FormulaCu(Co, Ni)2S4
OriginMashamba West Mine, Kolwezi (DR Congo)
Descriptionhighly lustrous cube-shaped carollite crystal on matrix 
Classification (Lapis) Sulfides
Crystal Systemcubic
Hardness4,5 – 5,5
Colourpale gray to steel-gray, tarnishing easily to copper-red or
violet-gray
Streakgrey-black
Luminescencenone observed 
Lustremetallic
Transparency (Opacity)opaque
Cleavageimperfect
Fractureuneven to subconchoidal
Magnetismnegative
Geological SettingIn hydrothermal vein deposits
Specific Gravity4,83 g/cm3