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Sphaerocobaltite is a cobalt carbonate, a member of the calcite group. The mineral was originally named Kobaltspath (Weisbach, 1877). Later renaming of the mineral changed the name to cobaltocalcite, later sphaerocobaltite. Finally in 1980, the IMA changed the spelling to spherocobaltite. This is a pocket in cobalt rich ore, with minor alloclasite, of magenta rhombohedral crystals to 1 mm.