Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Cobaltoan Calcite

Views:
Watches:
CLB653870

Cobaltoan Calcite

ex collection R. Wilke

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Kamfundwa Mine, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 3 × 2.2 cm
Description

In nature those cobaltoan calcite crystals look much brighter, are very sharp and show very good, gemmy transparency. The background/matrix is rather dark, which makes the crystals look darker too. And the transparency causes some blurring/lack of sharpness in the pictures. But this is really a very beautiful, attractive specimen and - in my opinion - looks a lot better in nature.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cobaltoan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Co)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps