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Selenide minerals are those
mineral In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid substance with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.John P. Rafferty, ed. (2011): Mi ...
s that have the selenide anion as a main component. Selenides are similar to
sulfides Sulfide (also sulphide in British English) is an inorganic anion of sulfur with the chemical formula S2− or a compound containing one or more S2− ions. Solutions of sulfide salts are corrosive. ''Sulfide'' also refers to large families of ...
and often grouped with them.Mindat Strunz Classification
/ref> Examples include: * achavalite * athabascaite * clausthalite * ferroselite * penroseite * stilleite * tiemannite * umangite


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