AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Democratic Republic of the Congo > Carrollite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 79862 |
Mineral: | Carrollite |
Locality: | Kamoya Mines, Kambove Mining District, 130 km NW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Description: | Pristine crystal of silver-metallic carrollite fully crystallized on all faces with no matrix attached. The carrollite, an uncommon copper-cobalt sulfide, is a combination of cubic and octahedral forms, with a few second-order edge faces. From my private collection, subcollection of single crystals |
Overall Size: | 16x14x8 mm |
Crystals: | 16 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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