My Rocks And MineralsWith An Emphasis On Sulfides
Nickel Sulfides
Argentopentlandite
Ag(Fe,Ni)8S8 Argentopentlandite with Pyrrhotine, Chalcopyrite, and Pentlandite. Oktyabr mine, Talnakh area, Noril'sk region, western Siberia, Russian Federation
Arsenohauchecornite
Ni18Bi3AsS16 A miniature of a bleb of Arsenohauchecornite frozen in sulphide matrix from Vermillion mine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Confirmed by EDS. Overall dimensions are 5.5x3.5x2.5 cm. Weight = 71 g.
Bismutohauchecornite
Ni9Bi2S8 Size: H:1.4cm x W:1.3cm x D:0.6cm, Frood Mine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Breithaupite
NiSb With Nickeline (Niccolite), Nipissing Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
Carrollite
Cu(Co,Ni)2S4 With Calcite, Chalcopyrite, MineEtoile, Congo
Clinosafflorite
(Co,Fe,Ni)As2 Nord Mine, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
Cobaltpentlandite
(Co,Ni,Fe)9S8 Levanto, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
Cooperite
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S Polished section of Kashinite, Isoferroplatinum, Bowieite, Sperrylite, Cooperite, PGM placer, Mount Filipp, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russian Federation
Djerfisherite
K6Na(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl From the collection of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow, Russian Federation, Mt. Rasvumchorr, Khibina Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russian Federation.
Fletcherite
Cu(Ni,Co)2S4 Bernburg, Straßfurt, Thüringen, Germany
My Image
NiAsS With Nickeline, Zinkwand Mt., Obertalbach Vallery, Styria, Austria
Haapalaite
(Fe2+,Ni)2(Mg,Fe2+)1.61S2(OH)3.22 Otamo Mine, Siikainen, Finland
Hauchecornite
Ni9Bi(Sb,Bi)S8 Vermilion Mine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Heazlewoodite
Ni3S2 Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Australia
Krutovite
NiAs2 Size: 2,9 x 2,1 x 1,6 cm Dobšiná, Slovakia
Lapieite
CuNiSbS3 Small gray-metallic lapieite grains to 0.1 mm in gray-green matrix. Cotype material Near the confluence of Glacier Creek and the Lapie River, Cyr Ranges, Watson Lake Mining District. Yukon Territory, Canada
Mackinawite
(Fe,Ni)9S8 Hitura Ni Mine, Nivala, Oulun Laani, Northern Finland
Maucherite
Ni11As8 Timiskaming, Ontario, Canada
Melonite
NiTe2 Kambalda Ni Deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, W.A., Australia. With Quartz
Muckeite
CuNiBiS3 Grune Au mine, Schutzbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With Millerite.
Nickeline
NiAs Massive nickeline with tarnishing surface in white calcite. The specimen size 1.7cm x 0.8cm x 0.7cm. Szklary, Ząbkowice, Ząbkowice District, Lower Silesia, Poland.
Nickelskutterudite
(Ni,Co)As3-x Nickelskutterudite sample from one of the premier classic localities for the species. Clusters of crude intergrown crystals up to 1 cm and masses of nickelskutterudite on matrix. Coverage on front and backside. From the -450 meter level of Shaft 366. Size: H:9.5cm x W:5.4cm x D:5.5cm. Schacht 366, Alberode, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Nisbite
NiSb2 3x3x3 cm Gruvasen, Sweden
Oregonite
Ni2FeAs2 Oregonite occurs as water-rolled pebbles in Josephine Creek, Oregon. The pebbles typically have a smooth brown crust – rather unattractive, at best, but this is the type locality and this is what they look like. Josephine Creek placers, Josephine Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA
Owensite
(Ba,Pb)6(Cu,Fe,Ni)25S27 The rare species occurs as submicroscopic grains intimately associated with pyrrhotite, magnetite and other sulfides. The Wellgreen Cu-Ni-Pt deposit, Kluane District, Yukon Territory, Canada
Pararammelsbergite
NiAs2 With native silver. Lorraine Trout Lake Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
Parkerite
Ni3(Bi,Pb)2S2 Size: H:0.1cm x W:0.1cm x D:0.1cm Hedleyite inclusions in chalcopyrite matrix containing parkerite. Oktyabr'skoye Deposit, Putoran Plateau, Eastern Siberia, Russian Federation
Penroseite
(Ni,Co,Cu)Se2 With brown Ahlfeldite. Pacajake mine, Hiaco, 30 km east-northeast of Colquechaca, Potosí, Bolivia
