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Carrollite

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A choice cluster of bright sharp lustrous metallic carrollite crystals. Minor calcite attached. This is in good condition.

Product details

Species
CarrolliteAbout Carrollite →
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Dimensions2.0 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm
Added on12/12/2024
Locality
DR Congo, Haut-Katanga, Kamoya South II MineRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
12/2024Unknown Owner$70.00
—Weinrich MineralsNot 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.