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Occurs commonly as small spherical masses with a crystalline surface and concentric and radiated structure; as crusts.",3,4,"4.13","4.21","Vitreous,Sub-Vitreous,Waxy","Transparent,Translucent","Magenta, red, \"peach blossom red\"","Most commonly dark magenta red; sometimes brownish red, greyish red, or velvet-black (due to surface alteraton)",[53,54,55,56,57],"red","purple","black","brown","pink",[57,53],"Not fluorescent","On {101¯1} (?)","Poor\u002FIndistinct","brittle","Uniaxial","-","1.855","1.600",1.6,1.855,"Visible","Dichroic: O = violet-red; E = rose-red.","0.255","Slowly soluble in cold HCl. Rapidly soluble in hot acids with effervescence.\r\n\r\nAlters to \u003CM>Stainierite\u003C\u002FM>.","In Co-Ni veins","Cobalt deposits with oxidised zones containing carbonates.","Calcite Group.\r\nOften confused with cobalt-bearing calcite or cobalt-bearing dolomite.\r\n\r\nNote: This is the correct and approved IMA spelling (\"sphaerocobaltite\" is incorrect). Palache, Berman, and Frondel (1954) list this species as \"cobaltocalite\" an...","Named by Albin Weisbach in 1877 from Greek \"sphaira\", sphere, plus cobalt, alluding to its habit and composition.","2026-03-18 17:22:39",[],[80,88,98,107,115,122,130],{"id":81,"name":82,"entrytype":9,"csystem":35,"ima_formula":83,"mindat_formula":84,"hmin":44,"hmax":44,"dmeas":85,"dcalc":86,"primary_image_id":87},859,"Calcite","Ca(CO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)","CaCO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>","2.7102","2.711",4401,{"id":89,"name":90,"entrytype":9,"csystem":35,"ima_formula":91,"mindat_formula":92,"hmin":93,"hmax":94,"dmeas":95,"dcalc":96,"primary_image_id":97},1657,"Gaspéite","Ni(CO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)","NiCO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>",4.5,5,"3.71","3.748",9675,{"id":99,"name":100,"entrytype":9,"csystem":35,"ima_formula":101,"mindat_formula":102,"hmin":103,"hmax":93,"dmeas":104,"dcalc":105,"primary_image_id":106},2482,"Magnesite","Mg(CO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)","MgCO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>",3.5,"2.98","3.01",15120,{"id":108,"name":109,"entrytype":9,"csystem":35,"ima_formula":110,"mindat_formula":111,"hmin":103,"hmax":45,"dmeas":112,"dcalc":113,"primary_image_id":114},3040,"Otavite","Cd(CO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)","CdCO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>","4.96","5.03",18300,{"id":116,"name":117,"entrytype":9,"csystem":35,"ima_formula":118,"mindat_formula":119,"hmin":103,"hmax":45,"dmeas":120,"dcalc":120,"primary_image_id":121},3406,"Rhodochrosite","Mn(CO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)","MnCO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>","3.7",23851,{"id":123,"name":124,"entrytype":9,"csystem":35,"ima_formula":125,"mindat_formula":126,"hmin":103,"hmax":93,"dmeas":127,"dcalc":128,"primary_image_id":129},3647,"Siderite","Fe(CO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)","FeCO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>","3.96","3.932",22253,{"id":131,"name":132,"entrytype":9,"csystem":35,"ima_formula":133,"mindat_formula":134,"hmin":45,"hmax":93,"dmeas":135,"dcalc":136,"primary_image_id":137},3688,"Smithsonite","Zn(CO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)","ZnCO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>","4.42","4.43",30707,[139,148,157,163,168,175],{"id":140,"name":141,"entrytype":9,"csystem":142,"ima_formula":143,"mindat_formula":143,"hmin":93,"hmax":144,"dmeas":145,"dcalc":146,"primary_image_id":147},911,"Carrollite","Isometric","CuCo\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>S\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>",5.5,"4.5","4.83",4804,{"id":149,"name":150,"entrytype":9,"csystem":151,"ima_formula":152,"mindat_formula":153,"hmin":154,"hmax":103,"dmeas":155,"dcalc":40,"primary_image_id":156},1040,"Chrysocolla","Orthorhombic","(Cu\u003Csub>2-x\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>x\u003C\u002Fsub>)H\u003Csub>2-x\u003C\u002Fsub>Si\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>5\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub> · nH\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O","Cu\u003Csub>2-x\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>x\u003C\u002Fsub>(H\u003Csub>2-x\u003C\u002Fsub>Si\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>5\u003C\u002Fsub>)(OH)\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>·nH\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O, x \u003C 1",2.5,"1.93",5675,{"id":158,"name":159,"entrytype":160,"csystem":11,"ima_formula":11,"mindat_formula":161,"hmin":11,"hmax":11,"dmeas":40,"dcalc":40,"primary_image_id":162},1094,"Cobalt-bearing Calcite",2,"(Ca,Co)CO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>",49856,{"id":164,"name":165,"entrytype":160,"csystem":11,"ima_formula":11,"mindat_formula":166,"hmin":11,"hmax":11,"dmeas":40,"dcalc":40,"primary_image_id":167},1105,"Cobalt-bearing Dolomite","Ca(Mg,Co)(CO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>",49881,{"id":169,"name":170,"entrytype":9,"csystem":171,"ima_formula":172,"mindat_formula":172,"hmin":44,"hmax":94,"dmeas":46,"dcalc":173,"primary_image_id":174},1885,"Heterogenite","Hexagonal","Co\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>O(OH)","4.92",58835,{"id":176,"name":177,"entrytype":9,"csystem":178,"ima_formula":179,"mindat_formula":179,"hmin":103,"hmax":45,"dmeas":180,"dcalc":181,"primary_image_id":182},2550,"Malachite","Monoclinic","Cu\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(CO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)(OH)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>","3.6","4",30149,[],[185],{"id":186,"txt":187,"latitude":188,"longitude":189,"country":190},1897,"Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany",50.5788889,12.6161111,"Germany",69,[193,197,200,204,209,213,217,221,225,229,233,238,243,247,252,257,261,264,268,273],{"id":194,"year":195,"html":196,"doi":11},16123952,1877,"Weisbach, Albin (1877) Kobaltspath, ein neues Glied der Kalkspath-gruppe. