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3Reviews in Mineralogy & GeochemistryVol. 61, pp. 127-180, 2006Copyright Mineralogical Society of America1529-6466/06/0061-0003$ : and Magnetic Properties of Sulfi desCarolyn I. Pearce, Richard Pattrick, David J. VaughanSchool of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, and Williamson Research Centre for Molecular Environmental ScienceUniversity of ManchesterManchester, United Kingdome-mail: metal sulfi des exhibit a great diversity of electrical and magnetic properties with both scientifi c interest and practical applications. These properties apply major constraints on mod-els of the electronic structure (or chemical bonding) in sulfi des (Vaughan and Rosso 2006, this volume). The pure and doped synthetic equivalents of certain sulfi de minerals have actual or potential applications in the electronics industries (optical devices, photovoltaics, photodiodes and magnetic recording devices).

Electrical & Magnetic Properties of Sulfi des 129 the sulfi de mineralogist are those which characterize the material as a metal or semiconductor,

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