enargite
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Enargite is a copper arsenic sulfosalt mineral with formula Cu3AsS4. It takes its name from the Greek word 'distinct'. Enargite is a steel gray, blackish gray, to violet black mineral with metallic luster. It forms slender orthorhombic prisms as well as massive aggregates. It has a hardness of 3 and a specific gravity of 4.45.
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Within Vinony's link graph, enargite is referenced by 35 other articles, and connects out to Mohs scale of mineral hardness, relative density and Mexico.
Vinony files it under Copper minerals, Minerals described in 1850 and Minerals in space group 31.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Enargite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfosalt mineral
- Mineral.image
- Enargite-122840.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.formula
- Cu3AsS4
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Eng
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.KA.05
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Pyramidal (mm2) H-M symbol: (mm2)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pmn21
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 7.407(1), b = 6.436(1) c = 6.154(1) [Å]; Z = 2
- Mineral.color
- Grayish black to iron black; gray to pale pink-brown, deep red internal reflections in polished section
- Mineral.habit
- Tabular to prismatic crystals, striated parallel to {001}; massive
- Mineral.twinning
- Twin plane {320} common, rarely as interpenetrating pseudohexagonal trillings
- Mineral.cleavage
- Perfect on {110}, distinct {100} and {010}
- Mineral.fracture
- Uneven
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 3
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sulfide class of minerals
- Named after
- uniqueness
- Image
- Enargite huaron.jpg
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- Commons category
- Enargite
- chemical formula
- Cu₃AsS₄
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.KA.05
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.KA.05
- streak color
- black
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Eng
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/B.07
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Encyclopedic overview
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{{Infobox mineral | name = Enargite | category = Sulfosalt mineral | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = Enargite-122840.jpg | imagesize = 260px | caption = | formula = Cu3AsS4 | IMAsymbol = Eng | strunz = 2.KA.05 | system = Orthorhombic | class = Pyramidal (mm2) H-M symbol: (mm2) | symmetry = Pmn21 | unit cell = a = 7.407(1), b = 6.436(1) c = 6.154(1) [Å]; Z = 2 | color = Grayish black to iron black; gray to pale pink-brown, deep red internal reflections in polished section | habit = Tabular to prismatic crystals, striated parallel to {001}; massive | twinning = Twin plane {320} common, rarely as interpenetrating pseudohexagonal trillings | cleavage = Perfect on {110}, distinct {100} and {010} | fracture = Uneven | tenacity = Brittle | mohs = 3 | luster = Metallic to dull | polish = | refractive = | opticalprop = | birefringence = | dispersion = | pleochroism = | fluorescence= | absorption = | streak = Black | gravity = 4.4 to 4.5 | density = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | diaphaneity = Opaque | other = | references = }} Enargite is a copper arsenic sulfosalt mineral with formula Cu3AsS4. It takes its name from the Greek word 'distinct'. Enargite is a steel gray, blackish gray, to violet black mineral with metallic luster. It forms slender orthorhombic prisms as well as massive aggregates. It has a hardness of 3 and a specific gravity of 4.45.
Enargite is dimorph of the tetragonal luzonite.
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