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Enargite Quartz & Pyrite

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Enargite Quartz & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Leonard Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 4.7 × 3 cm
Description

Lustrous striated enargite prisms with quartz crystals and pyrite cubes

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Enargite

Formula: 
Cu3AsS4
Strunz: 
2.KA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Black.
Type Locality: 
San Francisco vein, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5