What kinds of minerals are there in the five major categories of ore crystal chemistry?
Halide. A few species, about 120 species, accounting for only 0.1% of the earth's crust. Most of them formed in the surface conditions, forming a salt mineral, containing less pigment ions, light color, low hardness, generally less than 3.5. Common mineral halite (NaCl), potassium (KCl), fluorite (CaF2) etc..
Sulphide. A total of more than 200~300 kinds, followed by the type of silicate minerals, the weight of 0.25% of the crust. Chang Fu is an important nonferrous metal deposit, which is an important source of copper, lead, zinc, antimony and so on. It is of great economic value. The main features are: metal luster, color, streak is deep, low hardness, good thermal conductivity, than the major. Another feature is that because sulfides are often associated with magma, it is very easy to oxidize under the surface supergene action. Except for pyrite (6 ~ 6.5 hardness), the hardness is very low. Such minerals pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, FeS2 CuFeS2, PbS, Sb2S3, stibnite sphalerite molybdenite, cinnabar HgS MoS2.
Natural element minerals. Of minerals produced by an element (elementary substance). There are about 90 natural elements in the earth's crust, accounting for 0.1% of the total weight of the earth's crust. Can be divided into metal elements, mainly platinum and copper, silver, gold, etc., non-metallic elements, carbon, sulfur, etc., half metallic elements, arsenic, bismuth and so on.