Pentlandite
(Fe,Ni)9S8 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Polydymite
NiNi2S4 Size: H:3cm x W:2.2cm x D:1.8cm. Dörnberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Sauerland, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Putoranite
Cu9(Fe,Ni)9S16 Oktyabr mine, Talnakh, Norilsk, Russian Federation
Rammelsbergite
NiAs2 Medenec, Czech Republic
Safflorite
(Co,Fe,Ni)As2 Beautiful aggregates of botryoidal safflorite are exposed in this specimen from the famous Langis Mine. The safflorite is actually in a dendritic habit that is also partially dendritic. Formed over silver dendrites! Some small skutterudite crystals present, as well. Langis Mine, Casey Township, New Lisgeard, Cobalt/Gowganda Area, Ontario, Canada
Shandite
Pb2Ni3S2 Ni Reward Mine, Trial Harbour, Tasmania, Australia
Siegenite
(Ni,Co)3S4 With Marcasite, Dolomite. Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds Co, Missouri, USA
Skutterudite
(Co,Ni)As3-x. Safflorite, Skutterudite. Bluish mineral is Bornite. Nippising Mine, Casey Township, Cobalt/Gowganda Area, Ontario, Canada
Smaltite
(Co,Fe,Ni)As2 With Niccolite, Safflorite. Javornik, Czech Republic
Smythite
(Fe,Ni)9S11 or (Fe,Ni)13S16 [(Fe,Ni)3+xS4(x=0-0.3)] In Calcite. Paul Frank Quarry, North Vernon, Indiana, USA
Sudburyite
(Pd,Ni)Sb A thumbnail of a crudely polished chunk of Maucherite-Chalcopyrite with microscopic blebs of SUDBURYITE in Quartz matrix from Vermillion mine, Sudbury district, Ontario, Canada.
Talnakhite
Cu9(Fe,Ni)8S16 Size: H:1.4cm x W:0.7cm x D:0.5cm Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Eastern Siberia, Russian Federation.
Thalfenisite
Tl6(Fe,Ni,Cu)25S26Cl With Froodite. Oktyabrskiy deposit, Norilsk, Russian Federation.
Tucekite
Ni9Sb2S8 Vandee, Servieres, France.
Tyrrellite
(Cu,Co,Ni)3Se4 Size: H:0.8cm x W:0.5cm x D:0.4cm Grey metallic tyrrellite in umangite. Eagle Claims, near Hal Lake, Beaverlodge area, Saskatchewan, Canada
Ullmannite
NiSbS Masaloni, Sarrabus, Sardinia
Vaesite
NiS2 3/8 x 1 inch and it is a matrix with white fiberous crystals of jamborite and micro vaesite octahedrons . Impruneta , Florence Province , Tuscany Region, Italy
Villamaninite
(Cu,Ni,Co,Fe)S2 On calcite. Mina La Divina Providencia, Villanueva de Pontedo, Cármenes (Villamanín), León, Spain
Violarite
Fe++Ni+++2S4 Violarite in association with pyrrhotite and to a lesser extent some lighter coloured millerite. Red Ross Mine, Kambalda,Western Australia, Australia
Vysotskite
(Pd,Ni)S Noril'sk region, Noyask, western Siberia, Russian Federation
Westerveldite
(Fe,Ni,Co)As With Aegernine, Eudialyte. Kvanefjeld, Ilimaussaq, Greenland
Copper Sulfides
Aikinite
PbCuBiS3 Grey metallic inclusions of pavonite, partially intermixed with aikinite, in quartz matrix. The specimen size 2.9cm x 2.3cm x 1.6cm. Bolivar Mine, Cerro Bonete, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí Department
Berzelianite
Cu2Se Bukov Mine, Rožná deposit, Moravia, Czech Republic
Betekhtinite
Cu10(Fe,Pb)S6 Chloride, New Mexico, USA
Bornite
Cu5FeS4 Bonanza Mine, Concepcion del Oro, Mun. de Cocepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
Bournonite
PbCuSbS3 Machacamarca Mine, Machacamarca, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
Bukovite
Tl2(Cu,Fe)4Se4 Size: H:1cm x W:1.7cm x D:0.5cm Very rare thallium, copper and selenium mineral - bukovite in berzelianite. Bukovite - few brass-brown micro grains. Bukov Mine, Rožná, Moravia, Czech Republic
Cernyite
Cu2CdSnS4 Cernyite is very rare, co-Type Locality! Cernyite occurs as submicroscopic inclusions in a Kesterite mass. 1.5x1.2x0.5 cm, 6.2 grams. Hugo Mine, Keystone, South Dakota, USA
Chalcocite
Cu2S Kara Oba, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Chalcopyrite
CuFeS2 Lustrous golden yellow Chalcopyrite incrustation overlaid on a single, mirror black Sphalerite tetrahedron. Featuring complete and perfect 1,2cm Sphalerite tetrahedron with nice striations and sharp edges, sitting freely on transparent Quartz crystals. On the tetrahedron are grown isolated golden Chalcopyrite. This entire combo sits atop Quartz druse forming tremendous focal point. Some twined Galenas are present on too as well as one other Sphalerite tetrahedron. Krushev dol mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Chalcopyrite
