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Iron(II) sulfide or ferrous sulfide (Br.E. sulphide) is one of a family of chemical compounds and minerals with the approximate formula Fe S. Iron sulfides are often iron-deficient non-stoichiometric. All are black, water-insoluble solids.
Iron sulfide or Iron sulphide can refer to range of chemical compounds composed of iron and sulfur. Minerals. By increasing order of stability:
The mineral pyrite (/ ˈ p aɪ r aɪ t / PY-ryte), [6] or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula Fe S 2 (iron (II) disulfide). Pyrite is the most abundant sulfide mineral .
The mineral marcasite, sometimes called "white iron pyrite", is iron sulfide (FeS 2) with orthorhombic crystal structure. It is physically and crystallographically distinct from pyrite, which is iron sulfide with cubic crystal structure. Both structures contain the disulfide S 2 2− ion, having a short bonding distance between the sulfur atoms.
Pyrrhotite (pyrrhos in Greek meaning "flame-coloured") is an iron sulfide mineral with the formula Fe (1-x) S (x = 0 to 0.125). It is a nonstoichiometric variant of FeS, the mineral known as troilite. Pyrrhotite is also called magnetic pyrite, because the color is similar to pyrite and it is weakly magnetic.
Iron(II,III) sulfide is a blue-black (sometimes pinkish [citation needed]) chemical compound of iron and sulfur with formula Fe 3 S 4 or FeS·Fe 2 S 3, which is much similar to iron(II,III) oxide. It occurs naturally as the sulfide mineral greigite and is magnetic. It is a bio-mineral produced by and found in magnetotactic bacteria.
Greigite, with the chemical formula Fe 2+ Fe 3+ 2 S 4, is a mixed valence compound containing both Fe(III) and Fe(II). It is the sulfur equivalent of the iron oxide magnetite (Fe 3 O 4). As established by X-ray crystallography, the S anions form a cubic close-packed lattice, and the Fe cations occupy both tetrahedral and octahedral sites. [5]
Chalcopyrite (/ ˌ k æ l k ə ˈ p aɪ ˌ r aɪ t,-k oʊ-/ [7] [8] KAL-kə-PY-ryte, -koh-) is a copper iron sulfide mineral and the most abundant copper ore mineral. It has the chemical formula CuFeS 2 and crystallizes in the tetragonal system. It has a brassy to golden yellow color and a hardness of 3.5 to 4 on the Mohs scale.