A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Enargite from Morocococha, Peru |
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| Description | Enargite, Cu3AsS4 (copper arsenic sulfide), is a somewhat rare copper mineral. It is used as a minor ore of copper. Some samples are metallic silver, but drab gray (this specimen) is quite common. Cyclic twinning is common for enargite and can form highly symmetric star shaped crystals. This sample is 9 cm across. |
| Location | Peru. Near Morocococha. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-18. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #100. |
| Key words | enargite, Peru, trilling |
| Tech details | 674 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1255 |
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