CuFeS2 Chalcopyrite with pyrite, sphalerite. Depth: 450m. 60 mm x 38 mm x 18 mm. 69g. Krushev dol mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Chalcopyrite
CuFeS2 Chalcopyrite with sphalerite, and quartz. Depth 450m. 40 mm x 31 mm x 15 mm. 20g. Krushev dol mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Chalcostibite
CuSbS2 With Azurite. Rar-el Ariz, Cherrat Wadi, Casablanca Prefecture, Morocco
Covellite
CuS With Pyrite. Leonard Mine Butte, Montana, USA
Cubanite
CuFe2S3 Size: H:0.3cm x W:0.3cm x D:0.3cm. Strathcona Mine, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Cuproneyite
Cu7Pb27Bi25S68 Cuproneyite is a holotype specimen of a copper-lead- bismuth sulfosalt. It occurs as grey metallic fragments, partially intermixed with cosalite. Cuproneyite is a holotype specimen of a copper-lead- bismuth sulfosalt. It occurs as grey metallic fragments, partially intermixed with cosalite., Romania
Cupropavonite
AgCu2PbBi5S10, 0.2 x 0.4 x 0.7 cm. Pioche District, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA
Cupropearceite
[Cu6As2S7][Ag9CuS4] Sarbai Mine, Turgai region, Kazakhstan
Cuprostibite
Cu2(Sb,Tl) A thumbnail of massive, pink Cuprostibite in matrix from Ilimaussaq, Kitaa Province, Greenland.
Diginite
Cu9S5 (Cu1.78S) West Colusa Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Djurleite, Chalcocite
Cu31S16 (Cu1.96S) From the lower workings, Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA
Djurleite
Cu31S16 (Cu1.96S) Geevor Mine, Cornwall, England
Emplectite
CuBiS2 Barbora adit, Krupka, Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Czech Republic
Enargite
Cu3AsS4 Quiruvilca, Peru
Eskebornite
CuFeSe2 Tilkerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Gallite, Briarite, and Renierite
CuGaS2 Gallite (silvery) Cu2(Zn,Fe)GeS4 Briartite, and (Cu,Zn)11(Ge,As)2Fe4S16 Renierite (reddish) from the type locality. Size: H:1.2cm x W:1.5cm x D:0.9cm. Prince Leopold Mine, Kipushi, Katanga,, Congo
Geerite
Cu8S5 (Cu1.60S) GEERITE w/CHALCOCITE, BORNITE A 3x1 cm specimen with micro aggregates of the rare mineral geerite as massive, oriented overgrowths in chalcocite, causing the chalcocite to show parting along its contact with bornite surfaces. Cuchillo Negro District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Germanocolusite
Cu13V(Ge,As)3S16 Tsumeb, Nambia
Gladite, Pekoite
PbCuBi5S9 Gladite metallic crystals, and PbCuBi11(S,Se)18 pekoite embedded in a quartz matrix. Size: H:1.6cm x W:3.4cm x D:1.9cm. Albigna Valley, Bregaglia Valley, Grischun, Switzerland.
Hodrushite
Cu8Bi12S22 Hodrushite aggregate in association with amethyst from very recent find at type locality - Rozalia Mine, Hodrusa-Hamre, Slovakia. The specimen measures 4 x 4 x 1.8 cm, weights 38 grams, hodrushite agregate is 6 mm.
Isocubanite
CuFe2S3 Isocubanite (isochalcopyrite) from Gladhammar, Sweden
Kesterite
Cu2(Zn,Fe)SnS4 World's best locality! Sharp crystal with a thin green secondary mineral coating, has a little damage on the right side. Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu co., Sichuan, China
Kobellite
Pb22Cu4(Bi,Sb)30S69 Jedlovec Mt., Smolnícka Huta, Slovenské Rudohorie Mts, Košice Region, Slovakia
My Image
CuAuTe4 Size: 0.3 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm. Campbell Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Krutaite, Chalcomentite
CuSe2 Krutaite (silvery), and CuSeO3.2H2O Chalcomentite (blue). El Dragon Mine, Potosi, Bolivia
Lindstromite
Pb3Cu3Bi7S15 Iglesia, Sonora, Mexico
Luzonite
Cu3AsS4 Chinkuahshih Mine, Jui-Fang Town, Taipei Co., Taiwan
Nukundamite
Cu3.4Fe0.6S4 The MIR black smoker, TAG hydrothermal field, Middle-Atlantic Ocean Ridge, 260N, 450W, 3438m depth. With chalcopyrite.
Orickite
2CuFeS2.(H2O) The specimen size 2.1 cm x 1.2 cm x 0.9 cm. Koashva Mount, Khibiny Massif, Kola, Russian Federation.
