Color: Grey-black, metallic appearance.
Form: Supplied in sticks or lumps (convenient for laboratory use).
Odour: Odourless in pure form.
Solubility: Insoluble in water; reacts with acid (forming hydrogen sulfide, H₂S).
Mainly used in high-school and college laboratory experiments, particularly to produce hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) when treated with acid.
Shows properties of a transition metal sulfide.
Also used to demonstrate reaction between metal and nonmetal in education.






