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Why is an iron ion is attracted to a sulfide ion but not to a zinc ion?

April 26, 2017attracted Ion iron sulfide zinc

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Why is an iron ion is attracted to a sulfide ion but not to a zinc ion?

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Iron ion is attracted to sulfide ion because sulfide ion will gain the electrons lost by iron ion and form a negative ion, which means positive iron ion will be attracted to the negative sulfide ion and they will be held together by an electrostatic force of attraction.