Oulankaite
(Pd,Pt)5(Cu,Fe)4SnTe2S2 Polished section containing oulankaite with telargpalite (Pd, Ag)3(Te,Bi) and tulameenite (Pt2CuFe) in chalcopyrite matrix. Size: H:0.1cm x W:0.1cm x D:0.1cm
Roquesite
CuInS2 Size: H:1.5cm x W:0.9cm x D:0.7cm Charrier Mine, Laprugne, Le Mayet-de-Montagne, Auvergne, France
Roxbyite
Cu9S5 (Cu1.78S) Olympic Dam Dep., Roxby Downs, SA, Australia. Submicroscopic inclusions of this rare species in chalcocite matrix, some with minor rock. Type locality material,
Seligmannite, Galena
PbCuAsS3 A minature of a plate of Galena crystals (PbS) peppered with tiny, black Seligmannite microcrystals from Palomo mine, Huachocolpa District, Huancavelica Dept., Peru. Overall dimensions are 4x2.5x2.5 cm. Weight = 69 g.
Seligmannite, Jordanite
PbCuAsS3 Seligmoannite with Jordanite Pb14(As,Sb)6S23. Lengenbach quarry, Binnental, Valais, Switzerland
Skinnerite
Cu3SbS3 Black metallic crystals on matrix, 3x3x3 cm Andrassy-III mine, Rudabanya, Hungary
Sorbyite
CuPb9(Sb,As)11S26 Size: H:2.5cm x W:1.8cm x D:0.8cm Candelaria District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
Sulvanite
Cu3VS4 Size: H:2.2cm x W:1.5cm x D:0.8cm Dark grey metallic sulvanite in matrix. Burra Burra, South Australia, Australia
Tennantite
(Cu,Fe)12As4S13 Bonanza Mine, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
Tetrahedrite
(Cu,Fe)12Sb4S13 Casapalac Mine, Peru
Yarrowite, Spionkopite
Cu9S8 (Cu1.12S) Yarrowite with Cu39S28 (Cu1.39S) Spionkopite from type locality Yarrow Creek South West Alberta, Canada
Silver Sulfides
Acanthite
Ag2S This specimen measures 27 mm x 13 mm x 5 mm and weighs 3.84 grams. Imiter mine in Ouarzazate, Morocco
Aguilarite
Ag4SeS Size: H:1.7cm x W:1.3cm x D:1cm San Carlos Mine, San Carlos, Chihuahua, Mexico
Andorite
PbAgSb3S6 Itos Mine, Oruro, Bolivia
Argentopyrite
AgFe2S3 Grube Pohla, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Argyrodite
Ag8GeS6 Size: H:1.7cm x W:1.3cm x D:1.2cm Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Baumhauerite-2a
Pb11Ag(As,Sb)18S36 Lengenbach quarry, Binnental, Valais, Switzerland
Baumstarkite
Ag3(Sb,As)2SbS6 Size: H:0.2cm x W:0.1cm x D:0.1cm San Genaro Mine, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Benjaminite
(Ag,Cu)3(Bi,Pb)7S12 Outlaw Mine, 12 miles north of Manhattan, Nye Co., Nevada, USA
Berryite
Cu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S16 Size: H:1cm x W:1.4cm x D:0.5cm Clara Mine, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Crookesite
Cu7(Tl,Ag)Se4 Matrix is calcite. Type locality mineral. Size: H:0.8cm x W:0.4cm x D:0.2cm Skrikerum Mine, Valdemarsvik, Östergötland, Sweden
Cupropavonite
AgCu2PbBi5S10 0.2 x 0.4 x 0.7 cm Pioche District, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA
Diaphorite (Brongniardite)
Pb2Ag3Sb3S8 size: 24 X 15 X 15mm weight: 6g Poličany, Kutná Hora (Kuttenberg), Czech Republic
Dyscrasite
Ag3Sb Schacht 21, Pribram, Czech Republic
Eucairite
CuAgSe Predborice, Bohemia, Czech Republic
fettelite, Acanthite
[Ag6As2S7][Ag10HgAs2S8] Red-orange flat tabular xls. of Fettelite associated to Acanthite (Ag2S) xls. 0.09% copper by composition. Glasberg quarry, Hesse, Germany
Fizelyite
Pb14Ag5Sb21S48 Van Silver Mine, nr. Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Freibergite, Siderite
Ag6[Cu4,Fe2]Sb4S13-x The Siderite is brownish yellow to red, and the Freibergite is metallic. Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
Jalpaite
Ag3CuS2 Very rich, metallic gray-black Jalpaite is in / on matrix associated with massive Chrysocolla (very small amount of associated matrix). La Mesa, Chihuahua, Mexico
Lenaite
AgFeS2 With amalgam, stephanite, freibergite, sphalerite, limonite, and quartz. Silver-lead deposit in the Verkhoyano-Kolymskaya fold system, of the Lena River basin, Eastern Yakutia, Siberia, Russian Federation
