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Tin(IV) sulfide is a compound with the formula SnS2. The compound crystallizes in the cadmium iodide motif with the Sn(IV) situated in octahedral holes’ defined by six sulfide centers. It occurs naturally as the rare mineral berndtite.The compound precipitates as a brown solid upon the addition of H2S to solutions of tin(IV) species. This reaction is reversed at low pH.