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Cattierite

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Cattierite

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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm
Description

A rich coverage of lustrous white gray metallic masses of cattierite in matrix. The rare cobalt-sulfide cattierite was named for Felicien Cattier, former chairman of the Union Miniere du Haut Katanga. From the Type Locality.

Mineral Data
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Cattierite

Formula: 
CoS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Cartils Minerals

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