Lengenbachite
Pb6(Ag,Cu)2As4S13 With Baumhauerite, Sartorite and some Tennantite. Lengenbach quarry, Binnental, Valais, Switzerland
Manganoquadratite
AgMnAsS3 Size: H:1.6cm x W:1.6cm x D:1.4cm Description: A lot of black, metallic octahedrons on matrix. Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
Marrite
PbAgAsS3 Lengenbach quarry, Binnental, Valais, Switzerland
Matildite
AgBiS2 Matildite with Naumannite, (Ag2Se) Chalcopyrite, Tennantite, (Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]As4S13), Calcite, and Quartz. Gold Deposit Nau, Kirghisien, Russian Federation
Miargyrite
AgSbS2 Poličany, Kutná Hora (Kuttenberg), Czech Republic
Ourayite
Ag3Pb4Bi5S13 Pitiquito, Sonora, Mexico
Owyheeite
Pb7Ag2(Sb,Bi)8S20 Crown Point Mine, Banner District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA
Polybasite
[Ag9CuS4] [(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7] Fresnillo - Zacatecas, Mexico
Proustite
Ag3AsS3 Proustite with Acanthite Ag2S and silver Ag. Peru
Pyrargyrite, Stibarsen
Ag3SbS3 with Stibarsen (AsSb). Uranium Mine No.7 Příbram - Třebsko, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic
Pyrostilpine
Ag3SbS3 Size: H:1cm x W:0.9cm x D:0.8cm Description: Bright red pyrostilpnite on violet fluorite. Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany
Qhadratite
Ag(Cd,Pb)AsS3 Quadritite with Jordanite. Lengenbach, Binntal, Switzerland
Rathite
Pb8Pb4-x(Tl2As2)x(Ag2As2)As16S40 Lengenbach Quarry, Binnental, Valais, Switzerland
Routhierite
Size: H:2cm x W:1.5cm x D:1.5cm Description: A combination of three rare thallium minerals in crystallized form: routhierite (Tl(Cu,Ag)(Hg,Zn)2(As,Sb)2S6,) arsiccioite (AgHg2Tl(As,Sb)2S6) and protochabourneite (Tl5-xPb2x(Sb,As)21-xS34). The last two are, in addition, very new: arsiccioite is IMA 2013-58 and protochabourneite IMA 2011-054. The physical aspect of each species is as follows: arsiccioite is light red (first and second photo), protochabourneite is metallic black (third and sixth photos) and routhierite is shiny dark red (intergrown with arsiccioite). Arsiccioite and protochabourneite have not found at any other site in the world, so they are a one locality mineral. Monte Arsiccio Mine, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy
Samsonite
AgMnSb2S6 Size: H:0.2cm x W:0.2cm x D:0.2cm St Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany
Schapbachite
Ag0.4Pb0.2Bi0.4S Silberbrunnle Mine, Haigerach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Sopcheite
Ag4Pd3Te4 with Kotulskite (Pd(Te,Bi)), Merenskyite ((Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)2), Michenerite (PdBiTe), Hessite (Ag2Te), Chalcopyrite and Actinolite. Lukkulaisvaara Massif, Karelia, Russian Federation.
Stephanite
Ag5SbS4 Grube Himmelsfurst, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany
Stromeyerite
AgCuS Vrancice, Bohemia,, Czech Republic
Sylvanite
(Au,Ag)2Te4 with Krennerite (Au3AgTe8). El Paso Mine, Cripple Creek County, Colorado, USA
Tubulite
Ag2Pb22Sb20S53 Very interesting tubeform (named after it), Ag-Pb-Sb sulfosalt mineral tubulite from the co-Type Locality. It occurs as minute metallic tubes with fibrous boulangerite and massive semseyite. The specimen size 2.0cm x 1.4cm x 1.5cm. Thin tubes transmit red light. Borgofranco Bio, Piedmont, Italy
Uytenbogaardtite
Ag3AuS2 Bullfrog Mine, Rhyolite District, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Vikingite
Ag5Pb8Bi13S30 Size: H:2.7cm x W:2cm x D:0.7cm La Mothe Quarry, La Roche-Balue, Nantes, Pays de Loire,, France
Wallisite
PbTl(Cu,Ag)As2S5 Rare xl. of Wallisite of 0,3 mm. associated to Realgar on a piece of around 2,5x1,0 cm. Size of the pic. is 1,6 mm . Lengenbach, Binntal, Valais (Wallis), Switzerland.
