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<h2 id="nickelstrunz-classification--02--sulfosalts">Nickel–Strunz Classification -02- Sulfosalts</h2> <p><a href="/facts/International_Mineralogical_Association/BzSmsAYQ">IMA</a>-CNMNC proposes a new hierarchical scheme (Mills et al., 2009). This list uses the <a href="/facts/Strunz_classification/QJelNpC6">Classification of Nickel–Strunz</a> (<a href="/facts/Mindat.org/GDJw5HEW">mindat.org</a>, 10 ed, pending publication). </p> <ul><li>Abbreviations: <ul><li>"*" – discredited (IMA/CNMNC status).</li> <li>"?" – questionable/doubtful (IMA/CNMNC status).</li> <li>"REE" – <a href="/facts/Rare_earth_element/PQSUQumk">Rare-earth element</a> (Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu)</li> <li>"PGE" – <a href="/facts/Platinum_group/pbDgst54">Platinum-group element</a> (Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt)</li> <li>03.C Aluminofluorides, 06 Borates, 08 Vanadates (04.H V[5,6] Vanadates), 09 Silicates: <ul><li>Neso: insular (from <a href="/facts/Greek_language/pzDd6eIz">Greek</a> νῆσος <i>nēsos</i>, island)</li> <li>Soro: grouping (from <a href="/facts/Greek_language/pzDd6eIz">Greek</a> σωρός <i>sōros</i>, heap, mound (especially of corn))</li> <li>Cyclo: ring (from <a href="/facts/Greek_language/pzDd6eIz">Greek</a> κύκλος <i>kyklos</i>, wheel, ring, round)</li> <li>Ino: chain (from <a href="/facts/Greek_language/pzDd6eIz">Greek</a> ἴς [genitive: ἰνός <i>inos</i>], fibre)</li> <li>Phyllo: sheet (from <a href="/facts/Greek_language/pzDd6eIz">Greek</a> φύλλον <i>phyllon</i>, leaf)</li> <li>Tekto: three-dimensional framework (from <a href="/facts/Greek_language/pzDd6eIz">Greek</a> stem τεκτ- <i>tekt-</i> in words having to do with carpentry)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Nickel–Strunz code scheme: NN.XY.##x <ul><li>NN: Nickel–Strunz mineral class number</li> <li>X: Nickel–Strunz mineral division letter</li> <li>Y: Nickel–Strunz mineral family letter</li> <li>##x: Nickel–Strunz mineral/group number, x add-on letter</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>Class: sulfosalts</h3> <ul><li>02.G Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfobismuthites <ul><li>02.G: IMA2007-010</li> <li>02.GA Neso-sulfarsenites, etc., without additional S: 05 <a href="/facts/Proustite/3FYC2Ckv">Proustite</a>, 05 <a href="/facts/Pyrargyrite/Hr81cHwf">Pyrargyrite</a>; 10 <a href="/facts/Xanthoconite/t5Ta1ISB">Xanthoconite</a>, 10 Pyrostilpnite; 15 <a href="/facts/Samsonite_(mineral)/cYqsS7GY">Samsonite</a>; 20 Wittichenite, 20 Skinnerite, 25 Malyshevite, 25 Lisiguangite, 25 Muckeite, 25 Lapieite; 30 <a href="/facts/Aktashite/fopYgXAh">Aktashite</a>, 30 Nowackiite, 30 Gruzdevite; 35 Laffittite; 40 Stalderite, 40 <a href="/facts/Routhierite/p2TQv7dW">Routhierite</a>; 45 Erniggliite; 50 <a href="/facts/Seligmannite/p3Plt8oN">Seligmannite</a>, 50 Soucekite, 50 <a href="/facts/Bournonite/KyJCuMrv">Bournonite</a></li> <li>02.GB Neso-sulfarsenites, etc.: 05 Argentotennantite, 05 Giraudite, 05 Goldfieldite, 05 <a href="/facts/Freibergite/QsRxkBjL">Freibergite</a>, 05 Hakite, 05 <a href="/facts/Tennantite/He1Hj9BE">Tennantite</a>, 