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miércoles, 4 de febrero de 2015

MINERALOGÍA - MINERALES

djurleita forma parte de la clase de los minerales sulfuros, concretamente un sulfuro de cobre. Se le nombró así en honor del químico sueco Seved Djurle.
Fue descubierto en 1962 en Barranca de Cobre, estado de Chihuahua (México).
Estrechamente relacionado con la calcosina, otro sulfuro de cobre, a veces para distinguirlos se requieren complicadas tecnologías de laboratorio como la difracción de rayos X. Pertenece al grupo de la calcosina-digenita.
Aparece en las zonas de enriquecimiento secundario de yacimientos de cobre. Es extraído y explotado industrialmente como mena del cobre.
Es común encontrarlo asociado a otros minerales, como son: piritadigenitacalcopiritabornita y anilita.
Formula:
Cu31S16
System:
Monoclinic
Colour:
Black, gray in reflected ...
Hardness:
2½ - 3
Name:
Named in 1962 by Eugene Holloway Roseboom, Jr. in honor of Dr. Seved Djurle [August 18, 1928 Sweden – October 4, 2000 Sweden], professor of chemistry at University of Uppsala, Sweden who first synthesized the synthetic equivalent before the mineral was discovered. {Note: Seved Djurle's birth year is frequently given as 1918 as various websites merely copy numbers without verification.}
Chalcocite-Digenite Group.
A copper sulphide closely related to chalcocite and easily confused with the latter.
Identification requires XRD or other suitable methods.



 enargita es un mineral del grupo de los sulfuros, y dentro de estos al subgrupo de la estannita. Químicamente es un sulfuro de arsénico y cobre. Presenta como aspecto típico un hábito masivo negro, aunque también puede adoptar la forma de cristales alargados rayados.
Fue descrita por primera vez en 1850 en Perú.1 Su nombre procede del griego enarges, que significa distinto, por su exfoliación. Sinónimos en español muy poco usados son claritagarbita y guayacanita.
Es el extremo con arsénico de una serie de minerales de solución sólida en la que el otro extremo es la famatinita Cu3SbS4 . Espolimorfo de la luzonita, con su misma fórmula pero tetragonal.
La enargita es un mineral secundario formado en rocas metamórficas mediante metamorfismo hidrotermal de temperatura media, por lo que aparece en vetas hidrotermales.
Minerales asociados suelen ser: cuarzobornitagalenaesfaleritatennantitacalcocitacalcopiritacovellinapirita y otros sulfuros.
Aparecen yacimientos en MontanaColorado y Utah (EE. UU.), Sonora (México), ArgentinaChileMorococha y Cerro de Pasco(Perú) y en la isla de Luzón (Filipinas). En España se encuentra en con trazas de hierro en Andújar (Jaén) y en Cartagena(Murcia).
Se extrae de las minas industrialmente por ser una mena del cobre.

Enargite : Cu3AsS4

Julcani Mine, Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru

Dimensions: 5 cm x 3.5 cm x 1.5 cm

Large, prismatic crystals of enargite with iridescent, red-purple surface coating. Excellent large crystals. Illustrated specimen in the CD-ROM: Photographic Guide to Mineral Species (Excalibur, 1999). Ex. Dr. J. Weissman (author of the CD-ROM: Photographic Guide to Mineral Species). Overall size of mineral specimen: 5x3.5x1.5 cm. Size of individual crystals: 3-12 mm.
Copyright: © 2003 John H. Betts      Photo ID: 7601     Uploaded by: John Betts   View Count: 4072   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 435 x 334 pixels (0.1 Mpix)

Enargite : Cu3AsS4

Steirische Kalkspitze, Giglach lakes, Giglach valley, Schladminger Tauern, Schladming, Styria, Austria

Field of View: 5.3 mm

Enargite crystal in matrix. Note the characteristic perfect cleavage.
SXRD-analysed.
Photo Harald Schillhammer.

