Selenide minerals

Selenide minerals are those minerals that have the selenide anion as a main component.

Selenides are similar to sulfides and often grouped with them.[1]

Examples include:

  • achavalite Fe
    1-x    Se
  • athabascaite Cu5Se4
  • clausthalite PbSe
  • ferroselite FeSe2
  • penroseite (Ni,Co,Cu)Se2
  • stilleite ZnSe
  • tiemannite HgSe
  • umangite Cu3Se2

References

  1. ^ Mindat Strunz Classification


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