Iron sulfide or iron sulphide can refer to range of chemical compounds composed of iron and sulfur.
Minerals
By increasing order of stability:
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Iron(II) sulfide, FeS
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Greigite, Fe3S4 (cubic)
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Pyrrhotite, Fe1−xS (where x = 0 to 0.2) (monoclinic or hexagonal)
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Troilite, FeS, the endmember of pyrrhotite (hexagonal)
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Mackinawite, Fe1+xS (where x = 0 to 0.1) (tetragonal)
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Marcasite, orthorhombic FeS2
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Pyrite, cubic FeS2 (fool's gold)
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Arsenopyrite ( mispickel), FeAsS, or Fe(As-S), Fe(III) mixed arseno-sulfide (monoclinic)
Synthetic
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Iron(III) sulfide, Fe2S3
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Iron-sulfur clusters, includes both synthetic and biological
Biological