Glaucodot

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Cobalt is a rare element, mineralogically speaking. Its secondary minerals are quite well-known and common, but the sulphides are a lot rarer and only a limited amount of localities on Earth provide us with well-formed crystals. Håkansboda in Sweden is one of the prime localities for Glaucodot and, its similar cousin, Cobaltite. This ancient Copper-Cobalt mine dates back to the 15th century, but there is very little known about this period. This lovely little miniature shows this all very well. The specimen consists of an excellent tight group of remarkably lustrous intergrown crystals of white metallic Glaucodot embedded in a solid Chalcopyrite matrix.