Mineral: Carrollite
Locality: Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Dimensions: 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm / main crystal: 2.3 cm.
Description: Mass: 11 g
MIM number:2196
Crystal in the shape of a perfect regular octahedron with almost non-truncated vertices, which is rare for this mineral.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliot
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