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Spherocobaltite

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Spherocobaltite

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Description
Locality: 
Kakanda, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.5 × 1.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Description

Magenta red lenticular crystals of spherocobaltite on a white lime matrix, with light pink cobaltoan calcite crystals. Good Kakanda specimen.

Acquired in 1975. Ex. Willy Israel collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spherocobaltite

Formula: 
CoCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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