Black Colored Minerals

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Color Count Summary: 541-(black) 11-(black, blue) 21-(black, bluish) 1-(black, bronze) 98-(black, brownish) 1-(black, coal) 3-(black, dark blue) 1-(black, dark brown) 3-(black, dark brownish) 1-(black, dark gray) 2-(black, dark grayish) 1-(black, dark green) 4-(black, dark greenish) 1-(black, dark reddish) 1-(black, deep brownish) 1-(black, deep lustrous) 3-(black, gray) 59-(black, grayish) 7-(black, green) 38-(black, greenish) 34-(black, iron) 3-(blackish) 1-(black, jet) 1-(black, nearly) 3-(black, pitch) 1-(black, purple) 13-(black, reddish) 4-(black, steel) 2-(black, violet) 1-(dark)

Mineral Name	Color	Luster	Streak Color	Moh's
Takanelite	black	Sub Metallic	black, brown	2.5-3
Bannermanite	black	Sub Metallic	black, brownish	-
Coronadite #	black	Sub Metallic	black, brownish	4.5-5
Cryptomelane #	black	Sub Metallic	black, brownish	6-6.5
Ferberite #	black	Sub Metallic	black, brownish	4.5
Hetaerolite #	black	Sub Metallic	black, brownish	6
Ilmenite #	black	Sub Metallic	black, brownish	5-5.5
Lindqvistite	black	Sub Metallic	black, brownish	6
Nolanite #	black	Sub Metallic	black, brownish	5-5.5
Schneiderhohnite	black	Sub Metallic	black, brownish	3
Senaite #	black	Sub Metallic	black, brownish	6-6.5
Uraninite #	black	Sub Metallic	black, brownish	5-6
Wolframoixiolite *	black	Sub Metallic	black, brownish	5-6
Peterbaylissite	black	Sub Metallic	black, dark brownish	4-5
Digenite #	black	Sub Metallic	black, grayish	2.5-3
Doloresite #	black	Sub Metallic	black, greenish	-
Columbite-(Mn) #	black	Sub Metallic	black, reddish	6
Jacobsite #	black	Sub Metallic	black, reddish	5.5-6
Pearceite #	black	Sub Metallic	black, reddish	3
Polybasite #	black	Sub Metallic	black, reddish	2.5-3
Ashanite ?	black	Sub Metallic	brown	6-6.5
Blatterite	black	Sub Metallic	brown	6
Clerite !	black	Sub Metallic	brown	3.5-4
Dingdaohengite-(Ce) !	black	Sub Metallic	brown	6
Fergusonite-(Y) #	black	Sub Metallic	brown	5.5-6
Rinmanite !	black	Sub Metallic	brown	6-7
Tantalite-(Mn) #	black	Sub Metallic	brown	6-6.5
Wodginite	black	Sub Metallic	brown	5.5
Yttrocolumbite-(Y) #	black	Sub Metallic	brown	5-6
Tantalite-(Fe)	black	Sub Metallic	brown, black	6-6.5
Columbite-(Fe) #	black	Sub Metallic	brown, blackish	6
Plattnerite #	black	Sub Metallic	brown, chestnut	5.5
Batiferrite !	black	Sub Metallic	brown, dark	6
Columbite-(Mg)	black	Sub Metallic	brown, dark	6.5
Ferrotitanowodginite !	black	Sub Metallic	brown, dark	5.5
Magnesiohulsite	black	Sub Metallic	brown, dark	5.5-6.5
Manganite #	black	Sub Metallic	brown, dark	4
Stanekite !	black	Sub Metallic	brown, dark	4-5
Melanovanadite #	black	Sub Metallic	brown, dark red	2.5
Jeppeite	black	Sub Metallic	brown, light	5-6
Laihunite	black	Sub Metallic	brown, light	6
Norrishite	black	Sub Metallic	brown, light	2.5
Fetiasite	black	Sub Metallic	brown, ochre	5
