Carrollite - image 1
Photo by Laszlo Kupi Fine Mineral Photography

Carrollite

3

A pristine, good-sized single crystal of Carrollite on matrix.

Product details

SpeciesCarrollite
SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.1 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Added on02/09/2026
LocalityDR Congo, Haut-Katanga, Kamoya South II Mine
Current owner
Kyle Kevorkian
Kyle Kevorkian
Los Angeles, California
Member since 2024
Previous owners
DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Brent LockhartNot disclosed

Learn more

Carrollite
Mineral guide
Learn about Carrollite
cobalt-rich thiospinel with razor-sharp spinel-octahedral crystals, mirror luster, on contrasting carbonate matrices from the DRC and Bou Azzer.
Carrollite
Regional guide
Carrollite from Kamoya South II Mine, DR Congo
Kamoya South II is the modern benchmark locality for carrollite. Its best specimens have the look that made the species famous among contemporary sulfide collectors: brilliant silver to steel-gray crystals, often mirror-faced, with crisp spinel-family geometry set into pale calcite or dolomitic carbonate. The visual effect is unusually clean for a sulfide—hard, metallic geometry against light matrix—and the finest examples have enough reflectivity that the faces flash like cut metal when turned under a lamp.
Locality guide
Kamoya South II Mine
Kamoya South II Mine, DR Congo - a premier locality for carrollite, producing mirror-bright thiospinels on white carbonate; prized by collectors for contrast,…