A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Carrollite, a copper cobalt sulfide |
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| Description | This specimen, 1.8 cm across, is almost all carrollite, Cu(Co,Ni)2S4, an obscure gray metallic sulfide mineral containing copper, cobalt and nickel, that forms in hydrothermal deposits. It is closely related to a number of equally rare sulfides and selenides that belong to the linnaeite group. |
| Location | Rhodesia. Near Kitwe. Nkana Mine. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-07-11. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #90. |
| Key words | Carrollite, Rhodesia |
| Tech details | 515 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1157 |
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