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Iron sulfide
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Minerals
By increasing order of stability:
Iron(II) sulfide
, FeS
Greigite
, Fe3S4 (cubic)
Pyrrhotite
, Fe1−xS (where x = 0 to 0.2) (monoclinic or hexagonal)
Troilite
, FeS, the
endmember
of pyrrhotite (hexagonal)
Mackinawite
, Fe1+xS (where x = 0 to 0.1) (tetragonal)
Marcasite
, orthorhombic FeS2
Pyrite
, cubic FeS2 (fool's gold)
Arsenopyrite
(
mispickel
), FeAsS, or Fe(As-S), Fe(III) mixed arseno-sulfide (monoclinic)
Synthetic
Iron(III) sulfide
, Fe2S3
Iron-sulfur clusters
, includes both synthetic and biological
Biological
Iron–sulfur protein