Large Congo Cobaltoan Calcite Salrose Specimen - 108mm, 767g

Large Congo Cobaltoan Calcite Salrose Specimen - 108mm, 767g

Regular price £84.99 Sale

Locality - Democratic Repuplic of Congo
Size – 108 x 92 x 53mm
Weight – 767g

This cobaltoan calcite/ salrose specimen features bright, sparkling hot pink crystals alongside coal black heterogenite and mossy green kolwezite. It has a heavy matrix and is able to freestand as an attractive display piece. 


About About Cobaltoan Calcite/ Salrose

Cobaltoan calcite, also known as salrose, is a vivid pink variety of calcite containing Co2+ that is highly regarded for its attractive colour. The finest specimens come from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Morocco. Calcite is a carbonate mineral and a major component of sedimentary rocks such as limestone as well as the primary mineral in metamorphic marble, and is one of the most abundant minerals on the Earth. It is found in an astonishingly wide variety of formations and colours, though the most common forms are rhombohedral and scalenohedral crystals with most common colours being clear to white in a transparent to opaque appearance. Calcite is often the primary constituent of the shells of many marine organisms such as plankton and bivalves.