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Carrollite

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Kyle Kevorkian
Kyle Kevorkian
Los Angeles, California
0 for sale·Member since 2024

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

Product details

Species
CarrolliteAbout Carrollite →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.1 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Added on02/09/2026
Locality
DR Congo, Haut-Katanga, Kamoya South II MineRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
09/2023Kyle KevorkianNot disclosed
Acquired from Rob Lavinsky
—Brent LockhartNot disclosed

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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.