Carrollite (ex Michael Shannon Coll.)

Kamoto Principal Mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
Thumbnail, 2.5 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Start Time: 11/05/2015 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 11/12/2015 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

An elegant and aesthetic matrix carrollite thumbnail from Katanga. Three, sharp, brilliant silver-metallic, hexoctahedral crystals, to 1.3 cm are beautifully set on the calcite matrix. Carrollite is a very rare Cu-Co-Ni sulfide. You barely notice, that one face of the large crystal is cleaved and the trivial bit of bruising. This is a choice and highly representative example from the Michael Shannon Collection.

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