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Also known as Cu3AsS4

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

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
IMA Mineral Symbol
Eng
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
II/B.07
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “enargite” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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