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 1877, 409-409.",{"id":198,"year":195,"html":199,"doi":11},16123953,"Weisbach, Albin (1877) Mineralogische Mittheilungen. Jahrbuch für das Berg- und Hüttenwesen im Königreiche Sachsen, 1877, 42-53. (as Sphäro-kobaltit).",{"id":201,"year":202,"html":203,"doi":11},16123954,1899,"Ferro (1899) Atti soc. sc. Genoa: 10: 264.",{"id":205,"year":206,"html":207,"doi":208},647767,1921,"Larsen, Esper S. (1921) The microscopic determination of the nonopaque minerals. \u003Ci>Bulletin\u003C\u002Fi> 679. US Geological Survey \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3133\u002Fb679'>doi:10.3133\u002Fb679\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fpubs.usgs.gov\u002Fbul\u002F0679\u002Freport.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.3133\u002Fb679",{"id":210,"year":211,"html":212,"doi":11},16123956,1927,"Pelloux (1927) Ann. Mus. Civico Stor. Nat. Genova: 52: 269.",{"id":214,"year":215,"html":216,"doi":11},16123957,1929,"Ferrari and Colla (1929) Reale accademia nazionale dei Lincei, Rome: 10: 594.",{"id":218,"year":219,"html":220,"doi":11},16123958,1932,"Baccaredda (1932) Rendus Reale accademia nazionale dei Lincei, Rome: 16: 248.",{"id":222,"year":223,"html":224,"doi":11},15937529,1947,"Buttgenbach, H. (1947) \u003Ci>Les Minéraux de Belgique et du Congo belge\u003C\u002Fi>. Dunod. 573pp.",{"id":226,"year":227,"html":228,"doi":11},1118652,1951,"Palache, Charles; Berman, Harry; Frondel, Clifford (1951) \u003Ci>The System of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi> (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons.",{"id":230,"year":231,"html":232,"doi":11},523620,1961,"Graf, Donald L. (1961) Crystallographic tables for the rhombohedral carbonates. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  46 (11-12) 1283-1316 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM46\u002FAM46_1283.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":234,"year":235,"html":236,"doi":237},8889606,1974,"Rutt, H. N., Nicola, J. H. (1974) Raman spectra of carbonates of calcite structure. \u003Ci>Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics\u003C\u002Fi>,  7 (24). 4522-4528 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1088\u002F0022-3719\u002F7\u002F24\u002F015'>doi:10.1088\u002F0022-3719\u002F7\u002F24\u002F015\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1088\u002F0022-3719\u002F7\u002F24\u002F015",{"id":239,"year":240,"html":241,"doi":242},3198,1980,"(1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine\u003C\u002Fi>,  43 (332) 1053-1055 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fminmag.1980.043.332.17'>doi:10.1180\u002Fminmag.1980.043.332.17\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002FMinMag\u002FVolume_43\u002F43-332-1053.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fminmag.1980.043.332.17",{"id":244,"year":245,"html":246,"doi":11},17002114,1983,"Reeder, R.J. (Ed.) (1983) Carbonates: Mineralogy and Geochemistry. \u003Ci>Reviews in Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi> Vol. 11. Mineralogical Society of America",{"id":248,"year":249,"html":250,"doi":251},221842,1986,"Pertlik, F. (1986) Structures of hydrothermally synthesized cobalt(II) carbonate and nickel(II) carbonate. \u003Ci>Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications\u003C\u002Fi>,  42 (1) 4-5 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1107\u002Fs0108270186097524'>doi:10.1107\u002Fs0108270186097524\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1107\u002Fs0108270186097524",{"id":253,"year":254,"html":255,"doi":256},126845,1991,"Tareen, Jalees A.K. (1991) Hydrothermal decomposition curves and thermodynamic data for spherocobaltite (CoCO3) and gaspeite (NiCO3). \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  3 (3). 501-506 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F3\u002F3\u002F0501'>doi:10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F3\u002F3\u002F0501\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F3\u002F3\u002F0501",{"id":258,"year":259,"html":260,"doi":11},12909140,1999,"Gauthier, Gilbert, Deliens, Michel (1999) Cobalt Minerals of the Katanga Crescent, Congo. \u003Ci>The Mineralogical Record\u003C\u002Fi>, 30 (4) 255-267",{"id":262,"year":259,"html":263,"doi":11},12909141,"Douglass, D.L. (1999) Cobaltoan Calcites and Dolomites from Katanga [Congo]. \u003Ci>The Mineralogical Record\u003C\u002Fi>, 30 (4) 269-273",{"id":265,"year":266,"html":267,"doi":11},16967401,2005,"(2005) Spherocobaltite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fspherocobaltite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":269,"year":270,"html":271,"doi":272},65208,2014,"Barton, I. F., Yang, H., Barton, M. D. (2014) The mineralogy, geochemistry, and metallurgy of cobalt in the rhombohedral carbonates. \u003Ci>The Canadian Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  52 (4) 653-670 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1400006'>doi:10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1400006\u003C\u002Fa>","10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1400006",{"id":274,"year":275,"html":276,"doi":277},398225,2017,"Hazen, Robert M., Hystad, Grethe, Golden, Joshua J., Hummer, Daniel R., Liu, Chao, Downs, Robert T., Morrison, Shaunna M., Ralph, Jolyon, Grew, Edward S. (2017) Cobalt mineral ecology. