Enargite

Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
Thumbnail, 2.6 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Start Time: 02/09/2017 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/16/2017 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

An old time specimen of Peruvian Enargite featuring some fine quality crystals of the species. A pair of beautiful, sharp, lustrous, striated, metallic silvery-grey colored orthorhombic prisms of this beloved copper arsenic sulfosalt It has a lovely slightly iridescent patina. The largest crystal has a good termination, and the piece looks better in person than the photos might indicate. A great thumbnail display piece for you thumbnail collectors, sulfosalt collectors or those who admire Peruvian minerals.

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