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
Ferrohornblende	black	Vitreous - Pearly	white	5-6
Kyanite #	black	Vitreous - Pearly	white	4-7
Hedenbergite #	black	Vitreous - Pearly	white green	5-6
Ferriallanite-(Ce) !	black	Vitreous - Resinous	brown	6
Polycrase-(Y) #	black	Vitreous - Resinous	brown	5-6
Fersmite #	black	Vitreous - Resinous	brown, grayish	4-4.5
Franklinphilite	black	Vitreous - Resinous	brown, light	4
Kobeite-(Y) #	black	Vitreous - Resinous	brown, reddish	5.5
Samarskite-(Y) #	black	Vitreous - Resinous	brown, reddish	5-6
Dravite !	black	Vitreous - Resinous	colorless	7-7.5
Kaersutite #	black	Vitreous - Resinous	gray, brownish	5-6
Augite #	black	Vitreous - Resinous	gray, greenish	5-6.5
Aegirine #	black	Vitreous - Resinous	gray, yellowish	6-6.5
Cronstedtite #	black	Vitreous - Resinous	green, dark olive	3.5
Zincovoltaite	black	Vitreous - Resinous	green, gray	3
Almandine #	black	Vitreous - Resinous	white	7-8
Nahcolite #	black	Vitreous - Resinous	white	2.5
Willemite #	black	Vitreous - Resinous	white	5.5
Zwieselite #	black	Vitreous - Resinous	white	5-5.5
Kyzylkumite	black	Vitreous - Resinous		6-6.5
Lovozerite #	black	Vitreous - Resinous		5
Warwickite #	black	Vitreous - Silky	black, bluish	3-4
Riebeckite #	black	Vitreous - Silky	brown, greenish	4
Magnesioriebeckite #	black	Vitreous - Silky	gray, blue	5
Chestermanite	black	Vitreous - Silky	green, light gray	6
Cummingtonite #	black	Vitreous - Silky	white, grayish	5-6
Akhtenskite	black		black	-
Ilsemannite #	black		black, brownish	5.5-6
Jeromite ?	black		black, reddish	-
Armangite #	black		brown	4
Vernadite #	black		brown, chocolate	-
Zirconolite	black		brown, dark	6.5
Allanite-(La) !	black		brown, grayish	6
Pinchite	black		brown, reddish	1-2
Buergerite !	black		brown, yellowish	7
Deerite	black		gray, black	6
Tuhualite #	black		gray, reddish	3-4
Partzite #	black		green, yellow	3-4
Piypite	black		green, yellow	2.5
Alluaudite #	black		yellow, brownish	5-5.5
Groutite #	black, blue	Adamantine - Metallic	brown, dark	5.5
Cuprobismutite #	black, blue	Metallic	black	-
Greigite	black, blue	Metallic	black	4-4.5
Umangite #	black, blue	Metallic	black	3
Chalcocite #	black, blue	Metallic	black, grayish	2.5-3
Djurleite	black, blue	Metallic	metallic	2.5-3
Klockmannite #	black, blue	Metallic - Dull		2-2.5
Bariandite	black, blue	Sub Metallic	black	-
Ferroglaucophane #	black, blue	Vitreous - Dull	gray, blue	6
Alvanite	black, blue	Vitreous (Glassy)	gray	3-3.5
Ilsemannite #	black, blue		black, brownish	5.5-6
Rauvite #	black, bluish	Adamantine - Waxy	brown	-
Corvusite #	black, bluish	Earthy (Dull)	black, bluish	2.5-3
Weissite #	black, bluish	Metallic	black	3
Scainiite !	black, bluish	Metallic	black, probably	-
Chalcophanite #	black, bluish	Metallic	brown	2.5
Stalderite	black, bluish	Metallic	red, brownish	3.5-4
Lithiophorite #	black, bluish	Metallic - Dull	gray, blackish	2.5-3
Roxbyite	black, bluish	Metallic - Dull		2.5-3
Geikielite #	black, bluish	Sub Metallic	brown, purple	6
Umohoite #	black, bluish	Sub Metallic	gray, blue	2
Wicksite	black, bluish	Sub Metallic	green	4.5-5
Bogdanovite	black, bluish	Sub Metallic		4-4.5
Schorl !	black, bluish	Vitreous (Glassy)	brown	7.5
Ferriwhittakerite !	black, bluish	Vitreous (Glassy)	gray	6
Gahnite #	black, bluish	Vitreous (Glassy)	gray	8
Fluoro-ferroleakeite	black, bluish	Vitreous (Glassy)	gray, bluish	6
Foitite !	black, bluish	Vitreous (Glassy)	white, gray	7
Katophorite #	black, bluish	Vitreous (Glassy)		5
Melanothallite #	black, bluish	Vitreous (Glassy)		-
Uvite !	black, bluish	Vitreous - Greasy	brown, light	7.5
Glaucophane #	black, bluish	Vitreous - Pearly	blue, grayish	6-6.5
Tochilinite	black, bronze	Metallic		1-1.5
Robertsite	black, brownish	Adamantine	brown	3.5
Baddeleyite #	black, brownish	Adamantine	white	6.5
Cassiterite #	black, brownish	Adamantine	white, brownish	6-7
Lonsdaleite	black, brownish	Adamantine	yellow, brownish	7-8
Isolueshite !	black, brownish	Adamantine	yellow, pale	5.5
Gamagarite #	black, brownish	Adamantine		4.5-5
Pseudobrookite #	black, brownish	Adamantine - Metallic	brown	6
Aeschynite-(Ce) #	black, brownish	Adamantine - Resinous	black, brownish	5-6
Vauquelinite #	black, brownish	Adamantine - Resinous	brownish	2.5-3
Wurtzite #	black, brownish	Adamantine - Resinous	brown, light	3.5-4
Aeschynite-(Y)	black, brownish	Adamantine - Resinous	yellow, reddish	5-6
Asbolane #	black, brownish	Earthy (Dull)	black	6
Chevkinite-(Ce) #	black, brownish	Earthy (Dull)	black	5-5.5
Feitknechtite	black, brownish	Earthy (Dull)	brown	-
Purpurite #	black, brownish	Earthy (Dull)	red	4-5
Tombarthite-(Y)	black, brownish	Earthy (Dull)		5-6
Euxenite-(Y) #	black, brownish	Greasy (Oily)	brown, reddish	6.5
Hisingerite #	black, brownish	Greasy (Oily)	brown, yellowish	3
Mottramite #	black, brownish	Greasy (Oily)	green, light brownish	3.5
Betekhtinite #	black, brownish	Metallic	black	3
Dervillite #	black, brownish	Metallic	black	1-1.5
Umangite #	black, brownish	Metallic	black	3
Vanoxite #	black, brownish	Metallic	black, brown	-
Chromite #	black, brownish	Metallic	brown	5.5
Jianshuiite	black, brownish	Metallic	brown	1.5-2
Tapiolite-(Fe) #	black, brownish	Metallic	brown	6
Hauerite #	black, brownish	Metallic	brown, reddish	4

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