Franklinite #	black	Sub Metallic	brown, reddish	5.5-6
Ilmenorutile #	black	Sub Metallic	brown, reddish	6-6.5
Pseudorutile	black	Sub Metallic	brown, reddish	3.5
Strontiomelane !	black	Sub Metallic	brown, sepia	4-4.5
Bismutocolumbite	black	Sub Metallic	brown, yellowish	5.5
Dolerophanite #	black	Sub Metallic	brown, yellowish	3
Melanostibite #	black	Sub Metallic	cherry	4
Landauite	black	Sub Metallic	gray	7.5
Parapierrotite	black	Sub Metallic	gray	2.5-3
Umohoite #	black	Sub Metallic	gray, blue	2
Loranskite-(Y) #	black	Sub Metallic	gray, greenish	5
Wicksite	black	Sub Metallic	green	4.5-5
Alabandite #	black	Sub Metallic	green, dark	3.5-4
Melanotekite #	black	Sub Metallic	greenish	6.5
Arseniosiderite #	black	Sub Metallic	ochraceous	1.5
Demicheleite-(Br) !	black	Sub Metallic	red	-
Hutchinsonite #	black	Sub Metallic	red	1.5-2
Chabourneite	black	Sub Metallic	red, brown	3-3.5
Tantalite-(Mg) !	black	Sub Metallic	red, brown	5.5
Jentschite !	black	Sub Metallic	red, dark	2-2.5
Samsonite #	black	Sub Metallic	red, dark	2.5
Wattersite	black	Sub Metallic	red, dark brick	4.5
Edenharterite	black	Sub Metallic	red, raspberry	2.5-3
Steenstrupine-(Ce) #	black	Sub Metallic	tan	4
Hydrobiotite #	black	Sub Metallic	white	2.5-3
Annite #	black	Sub Metallic	white, brownish	2.5-3
Perovskite #	black	Sub Metallic	white, grayish	5.5
Brackebuschite #	black	Sub Metallic	yellow	4-5
Birnessite #	black	Sub Metallic		1.5
Brunogeierite	black	Sub Metallic		4.5
Ekmanite ?	black	Sub Metallic		-
Haggite	black	Sub Metallic		4.5
Julgoldite-(Fe++)	black	Sub Metallic		4.5
Maoniupingite-(Ce) !	black	Sub Metallic		-
Murataite	black	Sub Metallic		6-6.5
Qitianlingite	black	Sub Metallic		5.5
Zoltaiite !	black	Sub Metallic		6-7
Ankangite	black	Vitreous - Adamantine	black, grayish	6.5
Krettnichite !	black	Vitreous - Adamantine	brown	4.5
Kupletskite #	black	Vitreous - Adamantine	brown	4
Lomonosovite #	black	Vitreous - Adamantine	brown	3-4
Brendelite !	black	Vitreous - Adamantine	brown, light	4.5
Zircophyllite	black	Vitreous - Adamantine	brown, light	4-4.5
Wakefieldite-(Ce)	black	Vitreous - Adamantine	brown, rusty	4.5
Thortveitite #	black	Vitreous - Adamantine	gray	6.5
Galkhaite	black	Vitreous - Adamantine	orange	3
Sphaerocobaltite #	black	Vitreous - Adamantine	pink	3-4
Poyarkovite	black	Vitreous - Adamantine	red	2-2.5
Cesstibtantite	black	Vitreous - Adamantine	white	6.5
Petitjeanite	black	Vitreous - Adamantine	white	4.5
Karpatite #	black	Vitreous - Adamantine	white, yellow	1.5
Perloffite	black	Vitreous - Adamantine	yellow, greenish	5
Kupletskite-(Cs)	black	Vitreous - Adamantine		4
Synadelphite #	black	Vitreous - Adamantine		4.5
Springcreekite !	black	Vitreous - Dull	black, brownish	4-5
Feruvite !	black	Vitreous - Dull	gray	7
Rockbridgeite #	black	Vitreous - Dull	gray, greenish	4.5

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