AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Peru > Enargite (twinned crystal) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 19257 |
Mineral: | Enargite (twinned crystal) |
Locality: | Casapalca District, Huarochiri Province, Peru |
Description: | Pocket in massive pyrite matrix lined with many dark, metallic enargite crystals. The enargite crystals are all twinned with distinct reentrant faces running down the center of the crystals defining the twin plane. Unusual. |
Overall Size: | 10x7x7 cm |
Crystals: | 2-16 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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