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Sulfides

ACANTHITE

ARSENOPYRITE

BORNITE

CARROLLITE

CHALCOCITE

CHALCOPYRITE

COVELLITE

DIGENITE

DJURLEITE

GALENA

GERSDORFFITE

GREENOCKITE

HAWLEYITE

MARCASITE

MOLYBDENITE-2H

PYRITE

PYRRHOTITE

SPHALERITE

STIBNITE

WURTZITE


Arsenides and antimonides

BREITHAUPTITE

CUPROSTIBITE

DOMEYKITE

LOELLINGITE

NICKELINE

PARARAMMELSBERGITE

RAMMELSBERGITE

REALGAR

SAFFLORITE

SKUTTERUDITE


Sulfosalts

BAUMHAUERITE

BERTHIERITE

SELIGMANNITE

TENNANTITE

TETRAHEDRITE

ZINKENITE

SAFFLORITE

CoAs2
Orthorhombic

Safflorite, a cobalt arsenide mineral of the loellingite group, is an exceedingly rare mineral from Franklin and has not been reported from Sterling Hill. It was first described by Oen et al. (1984) as tiny 0.1 mm crystals at the outermost fringes of the rammelsbergite-safflorite ends of the nickeline dendrites, described in detail under nickeline. Crystals are prismatic, equant, and bright white in reflected light. An analysis is given in Table 18.

 

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CHAPTER 21. SULFIDES, ARSENIDES, ANTIMONIDES, AND SULFOSALTS