Common Sulfosalt Minerals Pyrargyrite–Ag3SbS3 Proustite–Ag3AsS3 Tetrahedrite–Cu12Sb4S13 Tennantite–Cu12As4S13 Enargite–Cu3AsS4 Bournonite–PbCuSbS3 Jamesonite–Pb4FeSb6S14 The links above will take you to the Mineral Gallery website (http://www.galleries.com).

The minerals that make up the sulfosalt class are those in which a metal is combined with sulfur. There are nearly 100 sulfosalts but many are rare. Do you need help with the chemical symbols? Click here to go to Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Chemistry Division’s Periodic Table of the Elements. Think you already know the elements of the periodic table? Check your knowledge with this quiz.

Mineral Groups