discovered in 1939 at the Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru. It is named in honor of geologist L. C. Graton , who had a long-standing association with the Cerro de Pasco mines.-References:***...
    
    , 60 Marrucciite, 65 Vurroite
  • 02.JC Galena derivatives, with Tl: 05 Ellisite, 10 Gillulyite
• 02.K Sulfarsenates, Sulfantimonates
  • 02.KA Sulfarsenates with (As,Sb)S₄ tetrahedra: 05 Enargite
    Enargite
    Enargite is a copper arsenic sulfosalt mineral with formula: Cu3AsS4. It takes its name from the Greek word enarge, "distinct." Enargite is a steel gray, blackish gray, to violet black mineral with metallic luster. It forms slender orthorhombic prisms as well as massive aggregates...
    
    , 05 Stibioenargite*, 05 Petrukite; 10 Briartite
    Briartite
    Briartite is an opaque iron-grey metallic sulfide mineral, Cu2GeS4 with traces of Ga and Sn, found as inclusions in other germanium-gallium-bearing sulfides....
    
    , 10 Famatinite, 10 Luzonite, 10 Permingeatite, 10 Barquillite; 15 Fangite
  • 02.KB Sulfarsenates with additional S: 05 Billingsleyite
• 02.L Unclassified Sulfosalts
  • 02.LA Without essential Pb: 10 Dervillite, 15 Daomanite*, 20 Vaughanite, 25 Criddleite, 30 Fettelite
    Fettelite
    Fettelite is a mercury-sulfosalt mineral with the chemical formula Ag24HgAs5S20. The mineral was first described by Wang and Paniagua who named it after M. Fettel, a German field geologist who collected the first samples form Odenwald. It was first collected in the Nieder-Beerbach mine, 10 km...
    
    , 35 Chameanite, 40 Arcubisite
    Arcubisite
    Arcubisite is a sulfosalt mineral occurring with cryolite in Greenland.- References :**...
    
    , 45 Mgriite, 50 Benleonardite, 55 Tsnigriite, 60 Borovskite, 65 Jonassonite
  • 02.LB With essential Pb: 05 Miharaite, 20 Ardaite, 30 Madocite
    Madocite
    Madocite is a mineral with a general formula of Pb1716S41. Madocite was named for the locality of discovery, Madoc, Ontario, Canada. It is found in the marbles of the Precambrian Grenville Limestone. It is orthorhombic and in the point group mm2...
    
    , 35 Larosite; 40 Petrovicite, 40 Mazzettiite; 45 Crerarite, 50 Launayite, 55 Playfairite, 60 Sorbyite, 65 Sterryite
• 02.M
  • 02.MA Oxysulfosalts of Alkalies and Alkali Earths: 05 Ottensite, 05 Cetineite; 10 Sarabauite
    Sarabauite
    Sarabauite is a red monoclinic sulfide mineral with the chemical formula: CaSb10O10S6.- Origin of name and type locality :Sarabauite was first described in 1977 and named for its type locality, the Sarabau Mine in Sarawak, Malaysia...
    
    
• 02.X Unclassified Strunz Sulfosalts
  • 02.XX Unknown: 00 Tazieffite, 00 Horobetsuite*, 00 Kitaibelite?, 00 Parajamesonite?, 00 Sakharovaite?, 00 Volfsonite*