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
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Examples include:
* achavalite
* athabascaite
* clausthalite
* ferroselite
* penroseite
* stilleite
* tiemannite
* umangite
References
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