AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Democratic Republic of the Congo > Carrollite and Chalcocite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 81513 |
Mineral: | Carrollite and Chalcocite |
Locality: | Kamoto Mine, Kolwezi Mining District, 240 km WNW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Description: | Lustrous silver-metallic 6 mm carrollite crystal and black octahedral chalcocite crystals to 3 mm on a plate of slender transparent colorless quartz crystals to 4 mm, and equant transparent colorless calcite crystals to 1 mm. Uncommon combination! Originally acquired from Lambert Minerals ca. 1995; this mine closed in 1990 |
Overall Size: | 4x3.5x1.5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 6 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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