enargite

See also: Enargite and énargite

English

A sample of enargite from Butte, Montana, USA

Noun

enargite (usually uncountable, plural enargites)

  1. (mineralogy) A steel gray, blackish gray, to violet black copper arsenic sulfosalt mineral with a metallic luster.

Further reading

  • Enargite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • enargite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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