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  102 (1) 108-116 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2138\u002Fam-2017-5798'>doi:10.2138\u002Fam-2017-5798\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2138\u002Fam-2017-5798",[279,289,298,306,314,322,330,337,346,356,363,369,376,385,393,400,408,415,422,429,434,439,449,456],{"id":280,"source_url":281,"license_code":282,"credit_html":283,"title":284,"description":285,"author":286,"original_width":287,"original_height":288},80252,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=1192482","CC BY-SA 3.0","Pablo Alberto Salguero Quiles, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=1192482\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sphaerocobaltite.jpg","Sphaerocobaltite from  Peramea (Lérida)","Pablo Alberto Salguero Quiles",607,269,{"id":290,"source_url":291,"license_code":282,"credit_html":292,"title":293,"description":294,"author":295,"original_width":296,"original_height":297},22660,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10138430","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10138430\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Spherocobaltite-112780.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSpherocobaltite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Spherocobaltite\">Spherocobaltite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKolwezi\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kolwezi\">Kolwezi\u003C\u002Fa>, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKatanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Katanga\">Katanga (Shaba)\u003C\u002Fa>, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-14352.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is the by far the single brightest, most fake-looking, neon-pink specimen I have ever seen of this rare material often mistaken for the more common species cobaltian calcite, composed of microcrystalline crystals forming pleasntly curvaceous spherical aggregates. Accented by a bit of aragonite, to show you the pics aren't tampered with - it really is BRIGHTER in person.. It is VIBRANT! 4 x 3.6 x 1.1 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",600,513,{"id":299,"source_url":300,"license_code":282,"credit_html":301,"title":302,"description":303,"author":295,"original_width":304,"original_height":305},22661,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10138825","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10138825\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Spherocobaltite-117548.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSpherocobaltite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Spherocobaltite\">Spherocobaltite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Kamoto, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKolwezi\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kolwezi\">Kolwezi\u003C\u002Fa>, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKatanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Katanga\">Katanga (Shaba)\u003C\u002Fa>, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-44003.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.8 x 5.6 x 5.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Rich and very attractive coating of lustrous magenta spheres of this rare species of cobalt mineral! NOT nearly as common as cobaltian calcite, true spherocobaltites are often mistaken for the more common calcite. This is COBALT CARBONATE, though, and the best of them, like this one, were found in the heyday of copper mining in Congo\u002FZaire in the 1960s and 1970s. This one is VERY LARGE and well-covered, by the way. Also, not often will you find the spheres distinct enough to see with the naked eye, yet this specimen is almost completely coved with 1 mm balls of Spherocobaltite on the top.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",500,375,{"id":307,"source_url":308,"license_code":282,"credit_html":309,"title":310,"description":311,"author":295,"original_width":312,"original_height":313},80253,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10122600","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10122600\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Spherocobaltite-27426.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSpherocobaltite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Spherocobaltite\">Spherocobaltite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Musonoi Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKolwezi\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kolwezi\">Kolwezi\u003C\u002Fa>, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKatanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Katanga\">Katanga (Shaba)\u003C\u002Fa>, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4322.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Riveting, neon-pink\u002Fred color makes this one of the most colorful species around, but good specimens are rare, dated, and tend to be smallish. This is a large and extremely fine specimen of the material, with 3-dimensional stalactites growing out from a rock core. Except for a few trivial bits of wear, it is complete all around 360-degrees. IN person, the color is actually more vibrant than it appears here. Liek the diamond above, it is also an old specimen from Gilbert Gauthier's stock and seldom seen for sale otherwise with contemporary dealers. 