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en⋅ar⋅gite
[en-ahr-jahyt, en-er-jahyt] 
dʒaɪt
–noun
| a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu3AsS4, occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper. |
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Enargite
En*ar"gite\, n. (Min.) An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper, and often silver.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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enargite
sulfosalt mineral, copper arsenic sulfide (Cu3AsS4), that is occasionally an important ore of copper. It occurs as heavy, metallic-gray crystals and masses in veins and replacement deposits. Economically valuable deposits have been found in the Balkans; at several places in Peru; Chuquicamata, Chile; and Butte, Mont. It forms orthorhombic crystals. For detailed physical properties, see sulfosalt (table)
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