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Carrollite

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Carrollite, 7 cm (1 pound) crystal from the 2002 find at Kamoya South II mine, Kambove, Congo. Illustrated in Mineral Up 2010, no. 2, page 55. Russell E. Behnke photo.

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SpeciesCarrollite
SizeMuseum
Dimensions700.0 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityDR Congo, Haut-Katanga, Kamoya South II Mine
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In American Northeast page 48
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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,…