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Enargite

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This splendid cluster of sub-parallel Enargite crystals is from the famous Butte mining district, now part of Silver Bow County in Montana, USA. Of the county’s 160 minerals, Enargite is ranked amongst the top four best examples of the species and one look at this large miniature indicates why. Standing 5 cm tall, the specimen is composed of three intergrown crystals with several minor Enargite crystals protruding from the base. The opaque black crystals are all nicely terminated with a characteristic flat pinacoid; they display prominent vertical striations and a highly reflective metallic lustre. The specimen is mounted, stood vertically, on a clear acrylic square base.\n

Product details

Species
EnargiteAbout Enargite →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions3.5 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm
Listed on12/02/2024
Locality
USA, Montana, Butte Mining DistrictRegional guide →
SKUCC27519

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Mineral guide
Learn about Enargite
sharp metallic prisms, gunmetal color with iridescent tarnish; rare top specimens on quartz or pyrite from classic mines like Butte, Bingham.
Enargite
Regional guide
Enargite from Butte Mining District, Montana, USA
from the Butte Mining District is one of the great black-metallic classics of American mineral collecting: sharp, steel-gray to iron-black prisms, often vertically striated, set in dense sulfide ore with quartz, pyrite, chalcocite, covellite, bornite, sphalerite, or colusite. The best pieces do not win collectors by color in the usual sense; they win by architecture and surface. Fine Butte enargite has a hard metallic flash, crisp orthorhombic form, and a distinctly “orebody” character that feels inseparable from the history of the Richest Hill on Earth.