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Enargite

Ex coll. Dipl Min. Ulrich Vetter, Hannover

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Description
Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2 × 1.2 cm
Description

Massive metallic grey enargite and minor golden pyrite.

 

Historic specimen found around 1880.

From an old Chilean collection obtained in 1974.

Ex thumbnail collection Dipl. Min. Ulrich Vetter, Hannover - with his original box and handwritten label.

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

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