Sulfosalt in the context of Tellurium

⭐ Core Definition: Sulfosalt

Sulfosalt minerals are sulfide minerals with the general formula A_mB_nX_p, where

A represents a metal such as copper, lead, silver, iron, and rarely mercury, zinc, vanadium
B usually represents semi-metal such as arsenic, antimony, bismuth, and rarely germanium, or metals like tin and rarely vanadium
X is sulfur or rarely selenium and/or tellurium.

The Strunz classification includes the sulfosalts in a sulfides and sulfosalts superclass. A group which have similar appearing formulas are the sulfarsenides (for example cobaltite (Co,Fe)AsS). In sulfarsenides the arsenic substitutes for sulfide anions whereas in the sulfosalts the arsenic substitutes for a metal cation.

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Sulfosalt in the context of Sulfide mineral

The sulfide minerals are a class of minerals containing sulfide (S) or disulfide (S2−2) as the major anion. Some sulfide minerals are economically important as metal ores. The sulfide class also includes the selenides, the tellurides, the arsenides, the antimonides, the bismuthinides, the sulfarsenides and the sulfosalts. Sulfide minerals are inorganic compounds.

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⭐ Core Definition: Sulfosalt

Sulfosalt in the context of Sulfide mineral