Sulphide Minerals

No Streak Color Hardness Luster Crystal System

Light lemon Orange-yellow to
1 1.5 - 2 Pearly Monoclinic
yellow lemon-yellow

2 Greenish black Pale brass-yellow 6 - 6.5 Metallic Isometric

3 Greenish black Brass yellow 3.5 - 4 Metallic Tetragonal

Indigo-blue or darker,
inclining towards
Shiny metallic, blue-black, often
4 lead-grey to iridescent with 1.5 - 2 Sub-metallic Hexagonal
black purplish, deep red,
and brassy-yellow
reflections.
Brassy with iridescent
5 Grey - black 3 Metallic Orthorombic
colors
Orang red to Resinous,
6 Dark red - orange red 1.5 - 2 Monoclinic
red greasy
White, yellow, White, red yellow,
7 3.5 - 4 Submetallic Isometric
or brown brown, green, black
Black, lead gray, or
8 Bluish gray 1 - 1.5 Metallic Hexagonal
gray
Lead-gray with pale
9 Lead grey 2 Metallic Orthorombic
blue tint
Sulphide Minerals

FRACTURE CLEAVAGE DIAPHANEITY SPECIFIC GRAVITY Chemical Formula Mineral Name

Translucent to As2S3
Perfect 3.49 Orpiment
transparent

Breaks with a Fes2

conchoidal fracture Opaque 4.9 - 5.2 Pyrite

Poor Opaque 4.1 - 4.3 CuFeS2 Chalcopyrite

Perfect Opaque 4.6 - 4.8 CuS Covellite

Poor Opaque 5 - 5.1 Cu5FeS4 Bornite

Translucent to As4S4 or AsS

Good 3.56 Realgar
transparent
Perfect,
Translucent to
dodecahedral, in six 3.9 - 4.1 (Zn,Fe)S Sphalerite
transparent
directions
Perfect Basal Opaque 4.6 - 4.8 Mos2 Molybdenite

Subconchoidal Opaque 4.63 Sb2S3 Stibnite