Xanthoconite, Jordanite
Ag3AsS3 Xanthoconite with minute Jordanite (Pb14(As,Sb)6S23) Lengenbach quarry, Binnental, Valais, Switzerland
Mercury Sulfides
Cinnabar
HgS on dolomite. Gong Kuan Mine, Gui Zhou, China
Coloradoite
HgTe Dark areas are 1 mm metallic grains of Coloradoite and possibly other tellurides. Bessie "G" Mine, La Plata Canyon, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
Galkhaite
(Cs,Tl)(Hg,Cu,Zn)6(As,Sb)4S12 Size: 1.1 × 0.9 × 1.5 cm Getchell mine ,Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
Grumiplucite
HgBi2S4 Levigliani Mine, Seravezza, Apuan Alps, Lucca, Toscany, Italy
Hakite
(Cu,Hg)3(Sb,As)(Se,S)3 Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Kenhsuite
Hg3S2Cl2 Oriental Mine, Chóvar, Valencian Community, Spain
Laffittite
AgHgAsS3 Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Marrucciite
Hg3Pb16Sb18S46 Cenderling Mine, Gelnica, eastern Slovenske, Rudohorie Mts., Slovakia
Rouxelite
Cu2HgPb22Sb28S64(O,S)2 Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps., Italy
Tiemannite
HgSe Piute Co., Utah, USA
Tvalchrelidzeite
Hg3SbAsS3 Gomi As-Sb-Hg deposit, Svaneti, Georgia, USA
Vrbaite
Tl4Hg3Sb2As8S20 Lookout Pass, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
Other Sulfides
Alabandite
MnS Size: H:4.5cm x W:3.5cm x D:2cm Largest Crystal: 1.5cm Description: Crystal group of alabandite, with romboedral pale pink calcite. Uchucchacua Mine, Oyoa, Lima, Peru
Alacranite
As8S9 Specimen of about 2,0x1,5 cm. bearing several small tabular orange crystals and masses of Alacranite associated to red orange Realgar . Solfatara di Pozzuoli, Naples, Italy
Anorpiment
As2S3 with Orpiment (As2S3) and Realgar (AsS). Getchell Mine, Humboldt Co.,, Nevada, USA
Arsenopalladinite
Pd8(As,Sb)3 Itabira, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais,, Brazil
Arsenopyrite
FeAsS Yao Gan Xian Mine¸ Bai Shi Du¸ Chen Xhou¸ Hunan Province, China
Aschamalmite
Pb6Bi2S9 Grey metallic Bi-sulfosalt mineral aschamalmite in quartzite matrix. The specimen size 1.4cm x 0.9cm x 0.9cm Nasenkopf, Habachtal, Salzburg, Austria
Bismuthinite
Bi2S3 Size: H:2.2cm x W:2.6cm x D:1.7cm Description: Twinned bismuthinite crystals, most encrusted with shiny marcasite are set on a matrix, associated with many, tiny bismoclite crystal sprays. Farellón Viejo Vein, Bolivia
Tazna Mine, Potosi Department
Tazna Mine, Potosi Department
Boulangerite
Pb5Sb4S11 With Stannite Cu2(Fe,Zn)SnS and quartz. Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China.
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Galena
PbS with sphalerite, quartz, and chalcopyrite. 9th Septemvri mine (Deveti Septemvri mine), Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Geocronite, Cervantite
Pb14(Sb,As)6S23 With Cervantite Sb3+Sb5+O4 Stevens County, Washington, USA
Getchellite, Orpiment
AsSbS3 Red Getchellite cleavages with yellow/orange Orpiment. Getchell Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
Greenockite
CdS Olkusz, Malopolskie, Poland
Lorandite
TlAsS2 Size: 1.4 × 1 × 0.7 cm Description: Red lorandite crystals in orpiment matrix. Allchar, Roszdan, Macedonia
Orpiment
As2S3 With Realgar. Hunan Province, China
Orpiment
As2S3 With Realgar. Getchell Mine, Humboldt Co, Nevada, USA
Pyrite
FeS2 Pyritohedron Pyrite Crystal in Limestone Hunan Province, China
Pyrite
FeS2 Huanzala Mine, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru
Pyrite
FeS2 Sparta, Illinois, USA
Pyrite
FeS2 Logrono, Spain
Pyrite, Calcite
FeS2 Fengjiashan Mine, Daye City, Hubei Province, China
Realgar, Calcite
AsS Size: H:6.8cm x W:6.1cm x D:3.6cm Description: A large open cavity lined with white calcite crystals associated with dark grey arsenic crystals and topped with well formed bright red realgar crystals and chalcopyrite. Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania
Sphalerite, Galena, Quartz
(Zn,Fe)S With Galena, Quartz Guizhou Province, China
Tetrahedrite
(Cu,Fe)12Sb4S13 Casapalac Mine, Peru
Millerite
Millerite
Violarite in association with pyrrhotite and to a lesser extent some lighter coloured millerite. Kambalda,Western Australia
Millerite
Thompson Open Pit, Thompson, Manitoba, Canada
Millerite
Thompson Open Pit, Thompson, Manitoba, Canada. Dimensions: 1.7 cm (width) x 1.8 cm (height) x 1.4 cm (thick)
Millerite
A vein section of solid millerite bounded by a very thin zone of Bornite and thin layers of wall rock. 4200 Level, Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Ontario, Canada
Millerite
An inter-grown mass of pentlandite and millerite. Of course the millerite shows excellent, broad cleavage planes. Levack, Levack Township, Ontario, Canada
Millerite
A rich portion of millerite in chalcopyrite is attached to chloritized wall rock. The millerite shows very bright, mirror-like cleavage planes.