6.9 x 5.1 x 3.6 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",400,357,{"id":315,"source_url":316,"license_code":282,"credit_html":317,"title":318,"description":319,"author":295,"original_width":320,"original_height":321},22662,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10149646","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10149646\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Spherocobaltite-169967.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSpherocobaltite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Spherocobaltite\">Spherocobaltite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Katanga Copper Crescent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKatanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Katanga\">Katanga (Shaba)\u003C\u002Fa>, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-16667.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.9 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A thin layer of this beautiful cobalt carbonate species, deposited over a rounded knoll of calcite [ID has been questioned, see \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fmesg-7-86093.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fmesg-7-86093.html\u003C\u002Fa>], makes for a showy specimen, 360-degrees around! This particular style came out in the 1970s. Ex. Ed Ruggiero collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",800,771,{"id":323,"source_url":324,"license_code":282,"credit_html":325,"title":326,"description":327,"author":295,"original_width":328,"original_height":329},80254,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10134693","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10134693\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Spherocobaltite-52296.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSpherocobaltite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Spherocobaltite\">Spherocobaltite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKolwezi\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kolwezi\">Kolwezi\u003C\u002Fa>, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKatanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Katanga\">Katanga (Shaba)\u003C\u002Fa>, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-14352.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Sparkly, botryoidal, vivid pink spherocobaltite fills vugs in this aesthetically shaped matrix from Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Zaire. Note this is REAL spherocobaltite and not mislabelled cobaltian calcite xls… 5.7 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",368,599,{"id":331,"source_url":332,"license_code":282,"credit_html":333,"title":334,"description":335,"author":295,"original_width":312,"original_height":336},22663,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10169234","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10169234\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Spherocobaltite-260478.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSpherocobaltite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Spherocobaltite\">Spherocobaltite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKolwezi\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kolwezi\">Kolwezi\u003C\u002Fa>, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKatanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Katanga\">Katanga (Shaba)\u003C\u002Fa>, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-14352.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 11.5 x 6.0 x 4.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is the largest specimen I have ever seen of this rare material often mistaken for the more common species cobaltoan calcite, and it is studded with bright, lustrous, translucent, magenta-colored crystals to .5 cm. I must say that the color is the deepest I have seen for this species, as well. It is vibrant. And, for such a rarity, a real treasure.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",340,{"id":338,"source_url":339,"license_code":282,"credit_html":340,"title":341,"description":342,"author":343,"original_width":344,"original_height":345},22664,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=31850445","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=31850445\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sphaérocobaltite (spherocobaltite) 300-4-2694.jpg","spherocobaltite, quartz : Agoudal Centre Quarry, Agoudal, Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco","Géry PARENT",4251,3253,{"id":347,"source_url":348,"license_code":349,"credit_html":350,"title":351,"description":352,"author":353,"original_width":354,"original_height":355},22666,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=167131324","CC BY 4.0","Animalculum, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=167131324\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Spherocobaltite, Musee de Mineralogie, Paris, 2025.jpg","Spherocobaltite from Musonoi, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo in Musee de Mineralogie, Paris","Animalculum",1989,2651,{"id":357,"source_url":358,"license_code":282,"credit_html":359,"title":360,"description":361,"author":295,"original_width":296,"original_height":362},80257,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161465","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161465\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Spherocobaltite-215552.