Iron sulfide

Index of minerals and related terms with the same name

Iron sulfide or Iron sulphide can refer to range of chemical compounds composed of iron and sulfur.

Minerals

By increasing order of stability:

  • Iron(II) sulfide, FeS
  • Greigite, Fe3S4 (cubic)
  • Pyrrhotite, Fe1−xS (where x = 0 to 0.2) (monoclinic or hexagonal)
  • Troilite, FeS, the endmember of pyrrhotite (hexagonal)
  • Mackinawite, Fe1+xS (where x = 0 to 0.1) (tetragonal)
  • Marcasite, orthorhombic FeS2
  • Pyrite, cubic FeS2 (fool's gold)
  • Arsenopyrite (mispickel), FeAsS, or Fe(As-S), Fe(III) mixed arseno-sulfide (monoclinic)

Synthetic

  • Iron(III) sulfide, Fe2S3
  • Iron-sulfur clusters, includes both synthetic and biological

Biological

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