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Carrollite

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Carrollite is a rare copper, cobalt, nickel sulfide, with the very finest of the species coming from DR Congo, from finds dating to the late 1990s-early 2000s. This excellent thumbnail is sharp, well-defined, and has a bright metallic luster. It is from the "glory pocket" of the late 1990s (1998 or 1999) and came from the Gobin brothers at that time, who brought out the best of them. A significant thumbnail specimen!

Product details

SpeciesCarrollite
SizeThumbnail
Dimensions2.5 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
Listed on12/02/2024
LocalityDR Congo, Haut-Katanga, Kamoya South II Mine
SKUMET22-08

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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.