Sulfarsenide mineral

The sulfarsenide minerals are a subgroup of the sulfide minerals which include arsenic replacing sulfur as an anion in the formula.[1] Antimony and bismuth may occur with or in place of the arsenic as in ullmannite. The chemical formula of a sulfarsenide looks like a sulfosalt, however the structures are distinctly different. In sulfosalts the arsenic replaces a metal ion.[1]

The sulfarsenides are grouped with the sulfides in both the Dana and Strunz mineral classification systems.[2][3]

Examples include:[1][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Klein, Cornelis and Cornelius S. Hurlbut, 1985, Manual of Mineralogy, 20th ed., John Wiley and Sons, New York, p. 290 ISBN 0-471-80580-7
  2. http://webmineral.com/dana/II-2.shtml#2.1 Webmineral Dana
  3. http://webmineral.com/strunz/II.shtml Webmineral Strunz
  4. http://rruff.info/about/downloads/AM93_1183.pdf Hexiong Yang and Robert T. Downs, Crystal structure of glaucodot, (Co,Fe)AsS, and its relationships to marcasite and arsenopyrite, American Mineralogist, Volume 93, pages 1183–1186, 2008
  5. Palache, C., H. Berman, and C. Frondel (1944) Dana’s system of mineralogy, (7th edition), v. I, p. 296
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