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Mindat Short Description

Luzonite-Famatinite Series.

Originally thought to be enargite or, in part, a mixture of enargite with famatinite, or famatinite.

Usually found as massively crystalline to granular material, deep pinkish-brown in color. Crystals very rare, small,...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Weisbach A (1874) Luzonit, Mineralogische Mittheilungen 1874, 257-258

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

Cu₃AsS₄

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Cu₃AsS^2-₄

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/luzonite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Luzonite.shtml