Enargite with Chalcocite & Gypsum var. selenite
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Enargite with Chalcocite & Gypsum var. selenite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 5 x 4 x 3 cm - Miniature
- Formula
- Cu3AsS4 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Butte dist., Silver Bow Co., Montana, United States
- Tagged
- sulfide
Highly lustrous, reflective and brilliant short prismatic Enargite crystals to 3mm throughout this specimen with nice micro clear selenite crystals. According to Jenkins & Lorengo (Min. Record v. 33, n. 1 2002) Enargite was a fairly common mineral in the central and intermediate zones at Butte and accounted for nearly 20 to 40% of the underground ore production.
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.
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- Phillips Collection
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