AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Democratic Republic of the Congo > Carrollite with Chalcopyrite on Calcite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 59206 |
Mineral: | Carrollite with Chalcopyrite on Calcite |
Locality: | Kambove Mining District, 130 km NW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Description: | Lustrous silver-metallic pseudo-octahedral carrollite crystals to 15 mm on colorless calcite crystals to 7 mm. The largest carrollite crystal has brassy yellow-metallic chalcopyrite in linear patterns in crevices and on edges of the carrollite. |
Overall Size: | 5x3.5x3 cm |
Crystals: | 0.5-15.0 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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