title: Telluride mineral
text: # Telluride mineral
  
  A telluride mineral is a mineral that has the telluride anion as a main component.
  
  Tellurides are similar to sulfides and are grouped with them in both the Dana and Strunz mineral classification systems.
  
  Examples include:
  
  * altaite
  * calaverite
  * coloradoite
  * empressite
  * hessite
  * kostovite
  * krennerite
  * melonite
  * merenskyite
  * petzite
  * rickardite
  * stützite
  * sylvanite
  * tellurobismuthite
  * temagamite
  * tetradymite
  * vulcanite
  