05 <a href="/facts/Tetrahedrite/FfLq9tGy">Tetrahedrite</a>; 10 Selenostephanite, 10 <a href="/facts/Stephanite/IYIAu3nc">Stephanite</a>; 15 Cupropearceite, 15 Selenopolybasite, 15 Cupropolybasite, 15 <a href="/facts/Polybasite/rRze9vzL">Polybasite</a>, 15 <a href="/facts/Pearceite/zNNeD4Jv">Pearceite</a>, 15 Antimonpearceite, 15 Arsenpolybasite, 20 <a href="/facts/Galkhaite/weV2F63a">Galkhaite</a></li> <li>02.GC Poly-sulfarsenites: 05 Hatchite, 05 Wallisite; 10 Sinnerite, 15 Watanabeite, 20 Simonite, 25 Qratite, 30 <a href="/facts/Smithite/L9YyYWCd">Smithite</a>, 35 Trechmannite, 40a <a href="/facts/Aleksite/N6pYJGSd">Aleksite</a>, 40b Kochkarite, 40c Rucklidgeite, 40c Poubaite, 40d Saddlebackite, 40e Babkinite; 45 Tvalchrelidzeite, 50 Mutnovskite</li></ul></li> <li>02.H Sulfosalts of SnS Archetype <ul><li>02.HA With Cu, Ag, Fe (without Pb): 05 Emplectite, 05 <a href="/facts/Chalcostibite/z9q14jR2">Chalcostibite</a>; 10 <a href="/facts/Miargyrite/nkgouR5L">Miargyrite</a>, 15 <a href="/facts/Livingstonite/RpjINsGQ">Livingstonite</a>; 20 <a href="/facts/Berthierite/artFYUTc">Berthierite</a>, 20 Clerite, 20 Garavellite; 25 Baumstarkite, 25 <a href="/facts/Aramayoite/fLJCJTDR">Aramayoite</a></li> <li>02.HB With Cu, Ag, Hg, Fe, Sn and Pb: 05a Krupkaite, 05a <a href="/facts/Aikinite/WcqBBsJx">Aikinite</a>, 05a Hammarite, 05a Gladite, 05a Friedrichite, 05a Lindstromite, 05a Pekoite, 05a Paarite, 05a Emilite, 05a <a href="/facts/Salzburgite/2t2F2h8U">Salzburgite</a>, 05b <a href="/facts/Meneghinite/oxb10Cmx">Meneghinite</a>, 05c Jaskolskiite; 10a <a href="/facts/Kobellite/oN3XVYTJ">Kobellite</a>, 10a Tintinaite, 10b Giessenite, 10b Izoklakeite, 10c Eclarite; 15 <a href="/facts/Jamesonite/T4fKQmQC">Jamesonite</a>, 15 Benavidesite; 20a <a href="/facts/Nagyagite/2Heb0Ret">Nagyagite</a>, 20b Buckhornite, 20c Museumite, 20d <a href="/facts/Berryite/IHBgzAhM">Berryite</a>, 20e Watkinsonite</li> <li>02.HC With only Pb: 05a <a href="/facts/Sartorite/mpMk03vV">Sartorite</a>, 05a Twinnite, 05a <a href="/facts/Guettardite/jzEIdm2I">Guettardite</a>, 05b <a href="/facts/Baumhauerite/sb9VxNAS">Baumhauerite</a>, 05b Baumhauerite-2a, 05c Liveingite, 05d Dufrenoysite, 05d Veenite, 05d Rathite, 05e Chabourneite, 05f Pierrotite, 05f Parapierrotite, 05g Marumoite; 10a <a href="/facts/Fuloppite/RfWsHBDV">Fuloppite</a>, 10b Bismutoplagionite*, 10b Plagionite, 10c Heteromorphite, 10d <a href="/facts/Semseyite/8eBTmT7A">Semseyite</a>, 10d <a href="/facts/Rayite/spkzyIsP">Rayite</a>; 15 <a href="/facts/Boulangerite/REJTD5Fx">Boulangerite</a>, 15 Falkmanite, 15 <a href="/facts/Plumosite/gNNGgb4l">Plumosite</a>*; 20 Robinsonite, 25 Moeloite, 30 Dadsonite, 35 Zoubekite, 35 Owyheeite</li> <li>02.HD With Tl: 05 <a href="/facts/Lorandite/jo2Y5srW">Lorandite</a>, 05 Weissbergite; 15 <a href="/facts/Christite/5xSkDqxh">Christite</a>, 20 Jankovicite, 25 Rebulite, 30 Imhofite, 35 Edenharterite, 40 Jentschite, 45 <a href="/facts/Hutchinsonite/7wftgCgI">Hutchinsonite</a>, 50 Bernardite, 55 Sicherite, 60 <a href="/facts/Gabrielite/8PB4t1z8">Gabrielite</a></li> <li>02.HE With alkalies, H2O: 05 Gerstleyite</li> <li>02.HF With SnS and PbS archetype structure