Natural Salrose Cobaltoan Dolomite Specimens with Silky Malachite Crystals x 12 From Kakanda, Congo

A NOTE FROM NICK 
A tray of 12 natural cabinet size Salrose Cobaltoan Dolomite specimens with crystalline Malachite. Some with a clear drusy quartz coating, just beautiful.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 
Selected Crystalline Salrose Cobaltoan Dolomite Specimens!  
Salrose, from the French for ‘Salt Rose,’ is a stunning pink mineral from Congo. Often mislabeled as Pink Calcite or Cobalt Calcite, Salrose is usually Cobaltoan Dolomite or Calcite. It’s tricky to tell these apart, especially in microcrystalline forms, so Salrose serves as a catch-all term. Specimens can feature Silky Malachite, Chrysocolla, Heterogenite, Kaolinite, and Malachite Spheroids. While some show copper-based minerals, others do not. The mineral’s pink hues come from Cobalt, ranging from soft milky pink to rare, deep gemmy pink.

PRODUCT MINERALS 
Cobaltoan Dolomite, Silky Malachite, Heterogenite, Chrysocolla, Kaolinite, Malachite Spheroids, Kolwezite

PRODUCT FEATURES
Trigonal, Rhombohedral, Drusy, Crystalline, Vugs/Cavities

PRODUCT COLOUR 
Pink, Green, Black, White, Blue

MOHS HARDNESS SCALE
3

PRODUCT DATA
Locality = Kakanda, Congo
Grade = Good to A Grade
Size = 40 - 82 mm