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Sulfosalt mineral
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<p>Sulfosalt minerals are <a href="/facts/Sulfide_minerals/f8rxJpCW">sulfide minerals</a> with the general formula A<i>m</i>B<i>n</i>X<i>p</i>, where </p> <ul><li>A represents a <a href="/facts/Metal/PT8hNX6R">metal</a> such as <a href="/facts/Copper/I8PEE8oX">copper</a>, <a href="/facts/Lead/EYljasJN">lead</a>, <a href="/facts/Silver/xXe41BGg">silver</a>, <a href="/facts/Iron/QK1JYy8E">iron</a>, and rarely <a href="/facts/Mercury_(element)/WlxfoHva">mercury</a>, <a href="/facts/Zinc/80b1qgk3">zinc</a>, <a href="/facts/Vanadium/UvKkKTSm">vanadium</a></li> <li>B usually represents <a href="/facts/Semi-metal/ELtXVlI5">semi-metal</a> such as <a href="/facts/Arsenic/k1c4f44D">arsenic</a>, <a href="/facts/Antimony/YsA7lVgT">antimony</a>, <a href="/facts/Bismuth/75FLjkoX">bismuth</a>, and rarely <a href="/facts/Germanium/wtoALHGs">germanium</a>, or metals like <a href="/facts/Tin/obW9mqc3">tin</a> and rarely <a href="/facts/Vanadium/UvKkKTSm">vanadium</a></li> <li>X is <a href="/facts/Sulfur/IK0amTfM">sulfur</a> or rarely <a href="/facts/Selenium/k975NApC">selenium</a> and/or <a href="/facts/Tellurium/v7QvfIvS">tellurium</a>.</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/facts/Strunz_classification/QJelNpC6">Strunz classification</a> includes the sulfosalts in a <i>sulfides and sulfosalts</i> superclass. A group which have similar appearing formulas are the <a href="/facts/Sulfarsenide_mineral/LDDUMq3e">sulfarsenides</a> (for example <a href="/facts/Cobaltite/SPvqHQ1p">cobaltite</a> (Co,Fe)AsS). In sulfarsenides the arsenic substitutes for <a href="/facts/Sulfide/d8YMjLeu">sulfide</a> <a href="/facts/Anion/wrbwhF3z">anions</a> whereas in the sulfosalts the arsenic substitutes for a metal <a href="/facts/Cation/wrbwhF3z">cation</a>. </p><p>About 200 sulfosalt minerals are known. Examples include: </p> <ul><li>A3BX3 type <ul><li><a href="/facts/Pyrargyrite/Hr81cHwf">Pyrargyrite</a> Ag3SbS3</li> <li><a href="/facts/Proustite/3FYC2Ckv">Proustite</a> Ag3AsS3</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tetrahedrite/FfLq9tGy">Tetrahedrite</a> Cu12Sb4S13</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tennantite/He1Hj9BE">Tennantite</a> Cu12As4S13</li></ul></li> <li>A3BX4 type <ul><li><a href="/facts/Enargite/9YNyGwye">Enargite</a> Cu3AsS4</li> <li>Sulvanite Cu3VS4</li> <li><a href="/facts/Samsonite_(mineral)/cYqsS7GY">Samsonite</a> Ag4MnSb2S6</li> <li><a href="/facts/Geocronite/o0gcmhul">Geocronite</a> Pb14(Sb,As)6S23</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gratonite/nyTSgd0u">Gratonite</a> Pb9As4S15</li></ul></li> <li>A2BX3 type <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bournonite/KyJCuMrv">Bournonite</a> PbCuSbS3</li> <li><a href="/facts/Seligmannite/p3Plt8oN">Seligmannite</a> PbCuAsS3</li> <li><a href="/facts/Aikinite/WcqBBsJx">Aikinite</a> PbCuBiS3</li></ul></li> <li>ABX2 type <ul><li><a href="/facts/Boulangerite/REJTD5Fx">Boulangerite</a> Pb5Sb4S11</li> <li>Matildite AgBiS2</li> <li><a href="/facts/Smithite/L9YyYWCd">Smithite</a> AgAsS2</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chalcostibite/z9q14jR2">Chalcostibite</a> CuSbS2</li> <li>Emplectite CuBiS2</li> <li><a href="/facts/Teallite/lF5PtysN">Teallite</a> PbSnS2</li></ul></li> <li>A2B2X5 type <ul><li>Ramdohrite Ag3Pb6Sb11S24</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jamesonite/T4fKQmQC">Jamesonite</a> Pb4FeSb6S14</li> <li>Cosalite Pb2Bi2S5</li></ul></li> <li>A2B3X6 type <ul><li><a href="/facts/Andorite/k8QY4VrN">Andorite</a> PbAgSb3S6</li> <li>Lindstromite Pb3Cu3Bi7S15</li></ul></li> <li>AB2X4 type <ul><li><a href="/facts/Zinkenite/xRpUAxBC">Zinkenite</a> Pb9Sb22S42</li> <li><a href="/facts/Berthierite/artFYUTc">Berthierite</a> FeSb2S4</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cylindrite/y1SogqEL">Cylindrite</a> Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14</li></ul></li></ul>