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSpherocobaltite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Spherocobaltite\">Spherocobaltite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Kamoto Principal Mine (Kamoto Fond Mine; Kamoto Mine), Kamoto, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKolwezi\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kolwezi\">Kolwezi\u003C\u002Fa>, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKatanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Katanga\">Katanga (Shaba)\u003C\u002Fa>, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-6401.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.2 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A 1.8-cm-tall zone of intense maroon-colored spherocobaltite crystals makes this piece a stunning little miniature. Although the crystals are small, sub-mm, they are eye visible and intensely colored, so this is actually quite a good quality for the species. Ex. Charlie Key.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",364,{"id":364,"source_url":365,"license_code":282,"credit_html":366,"title":367,"description":335,"author":295,"original_width":320,"original_height":368},80258,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10169233","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10169233\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Spherocobaltite-260477.jpg",435,{"id":370,"source_url":371,"license_code":282,"credit_html":372,"title":373,"description":374,"author":295,"original_width":320,"original_height":375},80259,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429794","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429794\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sphaerocobaltite-d06-15a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSphaerocobaltite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sphaerocobaltite\">Sphaerocobaltite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHaute-Garonne\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Haute-Garonne\">Haute-Garonne\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMidi-Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Midi-Pyrénées\">Midi-Pyrénées\u003C\u002Fa>, France (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-50973.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 5 x 4.2 x 1.8 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Cobaltocalcite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A shocking pink-purple color marks this unique locality within the Pyrenees. I have seen only a few of them in many years, and this one is of high quality for color saturation and form I would say. Ex. Jean Chervet Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",636,{"id":377,"source_url":378,"license_code":379,"credit_html":380,"title":381,"description":382,"author":343,"original_width":383,"original_height":384},80267,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=38710118","CC BY-SA 4.0","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=38710118\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sphaerocobaltite 7100.1.2300.jpg","spherocobaltite, calcite : Agoudal Centre Quarry, Agoudal, Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco",2007,1755,{"id":386,"source_url":387,"license_code":379,"credit_html":388,"title":389,"description":390,"author":343,"original_width":391,"original_height":392},80268,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=44275934","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=44275934\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sphaerocobaltite - spherocobaltite 1100.FS2015.jpg","spherocobaltite : Agoudal Centre Quarry, Agoudal, Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco",1978,1340,{"id":394,"source_url":395,"license_code":282,"credit_html":396,"title":397,"description":398,"author":295,"original_width":296,"original_height":399},22659,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10120499","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10120499\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Spherocobaltite-Erythrite-21678.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSpherocobaltite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Spherocobaltite\">Spherocobaltite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FErythrite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Erythrite\">Erythrite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Kakanda North Mine, Kakanda deposit, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKambove\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kambove\">Kambove\u003C\u002Fa>, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKatanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Katanga\">Katanga (Shaba)\u003C\u002Fa>, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-41273.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An extremely rich specimen with individual, isolated crystals of Spherocobaltite to several mm in size against a carpet of lavender erythrite (fibrous, hairy microcrystals). This specimen presents an aesthetic quality very rare for the material. Old Gilbert Gauthier specimen, to Bill Smith. 6 x 4 x 4.4 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",449,{"id":401,"source_url":402,"license_code":282,"credit_html":403,"title":404,"description":405,"author":295,"original_width":406,"original_height":407},49886,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140106","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140106\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Spherocobaltite-Dolomite-120465.