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Carrollite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

This extraordinary thumbnail specimen features a dominant main crystal as a fine and highly metallic lustrous cuboctahedron of rare cobalt-sulfosalt carrollite on matrix. It is absolutely distinctive crystallized and has only minor imperfection, hard to see with naked eye. Very aesthetic.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carrollite

Formula: 
Cu(Co,Ni)2S4
Strunz: 
2.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Patapsco mine (Finksburg Mine; Orchard Mine), Patapsco Mines, Finksburg, Sykesville, Carroll Co., Maryland, USA
Wendel Minerals

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