Mineral: Carrollite
Locality: Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Dimensions: 8 x 6.5 x 5 cm

Description: Mass: 431 g MIM number:1976 Large, intact, shiny and slightly elongated cubo-octahedron with stepped faces. The base had grown on a matrix of mica from which the crystal was harvested. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence

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