McCreedy West Mine, Levack Township, Ontario, Canada
McCreedy West Mine, Levack Township, Ontario, Canada
Millerite
Millerite needles are hollow! Temagami Copper Mine, Temagami, Ontario, Canada
Millerite
A hand specimen of a crudely polished end cut of Violarite-Millerite-Pyrite in matrix from Vermillion mine, Sudbury district, Ontario, Canada. Overall dimensions are 8.5x4.5x3 cm. Weight = 123 g.
Millerite
A large crystal of millerite with brilliant, mirror-like cleavage plane is exposed in coarsely crystallized pentlandite. 5.1x3.0x3.1 cm. McCreedy West Mine, Levack Township, Levack, Ontario, Canada
Millerite
A hand specimen of cleavages of magmatic Millerite in Chalcopyrite from Strathcona mine, near Levack, Sudbury region, Ontario, Canada. Overall dimensions are 5.5x4x2 cm. Weight = 87 g.
Millerite
A hand specimen of cleavages of magmatic Millerite in Chalcopyrite-Pentlandite matrix from McCreedy mine, near Levack, Sudbury region, Ontario, Canada. Overall dimensions are 6x3.5x2 cm. Weight = 66 g.
Millerite
This is a specimen of metallic golden-brassy massive millerite associated with chalcopyrite and gersdorffite. Size:
2.5 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm. Copperfileds, Mine (Temagami Mine), Phyllis Township, Ontario, Canada
2.5 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm. Copperfileds, Mine (Temagami Mine), Phyllis Township, Ontario, Canada
Millerite
A hand specimen of a scattering of millerite microcrystals on diopside crystal matrix. Orford Nickel mine, Lac Brompton, near Magog, Quebec, Canada
Millerite
Millerite (Massive) from Marbridge Mine, near Vald'Or, Quebec Canada. Collected by Wesley Crozier, Fair Haven NJ in 1970's. From the John Ebner Jr. collection, Manasquon, NJ Sept 2014
Millerite
Size: H:1.5cm x W:1cm x D:1cm. Description Millerite with small grossular garnets on matrix. Orford Nickel Mine, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
Millerite
With Ankerite. size: 55 X 45 X 36mm weight: 170g Kladno, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic
Millerite
Ferndale Pits, Tylorstown, Rhondda-Cyuon-Taff, Wales, Great Britain
Millerite
Nice millerite specimen from "Ruhrgebiet" coal district. It forms golden yellow sprays in the dolomite lined cavity of pelosiderite matrix.
The specimen size 2.7cm x 1.6cm x 1.0cm. Kamp-Lintfort, Ruhr, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
The specimen size 2.7cm x 1.6cm x 1.0cm. Kamp-Lintfort, Ruhr, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Millerite
Nickeline (Nickel Arsenide) in matrix. It is comprised of metallic pink-bronze colored Nickeline inclusions in matrix. There is a little vug, located at the end of the pointer, with a spray of acicular Millerite crystals. Collected in 1984 from the Heimberg Quarry (closed since 1987), Wolfshagen, Germany.
Millerite
Very good specimen with hairfine millerite crystals and a few golden chalcopyrite crystals on creamy dolomite - from Germany's best locality for millerite. Size: H:5cm x W:3.2cm x D:1cm. Zollverein Mine, Essen, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Millerite
Brassy millerite throughout dull gray galena. Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Millerite
Size: H:0.6cm x W:0.6cm x D:0.5cm Friedrich Mine, Schönstein, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Millerite
A small group of green and brassy acicular millerite micro crystals with mixed galena and chalcopyrite in matrix. Sheeffry Mine, Sheeffry Hills, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Millerite
Ca' dei Ladri, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Millerite
Saranovskii mine , Sarany , Middle Urals, Russian Federation
Millerite
This specimen shows a couple of sprays of millerite embedded in gaspeite and nickel-oxide-tinted calcite. The millerite appears to be slightly altered and is coated with violarite. Pafuri Nickel Deposit, Mabilikwe Hill, Limpopo,, South Africa
Millerite
Millerite with Polydymite. 1 18" x1" x 1/8" NE Transual Pafur Native Trust, South Africa
Millerite
With Jamborite. Rich intergrown Millerite sprays to 1 cm along the top of matrix. Eugenia Mine, Bellmunt del Priorat, Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Millerite
Cessford Quarry, Biggsville, Henderson Co, Illinois, USA
Millerite
Morenosite an altered Millerite the small green crystals are Lizardite the reddish mineral is an unknown, collected near Hoopeston Illinois, USA
Millerite
Monroe County, Indiana USA, Quartz geode.This is a wonderful mineral specimen with two good sized sprays of Millerite tucked in the cavity.
