Cobaltoan Dolomite & Heterogenite
 
Locality: Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo

Size: 48 mm x 36 mm
 
A beautiful bright pink specimen of Cobalt bearing Dolomite on Calcite matrix. Seated on the pink dolomite are some lovely lustrous Heterogenite botryoids. A beautiful combination specimen of these two minerals.
 
Also known as Salrose, Cobaltoan dolomite is a rare variant of dolomite containing cobalt, giving it its vibrant pink colouration.
 
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), previously known as Zaire, is a large central African country known to produce some of the most amazing Copper, Uranium and Cobalt minerals, to mention only a few.