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Bornite Psm Carrollite

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Bornite Psm Carrollite

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Description
Locality: 
Kamoto Principal Mine, Kamoto, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 4.4 × 2.6 cm
Weight: 
45.00gr
Description

Different euhedral silver white carrollite crystals coated by dull black bornite, in a matrix of white and pink calcite. This pseudomorph is a true perimorph, cause both minerals are still present. The old carrollites from Kamoto, found in the 1950’s and 1960’s were the world-best until the Kamoya finds in the 1990’s, so the specimen has to be understood in this context. This is a very decent example for Kamoto.

It was collected by René Virlet, a Belgian colonist in Congo who travel back definitively to Belgium in 1968.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bornite

Formula: 
Cu5FeS4
Strunz: 
2.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Carrollite

Formula: 
Cu(Co,Ni)2S4
Strunz: 
2.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Patapsco mine (Finksburg Mine; Orchard Mine), Patapsco Mines, Finksburg, Sykesville, Carroll Co., Maryland, USA

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Shipping Information

Postage Area Price
Belgium <2Kg (Unregistered)
€3
NL, DE, FR, LU <2Kg (Unregistered)
€8
Rest EU <2Kg (Unregistered)
€9
EUROPE (NO EU) <2Kg (Unregistered)
€9
USA <2Kg (Unregistered)
€10
REST OF THE WORLD <2Kg (Unregistered)
€10
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We use the Belgian Postal Service. Shipments are NON registered, unless Customers indicate that they want registered shipment. In any case, all specimens (of group of specimens) sold over €100 will be always shipped as registered post.

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