Native Elements, Sulfides, Halides, Sulfates - Faculty web pages
Native Elements, Sulfides, Halides, Sulfates - Faculty web pages
Native Elements, Sulfides, Halides, Sulfates - Faculty web pages
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<strong>Sulfides</strong>: Majority of ore minerals<br />
Most opaque with distinctive colors and streaks<br />
Pyrite – FeS 2 ; Isometric<br />
Cubic xstals with striated faces; also pyritohedrons and octahedrons<br />
Metallic luster; conchoidal fracture; Greenish-black streak<br />
Most common and widespread sulfide mineral<br />
Occurrence:<br />
1) Accessory mineral in igneous, metamorphic and sed rocks<br />
2) Mississippi Valley deposits<br />
3) Other sulfide deposits