Chemistry:Selenide minerals

Selenide minerals are those minerals that have the selenide anion as a main component. Selenides are similar to sulfides and often grouped with them.

Examples include:

• achavalite Fe_1-xSe
• athabascaite Cu
  5Se
  4
• clausthalite PbSe
• ferroselite FeSe
  2
• penroseite (Ni,Co,Cu)Se
  2
• stilleite ZnSe
• tiemannite HgSe
• umangite Cu
  3Se
  2