units: 20 <a href="/facts/Vrbaite/WSHqTEpN">Vrbaite</a>; 25a <a href="/facts/Abramovite/AwYMIgKx">Abramovite</a>, 25a Levyclaudite, 25a <a href="/facts/Cylindrite/y1SogqEL">Cylindrite</a>, 25b Coiraite, 25b Incaite, 25b Potosiite, 25b <a href="/facts/Franckeite/k0UL4vG3">Franckeite</a>; 30 Lengenbachite</li></ul></li> <li>02.J Sulfosalts of PbS Archetype <ul><li>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 <a href="/facts/Volynskite/GnuqEvxd">Volynskite</a></li> <li>02.JB Galena derivatives, with Pb: 05 Diaphorite, 10 Cosalite; 15 <a href="/facts/Marrite/yCbDKFyw">Marrite</a>, 15 <a href="/facts/Freieslebenite/bahxM0b5">Freieslebenite</a>; 20 Cannizzarite, 20 Wittite; 25a Junoite, 25b Felbertalite, 25c Nordstromite, 25d Proudite, 25g Nuffieldite, 25i IMA2008-053, 25i Neyite, 25j Rouxelite; 30a <a href="/facts/Jordanite/qNET36wX">Jordanite</a>, 30a <a href="/facts/Geocronite/o0gcmhul">Geocronite</a>, 30b Kirkiite, 30c Tsugaruite; 35a <a href="/facts/Zinkenite/xRpUAxBC">Zinkenite</a>, 35b Scainiite, 35c Pillaite, 35d Pellouxite; 40a <a href="/facts/Bursaite/0GIkVgVc">Bursaite</a>?, 40a Gustavite, 40a Lillianite, 40a <a href="/facts/Xilingolite/r3cbS88F">Xilingolite</a>, 40a Treasurite, 40a Vikingite, 40a Fizelyite, 40a <a href="/facts/Andorite/k8QY4VrN">Andorite</a>, 40a Roshchinite, 40a <a href="/facts/Uchucchacuaite/baVMnnmg">Uchucchacuaite</a>, 40a Ramdohrite, 40b <a href="/facts/Aschamalmite/C17P2JBE">Aschamalmite</a>, 40b Eskimoite, 40b Heyrovskyite, 40c Ourayite, 40d Schirmerite, 40e Ustarasite; 45 Angelaite, 45 Galenobismutite, 45 Weibullite; 55 <a href="/facts/Gratonite/nyTSgd0u">Gratonite</a>, 60 Marrucciite, 65 Vurroite</li> <li>02.JC Galena derivatives, with Tl: 05 Ellisite, 10 Gillulyite</li></ul></li> <li>02.K Sulfarsenates, Sulfantimonates <ul><li>02.KA Sulfarsenates with (As,Sb)S4 tetrahedra: 05 <a href="/facts/Enargite/9YNyGwye">Enargite</a>, 05 Stibioenargite*, 05 Petrukite; 10 <a href="/facts/Briartite/Rp9tEgrH">Briartite</a>, 10 Famatinite, 10 Luzonite, 10 Permingeatite, 10 Barquillite; 15 <a href="/facts/Fangite/B7W77jRP">Fangite</a></li> <li>02.KB Sulfarsenates with additional S: 05 Billingsleyite</li></ul></li> <li>02.L Unclassified Sulfosalts <ul><li>02.LA Without essential Pb: 10 Dervillite, 15 Daomanite*, 20 Vaughanite, 25 Criddleite, 30 <a href="/facts/Fettelite/LFFnMREV">Fettelite</a>, 35 Chameanite, 40 <a href="/facts/Arcubisite/tRL9vn83">Arcubisite</a>, 45 Mgriite, 50 Benleonardite, 55 Tsnigriite, 60 Borovskite, 65 Jonassonite</li> <li>02.LB With essential Pb: 05 Miharaite, 20 <a href="/facts/Ardaite/9C7Pl5uE">Ardaite</a>, 30 <a href="/facts/Madocite/NT5aTStw">Madocite</a>, 35 Larosite; 40 Petrovicite, 40 Mazzettiite; 45 Crerarite, 50 Launayite, 55 <a href="/facts/Playfairite/FWrUITma">Playfairite</a>, 60 Sorbyite, 65 Sterryite</li></ul></li> <li>02.M <ul><li>02.MA Oxysulfosalts of Alkalies and Alkali Earths: 05 Ottensite, 05 Cetineite; 10 <a href="/facts/Sarabauite/Vu6Eo2nf">Sarabauite</a></li></ul></li> <li>02.X Unclassified Strunz Sulfosalts <ul><li>02.XX Unknown: 00 Tazieffite, 00 Horobetsuite*, 00 Kitaibelite?, 00 Parajamesonite?, 00 Sakharovaite?, 00 Volfsonite*</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="synthetic-sulfosalts">Synthetic sulfosalts</h2> <p>Many sulfosalts can be prepared in the laboratory, including many that do not occur in nature.