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSpherocobaltite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Spherocobaltite\">Spherocobaltite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FDolomite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Dolomite\">Dolomite\u003C\u002Fa> (Var.: Cobaltoan Dolomite)\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Kakanda deposit, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKambove\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kambove\">Kambove\u003C\u002Fa>, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKatanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Katanga\">Katanga (Shaba)\u003C\u002Fa>, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-42400.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.1 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A really showy and bright specimen of gemmy and lustrous, magenta spherocobaltite crystals to 5 mm RICHLY scattered in a vug lined with tiny microcrystals of pink, cobaltoan dolomite from a less well-known Zaire locality - the Kakanda Mine at Kambove. Ex. George Elling Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",625,415,{"id":409,"source_url":410,"license_code":282,"credit_html":411,"title":412,"description":413,"author":295,"original_width":320,"original_height":414},80255,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151598","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151598\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Spherocobaltite-Calcite-177514.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSpherocobaltite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Spherocobaltite\">Spherocobaltite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Calcite\">Calcite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mashamba West Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKolwezi\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kolwezi\">Kolwezi\u003C\u002Fa>, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKatanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Katanga\">Katanga (Shaba)\u003C\u002Fa>, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4334.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.9 x 5.6 x 3.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Glittering, sugary, intensely colored dark maroon crystals of Spherocobaltite perched on matrix of light pink calcite.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",491,{"id":416,"source_url":417,"license_code":282,"credit_html":418,"title":419,"description":420,"author":295,"original_width":421,"original_height":312},80256,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151599","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151599\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Spherocobaltite-Calcite-177515.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSpherocobaltite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Spherocobaltite\">Spherocobaltite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Calcite\">Calcite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mashamba West Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKolwezi\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kolwezi\">Kolwezi\u003C\u002Fa>, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKatanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Katanga\">Katanga (Shaba)\u003C\u002Fa>, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4334.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.9 x 5.6 x 3.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Glittering, sugary, intensely colored dark maroon crystals of Spherocobaltite perched on matrix of light pink rhomdohedral calcite.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",354,{"id":423,"source_url":424,"license_code":282,"credit_html":425,"title":426,"description":342,"author":343,"original_width":427,"original_height":428},80261,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=31220047","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=31220047\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sphaérocobaltite, quartz 300-4-2385.JPG",4288,2848,{"id":430,"source_url":431,"license_code":282,"credit_html":432,"title":433,"description":342,"author":343,"original_width":427,"original_height":428},80262,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=31220051","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=31220051\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sphaérocobaltite, quartz 300-4-2386.JPG",{"id":435,"source_url":436,"license_code":282,"credit_html":437,"title":438,"description":342,"author":343,"original_width":427,"original_height":428},80263,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=31220053","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=31220053\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sphaérocobaltite, quartz 300-4-2388.JPG",{"id":440,"source_url":441,"license_code":442,"credit_html":443,"title":444,"description":445,"author":446,"original_width":447,"original_height":448},80264,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=32671370","CC BY 3.0","Sailko, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=32671370\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Sferocobaltite, da likasi, kalanda, shaba, zaire 01.JPG","Museo di storia naturale (Florence) - 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