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
Smythite #	black, brownish	Metallic	gray, dark	4.5
Thorianite #	black, brownish	Metallic	gray, greenish	6
Magnesioferrite #	black, brownish	Metallic	red, dark	6-6.5
Kolymite	black, brownish	Metallic		4
Rasvumite	black, brownish	Metallic		4-5
Todorokite #	black, brownish	Metallic - Dull	brown, dark	1.5
Gonyerite #	black, brownish	Pearly	brown, chocolate	2.5
Thorite #	black, brownish	Resinous	brown, light	5
Yukonite #	black, brownish	Resinous	brown, light	2-3
Sanmartinite #	black, brownish	Resinous	brown, red	4-4.5
Zirconolite-3T	black, brownish	Resinous	brown, reddish	5.5
Tantalaeschynite-(Y)	black, brownish	Resinous	brown, yellowish	5.5-6
Tanteuxenite-(Y) #	black, brownish	Resinous	gray, brownish	5-6
Triplite #	black, brownish	Resinous - Greasy	gray, yellowish	5
Heterosite #	black, brownish	Silky	red, brown	4-4.5
Capgaronnite	black, brownish	Subadamantine	black, brownish	-
Ecandrewsite	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	black, brown	5-5.5
Uraninite #	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	black, brownish	5-6
Columbite-(Mn) #	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	black, reddish	6
Dingdaohengite-(Ce) !	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	brown	6
Strontiochevkinite	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	brown	5-6
Tantalite-(Fe)	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	brown, black	6-6.5
Columbite-(Fe) #	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	brown, blackish	6
Plattnerite #	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	brown, chestnut	5.5
Columbite-(Mg)	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	brown, dark	6.5
Hydrohetaerolite #	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	brown, dark	5-6
Hausmannite #	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	brown, dark reddish	5.5
Yazganite !	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	brownish to yellow-gray	5
Norrishite	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	brown, light	2.5
Geikielite #	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	brown, purple	6
Franklinite #	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	brown, reddish	5.5-6
Hubnerite #	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	brown, reddish	4.5
Wolframite *	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	brown, reddish	4.5
Cafarsite	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	brown, yellowish	5.5-6
Yttrotantalite-(Y) #	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	gray, colorless	5-5.5
Loranskite-(Y) #	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	gray, greenish	5
Edenharterite	black, brownish	Sub Metallic	red, raspberry	2.5-3
Dorrite	black, brownish	Sub Metallic		5
Maoniupingite-(Ce) !	black, brownish	Sub Metallic		-
Zincochromite	black, brownish	Sub Metallic		5.8
Tetraferriannite	black, brownish	Vitreous - Adamantine	brown, light	2.5-3
Grechishchevite	black, brownish	Vitreous - Adamantine	yellow, deep	2.5
Perloffite	black, brownish	Vitreous - Adamantine	yellow, greenish	5
Feruvite !	black, brownish	Vitreous - Dull	gray	7
Staurolite #	black, brownish	Vitreous - Dull	gray	7-7.5
Frondelite #	black, brownish	Vitreous - Dull	gray, brownish	4.5
Babingtonite #	black, brownish	Vitreous (Glassy)	brown	5.5-6
Ekatite !	black, brownish	Vitreous (Glassy)	brown	3
Feklichevite !	black, brownish	Vitreous (Glassy)	brown	5.5
Schorl !	black, brownish	Vitreous (Glassy)	brown	7.5
Manganbabingtonite	black, brownish	Vitreous (Glassy)	brownish	5.5-6
Freudenbergite	black, brownish	Vitreous (Glassy)	brown, light yellow	-
Magnesiosadanagaite !	black, brownish	Vitreous (Glassy)	brown, reddish tinted	5.5-6
Johannsenite #	black, brownish	Vitreous (Glassy)	gray, greenish	6
Melanterite #	black, brownish	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	2
Manganbelyankinite #	black, brownish	Vitreous - Greasy	brown, light	2-2.5
Cryolite #	black, brownish	Vitreous - Greasy	white	2.5-3
Danalite #	black, brownish	Vitreous - Greasy	white, gray	5.5-6
Delvauxite #	black, brownish	Vitreous - Greasy	yellow	2.5
Davidite-(La) #	black, brownish	Vitreous - Metallic	black, brownish	6
Davidite-(Ce)	black, brownish	Vitreous - Metallic	black, grayish	6
Formanite-(Y) #	black, brownish	Vitreous - Metallic	brown	5.5-6.5
Schorlomite #	black, brownish	Vitreous - Metallic	brown, dark	7-7.5
Wavellite #	black, brownish	Vitreous - Pearly	white	3.5-4
Lennilenapeite	black, brownish	Vitreous - Resinous	brown	3
Fersmite #	black, brownish	Vitreous - Resinous	brown, grayish	4-4.5
Kobeite-(Y) #	black, brownish	Vitreous - Resinous	brown, reddish	5.5
Cronstedtite #	black, brownish	Vitreous - Resinous	green, dark olive	3.5
Childrenite #	black, brownish	Vitreous - Resinous	white	4.5-5
Tripuhyite #	black, brownish	Vitreous - Resinous	yellow	7
Griphite #	black, brownish	Vitreous - Resinous		5.5
Cronusite !	black, coal	Sub Metallic	black	1.5
Cuprobismutite #	black, dark blue	Metallic	black	-
Weissite #	black, dark blue	Metallic	black	3
Sherwoodite #	black, dark blue	Vitreous - Dull	blue, light	2
Hanawaltite	black, dark brown	Metallic	black, dark reddish	4
Descloizite #	black, dark brownish	Greasy (Oily)	green, light brownish	3.5
Braunite-I #	black, dark brownish	Sub Metallic	black, brownish gray	6-6.5
Braunite-II *	black, dark brownish	Sub Metallic	black, brownish gray	6-6.5
Aurivilliusite !	black, dark gray	Metallic	brown, dark red	-
Petrovskaite	black, dark grayish	Metallic - Dull	gray, dark	2-2.5
Ilvaite #	black, dark grayish	Sub Metallic	black, brownish	5.5-6
Tritomite-(Y)	black, dark green	Vitreous - Resinous		3.5-6.5
Mcalpineite	black, dark greenish	Adamantine	green, light	3
Serrabrancaite !	black, dark greenish	Adamantine	green, olive	3.5
Clinoatacamite !	black, dark greenish	Adamantine	white, greenish	3
Katophorite #	black, dark greenish	Vitreous (Glassy)		5
Vasilyevite !	black, dark reddish	Subadamantine	brown, red	3
Nioboaeschynite-(Y) !	black, deep brownish	Vitreous (Glassy)	brown, grayish	5-6
Julgoldite-(Fe+++)	black, deep lustrous	Sub Metallic		4.5
Metacinnabar #	black, gray	Metallic	black	3
Plagionite #	black, gray	Metallic	black, reddish gray	2.5
Vrbaite #	black, gray	Metallic	red, light	3.5
Hollandite #	black, grayish	Earthy (Dull)	black	4-6
Nsutite	black, grayish	Earthy (Dull)	black	6.5-8.5
Aktashite	black, grayish	Metallic	black	3.5
Cherepanovite	black, grayish	Metallic	black	6
Coloradoite #	black, grayish	Metallic	black	2.5
Cuboargyrite !	black, grayish	Metallic	black	3
Cylindrite #	black, grayish	Metallic	black	2.5

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