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>[<i>which?</i>] </p> <ul><li>Mozgova N.N. (2000). <i>Sulfosalt mineralogy today</i>. In: <i>Modern Approaches to Ore and Environmental Mineralogy</i>, MSF Mini-Symposium Espoo Finland, June 11–17, 2000, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050907172937/http://www.igem.ru/igem/mine/sulfosalts.htm">https://web.archive.org/web/20050907172937/http://www.igem.ru/igem/mine/sulfosalts.htm</a> Retrieved July 22, 2005.</li> <li>Moëlo, Yves; Makovicky, Emil; Mozgova, Nadejda N.; Jambor, John L.; Cook, Nigel; Pring, Allan; Paar, Werner; <a href="/facts/Ernest_Henry_Nickel/NUoXYaYY">Nickel, Ernest H.</a>; et al. (2008). <a href="http://nrmima.nrm.se//sulfosalts.pdf">"Sulfosalt systematics: a review. Report of the sulfosalt sub-committee of the IMA Commission on Ore Mineralogy"</a> (PDF). <i>European Journal of Mineralogy</i>. 20 (1): 7. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1127%2F0935-1221%2F2008%2F0020-1778">10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1778</a>.</li> <li>Stuart J. Mills; Frédéric Hatert; Ernest H. Nickel & Giovanni Ferraris (2009). <a href="http://pubsites.uws.edu.au/ima-cnmnc/Mills%20et%20al%202009%20Groups%20EJM%20October.pdf">"The standardisation of mineral group hierarchies: application to recent nomenclature proposals"</a> (PDF). <i>Eur. J. Mineral</i>. 21 (5): 1073–1080. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1127%2F0935-1221%2F2009%2F0021-1994">10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1994</a>.</li> <li>Ernest H. Nickel & Monte C. Nichols (March 2009). <a href="http://pubsites.uws.edu.au/ima-cnmnc/IMA2009-01%20UPDATE%20160309.pdf">"IMA-CNMNC List of Mineral Names"</a> (PDF). IMA-CNMNC.</li> <li>Ferraiolo, Jim. <a href="http://webmineral.com/strunz/strunz.php">"Nickel–Strunz (Version 10) Classification System"</a>. webmineral.com.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Strunz classification of sulfides and sulfosalts". Mindat. <a href="http://www.mindat.org/strunz.php?a=2" target="_blank">http://www.mindat.org/strunz.php?a=2</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Strunz classification of sulfides and sulfosalts". Mindat. <a href="http://www.mindat.org/strunz.php?a=2" target="_blank">http://www.mindat.org/strunz.php?a=2</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Klein, Cornelis and Cornelius S. Hurlbut (1985). Manual of Mineralogy, 20th ed., John Wiley and Sons, New York ISBN 0-471-80580-7. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Palache, C., H. Berman, and C. Frondel (1944). Dana’s System of Mineralogy, (7th edition), v. I, pp. 348–350 <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Sheldrick, William S.; Wachhold, Michael "Chalcogenidometalates of the heavier Group 14 and 15 elements" Coordination Chemistry Reviews 1998, vol. 176, 211–322. doi:10.1016/S0010-8545(98)00120-9 <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>