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
Famatinite #	black, grayish	Metallic	black	3-4
Lautite #	black, grayish	Metallic	black	3-3.5
Magnetite #	black, grayish	Metallic	black	5.5-6
Naumannite #	black, grayish	Metallic	black	2.5
Schapbachite !	black, grayish	Metallic	black	2.5
Stannite #	black, grayish	Metallic	black	3.5-4
Suredaite !	black, grayish	Metallic	black	2.5-3
Teallite #	black, grayish	Metallic	black	1.5-2
Drysdallite	black, grayish	Metallic	black, brown	1-1.5
Aikinite #	black, grayish	Metallic	black, grayish	2-2.5
Avicennite #	black, grayish	Metallic	black, grayish	2
Baumstarkite !	black, grayish	Metallic	black, grayish	2.5
Clausthalite #	black, grayish	Metallic	black, grayish	2.5
Franckeite #	black, grayish	Metallic	black, grayish	2.5
Gersdorffite #	black, grayish	Metallic	black, grayish	5.5
Giessenite	black, grayish	Metallic	black, grayish	2.5
Madocite	black, grayish	Metallic	black, grayish	3
Pierrotite	black, grayish	Metallic	black, reddish	3.5
Aurorite	black, grayish	Metallic	brown	2-3
Moeloite !	black, grayish	Metallic	brown	-
Hatchite #	black, grayish	Metallic	brown, dark	-
Magnetoplumbite #	black, grayish	Metallic	brown, dark	6
Guettardite	black, grayish	Metallic	brownish	4
Chameanite	black, grayish	Metallic		4.5
Grumiplucite !	black, grayish	Metallic		-
Gruzdevite	black, grayish	Metallic		4.5
Joseite #	black, grayish	Metallic		2
Manganochromite	black, grayish	Metallic		5.5
Vuorelainenite	black, grayish	Metallic		6.5
Todorokite #	black, grayish	Metallic - Dull	brown, dark	1.5
Klockmannite #	black, grayish	Metallic - Dull		2-2.5
Chloritoid #	black, grayish	Pearly	colorless green gray	6.5
Bismutomicrolite	black, grayish	Resinous	white, gray	5
Montroseite #	black, grayish	Sub Metallic	black	5.5-6.5
Romanechite #	black, grayish	Sub Metallic	black, brown	5-6
Coronadite #	black, grayish	Sub Metallic	black, brownish	4.5-5
Uraninite #	black, grayish	Sub Metallic	black, brownish	5-6
Braunite-I #	black, grayish	Sub Metallic	black, brownish gray	6-6.5
Braunite-II *	black, grayish	Sub Metallic	black, brownish gray	6-6.5
Manganite #	black, grayish	Sub Metallic	brown, dark	4
Thortveitite #	black, grayish	Vitreous - Adamantine	gray	6.5
Argutite	black, grayish	Vitreous - Adamantine		-
Lavrentievite	black, grayish	Vitreous - Adamantine		2-2.5
Pargasite #	black, grayish	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	6
Ferropargasite	black, grayish	Vitreous (Glassy)	white, gray	5-6
Hanksite #	black, grayish	Vitreous - Greasy	white	3
Hellandite-(Y) #	black, grayish	Vitreous - Greasy		5.5-6
Davidite-(La) #	black, grayish	Vitreous - Metallic	black, brownish	6
Arzakite	black, grayish	Vitreous - Metallic		2-2.5
Minehillite	black, grayish	Vitreous - Pearly	white	4
Hedenbergite #	black, grayish	Vitreous - Pearly	white green	5-6
Hypersthene ?	black, grayish	Vitreous - Silky	white, grayish greenish	5.5-6
Thorianite #	black, green	Metallic	gray, greenish	6
Chloritoid #	black, green	Pearly	colorless green gray	6.5
Dufrenite #	black, green	Silky	green	3.5-4
Grantsite	black, green	Silky	green, brownish	1-2
Frondelite #	black, green	Vitreous - Dull	gray, brownish	4.5
Actinolite #	black, green	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	5.5
Gadolinite-(Y) #	black, green	Vitreous - Greasy	gray, greenish	6.5-7
Manganosite #	black, greenish	Adamantine	brown	5-6
Vonsenite #	black, greenish	Adamantine - Metallic	black	5
Hendersonite	black, greenish	Adamantine - Pearly	green, brownish	2.5
Corvusite #	black, greenish	Earthy (Dull)	black, bluish	2.5-3
Straczekite	black, greenish	Greasy (Oily)	black, greenish	1-2
Iwakiite	black, greenish	Metallic	black	6-6.5
Kesterite #	black, greenish	Metallic	black	4.5
Patronite #	black, greenish	Metallic	black	2
Magnesiochloritoid	black, greenish	Pearly	white, gray	6.5
Gananite	black, greenish	Resinous - Metallic	gray, dark	3.5
Voltaite #	black, greenish	Silky	green, grayish	3-3.5
Nagashimalite	black, greenish	Sub Metallic	green	6
Julgoldite-(Fe++)	black, greenish	Sub Metallic		4.5
Paratacamite #	black, greenish	Vitreous - Dull	green, light	3
Wyartite #	black, greenish	Vitreous - Dull	violet, brownish	3-4
Barbosalite #	black, greenish	Vitreous - Dull		5.5-6
Simplotite #	black, greenish	Vitreous (Glassy)	black, brownish	1
Babingtonite #	black, greenish	Vitreous (Glassy)	brown	5.5-6
Schorl !	black, greenish	Vitreous (Glassy)	brown	7.5
Gahnite #	black, greenish	Vitreous (Glassy)	gray	8
Kanonaite	black, greenish	Vitreous (Glassy)	green, gray	6.5
Olivine *	black, greenish	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	6.5-7
Melanothallite #	black, greenish	Vitreous (Glassy)		-
Johntomaite !	black, greenish	Vitreous - Greasy	gray, dark greenish	4.5
Strakhovite	black, greenish	Vitreous - Greasy	green	5-6
Betafite #	black, greenish	Vitreous - Greasy	white, yellowish	5-5.5
Taikanite	black, greenish	Vitreous - Greasy		6-7
Ferrowyllieite	black, greenish	Vitreous - Metallic	green, gray	4
Wyllieite	black, greenish	Vitreous - Metallic	green, olive	4-4.5
Magnesiohornblende	black, greenish	Vitreous - Pearly	white	5-6
Symplesite #	black, greenish	Vitreous - Pearly	white, bluish	2.5
Chromdravite !	black, greenish	Vitreous - Resinous	gray, greenish	7-7.5
Aegirine #	black, greenish	Vitreous - Resinous	gray, yellowish	6-6.5
Cronstedtite #	black, greenish	Vitreous - Resinous	green, dark olive	3.5
Zincovoltaite	black, greenish	Vitreous - Resinous	green, gray	3
Tritomite-(Y)	black, greenish	Vitreous - Resinous		3.5-6.5
Hagendorfite #	black, greenish		green, gray	3.5
Maghagendorfite	black, greenish		green, gray	3.5
Woodruffite #	black, iron	Earthy (Dull)	brownish	4.5
Aramayoite #	black, iron	Metallic	black	2.5
Goldfieldite #	black, iron	Metallic	black	3-3.5

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