DIMENSIONS: This large display mineral specimen weighs 1.65 kg (3 lbs 10 oz) and measures approximately 159 mm x 112 mm x 103 mm (6.5 in x 4.5 in x 4 in).
DIMENSIONS: This large display mineral specimen weighs 1.65 kg (3 lbs 10 oz) and measures approximately 159 mm x 112 mm x 103 mm (6.5 in x 4.5 in x 4 in).
Millerite
Alabaster colored quartz and chalcedony matrix host pockets with thin strands of the green-gray colored, hair-like millerite. The overall dimensions are 2” wide by 1 3/4” tall by 1 3/4” front to back. The locality is Kaser Quarry, Ollie, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA. The leading edges of the Calcite grouping are contacted.
Millerite
Millerite with Jamborite, Halls Gap, Lincoln Co, Kentucky, USA
Millerite
Roadcut Route 27, Halls Gap, Lincoln Co, Kentucky, USA
Millerite
Size: H:1.6cm x W:2.5cm x D:1.7cm
Description Golden hairs of millerite up to approximately 15 mm on light brown balls of quartz. Note the tiny chalcopyrite crystal attached to the bended millerite hairs. Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA
Description Golden hairs of millerite up to approximately 15 mm on light brown balls of quartz. Note the tiny chalcopyrite crystal attached to the bended millerite hairs. Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA
Millerite
Size: H:3.2cm x W:4.5cm x D:3.3cm
Description Nice and interesting specimen: numerous yellowish-metallic lustrous millerite needles settle in vugs of a kind of a chalcedony geode. Halls Gap, Lincoln Co, Kentucky, USA
Description Nice and interesting specimen: numerous yellowish-metallic lustrous millerite needles settle in vugs of a kind of a chalcedony geode. Halls Gap, Lincoln Co, Kentucky, USA
Millerite
Wallace Stone Quarry, Bay Port, Huron Co., Michigan, USA
Millerite
Wallace Stone Quarry, Bay Port, Huron Co., Michigan, USA
Millerite
Acicular hairs of Millerite are on several surfaces of this thumb sized sample. These crystals are a brassy yellow hue and formed as single hairs, curved hairs, matted groupings and flattened radiating sprays~! While much of the Millerite formed in vugs, others are splayed against the Quartz matrix,. The largest vug has a birds nest of Millerite (where many, many Millerite hairs grew closely together), plus in the same vug, itty bitty pale blue aggregates of Malachite formed on the Millerite hairs. Watson Quarry Company, Troy, Lincoln Co., Missouri, USA
Millerite
Yellow-metallic pyrite coated with gray-metallic galena crystals to 1 mm and acicular yellow-metallic millerite crystals to 4 mm. All crystals are complete and undamaged, except the outer edges where it was attached to surrounding matrix. Overall size of mineral specimen: 25x20x18 mm. Size of individual crystals: micro to 4 mm. Meikle Mine, 42-20 Heading, Griffin Ore Body, Elko County, Nevada, USA
Millerite
On this specimen, a single needle-like crystal of millerite lays across platy stilpnomelane crystals. Sterling Mine, Antwerp, New York, USA
Millerite
Millerite with Retgersite and Chalcosite 2.8 x 3.3 x 1.1 cm
Here is an excellent sample of Millerite from a classic Pennsylvania location. The Millerite specifically from this location forms as closely compacted acicular radiating crystals in radial groupings. (reminds me of globular lumps or bumps; the sides and underneath show the acicular growth of the Millerite). Note: most Millerite specimens are acicular hairs in sprays or mats; this sample differs greatly from those. Coating the Millerite is some massive brown Chalcocite and tiny areas of green Retgersite. Turning the specimen about under magnification shows the brassy-yellow Millerite.This is a prime sample of Millerite from the Gap Nickel Mine
Gap Nickel Mine, Bart Twp., Lancaster Co.,, Pennsylvania, USA
Here is an excellent sample of Millerite from a classic Pennsylvania location. The Millerite specifically from this location forms as closely compacted acicular radiating crystals in radial groupings. (reminds me of globular lumps or bumps; the sides and underneath show the acicular growth of the Millerite). Note: most Millerite specimens are acicular hairs in sprays or mats; this sample differs greatly from those. Coating the Millerite is some massive brown Chalcocite and tiny areas of green Retgersite. Turning the specimen about under magnification shows the brassy-yellow Millerite.This is a prime sample of Millerite from the Gap Nickel Mine
Gap Nickel Mine, Bart Twp., Lancaster Co.,, Pennsylvania, USA