Enargite
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Although the Sweet Home mine is most famous for it's Rhodochrosite specimens, there are several good sulfide species from this prolific locality that do not get enough attention. This piece is one of the best Enargites from the Sweet Home that I have encountered. A few sharp, striated, isolated, metallic grey-black, tabular crystals measuring up to 1.5 cm sit atop a matrix of crystallized grey-white Quartz with associated bright metallic pyritohedral Pyrite crystals. The specimen is from the well known Colorado collection of Richard A. Kosnar, and is accompanied by a Colorado School of Mines label. The specimen is 40-50 years old.
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SpeciesEnargite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.5 x 5.5 x 2.0 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityUSA, Colorado, Sweet Home Mine
Known provenance
| Date | Collector | Acquisition price |
|---|---|---|
| 08/2024 | Unknown Owner | Not disclosed |
| — | The Arkenstone | Not disclosed |
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sharp metallic prisms, gunmetal color with iridescent tarnish; rare top specimens on quartz or pyrite from classic mines like Butte, Bingham.Regional guide
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