Carrollite

  
Origin: Kmoto Fond, Shaba, Congo
Sample size: left 1.3 cm crystal, right 6 mm crystal
 
Origin: Kambove mine, Shaba Province, Congo
Sample size: 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm with several, euhedral, silvery crystals to 5 mm
 

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Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

 
Origin: Kambove mine, Kamoya, Shaba, Dem. Rep. Congo
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Carrolite and calcite
Origin: surface prospect, called either the Kamoya II or the South Kamoya mine, Kambove city, near Likasi (100 Miles from Kolwezy), Shaba Province, Zaire
Sample size: 9 x 8 x 6 cm
 
  
Origin: surface prospect, called either the Kamoya II or the South Kamoya mine, Kambove city, near Likasi (100 Miles from Kolwezy), Shaba Province, Zaire, collected late in 2001
Sample size: 7.5 x 6 x 6 cm
 
  
  
  
  
  
Carrollite on calcite
Origin: Kamoya II (South Kamoya mine), Kambove city, near Likasi, Shaba Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
Sample size: 7.5 x 6.5 x 3.8 cm

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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