Enargite with Pyrite
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Enargite with Pyrite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 6.5 x 6 x 4 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Formula
- Cu3AsS4 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Quiruvilca mine, Santiago de Chuco prov., La Libertad dept., Peru
- Tagged
- sulfide , copper
This is a nice piece, which sits perfectly well without aid. The largest Pyrite crystal at the top is 3cm across. Directly below it are two lustrous, well-formed Enargite crystals measuring 2cm and 1.8cm. Across the tips of the Enargite is a blanket of Pyrite crystals.
Enargite
- Formula
- Cu3AsS4
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Crystal Habit
- Euhedral Crystals, Massive - Granular, Prismatic
- Cleavage
- Perfect, Distinct, Distinct
- Luster
- Metallic
- Color
- steel gray, blackish gray, violet black
- Streak
- black
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Pyramidal
- Fracture
- Uneven
- Hardness
- 3
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Robert J. Waidler Collection
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