Description

Cobalto Calcite, also known as Aphrodite Stone, is an uncommon variety of Calcite that has Cobalt impurities.

Calcite is a Carbonate mineral that is most widely distributed on the Earth’s surface.  It is a common constituent of sedimentary rocks with Limestone in particular.  A Calcite formation can take on many different shapes and sizes which is dependent on the location, ground water occurrence and temperature.  Calcite is usually white or colorless but can be gray, red, yellow, green, blue, violet, brown or black.  The deeper the color is usually indicative of the definitive impurities from the earth or water.

Kolwezite is a rare mineral that occurs in oxidized copper cobalt ore deposits. The crystals are often found as blackish brown to pale beige, but most often as greenish radiating spherical aggregates and microcrystalline crusts. The most desirable Kolwezite specimens often resemble green cotton balls on bright pink Cobalton Calcite.