Sphaerocobaltite

specimen number:
2063001

location:
Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

description:
Attractive purplish red micro crystalline sphaerocobaltite across the top of matrix. In good condition. The specimen comes with a previous label from the collection of Ray DeMark and dates to the 1990s.

Located within the rich metallogenic province of Lualaba in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Kamoto area features complex sediment-hosted copper and cobalt deposits embedded within the Katanga Copperbelt geological formations. Commercial mining operations expanded significantly through the twentieth century, transforming the region into a global center for industrial mineral extraction while also producing exceptional secondary minerals in its oxidation zones. Among these, sphaerocobaltite forms striking pink to rose-colored crusts and spherical aggregates, highly prized by mineral collectors for its vivid coloration and rarity within the weathered strata of these world-class deposits.

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