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Enargite & Pyrite

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Enargite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Furtei Mine, Furtei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.6 × 1.6 cm
Description

Several black metallic crystals of enargite with pyrite from this italian gold mine

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

Pyrite

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