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Mineralogical Crystallography: VI. Sulfides

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General characteristics of the crystal-chemical features of the sulfide class of minerals, including the genesis, chemical bonding, different approaches to the classification, etc., are given. The structures of the main representatives of tetrahedral sulfides, disulfides, cluster sulfides, sulfides of elements with incomplete valence shells, and sulfosalts are considered. Mineralogically possible iron sulfides in the Earth’s core are presented. It is noted that the geophysical interest in sulfide Fe5S2 is related to its possible presence in the core of not only the Earth but also in the other planets in the solar system.

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Pushcharovsky, D.Y. Mineralogical Crystallography: VI. Sulfides. Crystallogr. Rep. 68 (Suppl 1), S105–S128 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377452360151X

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