This photo was originally published in:
Schachinger, T., Kolitsch, U., Bernhard, F. & Bojar, H.-P. (2014): Erzmineralisationen und ihre Verwitterungsprodukte aus dem weiteren Bereich der Steirischen und Lungauer Kalkspitze. Der Steirische Mineralog 28, 8-21.
Copyright: © Harald Schillhammer      Photo ID: 600582     Uploaded by: Uwe Kolitsch   View Count: 96   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 1772 x 1311 pixels (2.3 Mpix)

Enargite : Cu3AsS4

Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Dimensions: 4.2 cm x 3 cm x 2.5 cm

An aesthetic cluster of sharp enargite crystals, of a fine gunmetal luster, with the characteristic blunt terminations. The crystals measure to about 1.3 cm. There are a few missing crystals down amongst the cluster but not enough to detract significantly. This aesthetic miniature-sized specimen came out of the Don Belsher Collection last year. 4.2 x 3 x 2.5 cm (ex. Don Belsher Collection)
Copyright: © Rob Lavinsky      Photo ID: 49569     Uploaded by: Robert Lavinsky   View Count: 726   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 700 x 581 pixels (0.4 Mpix)

Enargite : Cu3AsS4Fluorite : CaF2Pyrite : FeS2

Multiple photos available
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

The crystals are very sharp and bright, which is not so common with the Peruvian samples of Enargite. They are with small crystals of Fluorite and on a metallic matrix rich with Pyrite.
Quiruvilca, Departamento La Libertad, Peru.
Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.8 × 3.9 cm
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm
Fluorite fluorescent with long UV and minor fluorescence with short UV
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Enargite : Cu3AsS4Pyrite : FeS2

Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Dimensions: 3 cm x 2 cm x 1 cm

Grey metallic striated enargite crystals to 10 mm long mixed with brassy metallic pyrite crystals to 5 mm. Ex. R. Bates Collection #756.
Overall size of mineral specimen: 3x2x1 cm.
Size of individual crystals: 3-10 mm.
Copyright: © 2000 John H. Betts      Photo ID: 274     Uploaded by: John Betts   View Count: 1137   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 419 x 341 pixels (0.1 Mpix)

Enargite : Cu3AsS4

Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Dimensions: 3.9 cm x 3.2 cm x 1.9 cm

You couldn''t ask for a much better enargite mini than this -- with sharp, stacked terminated crystals, beautifully defined. This piece came out of the Don Belsher collection, recently dispersed. 3.9 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm
Copyright: © Rob Lavinsky      Photo ID: 40431     Uploaded by: Robert Lavinsky   View Count: 673   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 661 x 650 pixels (0.4 Mpix)

Enargite : Cu3AsS4Tetrahedrite : Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13

Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Dimensions: 8.1 cm x 6.2 cm x 3.3 cm

Group of prismatic crystals with pinacoidal terminations. They are all partially covered by small tetrahedral crystals of Tetrahedrite.
Mina La Libertad, Quiruvilca, Departamento La Libertad, Peru.
Specimen size: 8.1 x 6.2 x 3.3 cm
Main crystal size: 4.3 x 1.3 cm
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Enargite : Cu3AsS4

Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Enargite. R. Kosnar specimen (1972). Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm.
Photo ID: 278035     Uploaded by: Rock Currier   View Count: 232   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 1245 x 1285 pixels (1.6 Mpix)

Enargite : Cu3AsS4Pyrite : FeS2

Multiple photos available
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Dimensions: 5.5 cm x 3.1 cm x 1.2 cm

Enargite accompanied with pyrite. Overall specimen size 5,5 x 3,1 x 1,2 cm. Enargite xls up to 6 mm.

Marek Patúš photo & collection #1403
Copyright: © Marek Patúš      Photo ID: 194166     Uploaded by: Marek Patus   View Count: 309   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 609 x 541 pixels (0.3 Mpix)

Enargite : Cu3AsS4Pyrite : FeS2Quartz : SiO2

Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Dimensions: 3.2 cm x 3 cm x 2 cm

3.2 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm. The Quiruvilca Mine of Peru produced some of the world’s finest enargite specimens in the 1970s and this is an outstanding example. Splendent, well-striated, sharply terminated, metallic-gray prisms to 2.3 cm are aesthetically clustered to form a striking specimen. The enargites are beautifully complemented by brassy, tiny pyrite pyritohedrons and quartz crystals. Ex. Robert Whitmore Collection.

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