Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Enargite is a copper arsenic sulfosalt mineral with formula: Cu3AsS4. It takes its name from the Greek word enarge distinct. Enargite is a steel gray blackish gray to violet black mineral with metallic luster. It forms slender orthorhombic prisms as well as massive aggregates. It has a hardness of 3 and a specific gravity of 4.45. Enargite is dimorph of the tetragonal luzonite.
