Gem, Rock, and Mineral Postage Stamps Featuring
Enargite


Mineral Name: Enargite

Composition: Copper arsenic sulfide

Nomenclature: Named after the Greek enargos, which means "visible" or "obvious" due to the mineral's distinct cleavage.

Industrial Uses: Ore of copper.

Additional Notes: Enargite occasionally occurs in pseudo-hexagonal, star-shaped, cyclic twinned crystals.



China (ROC) : Scott 3123 : $12 : 8 May 1997

Enargite