Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Formerly known as Belgian Congo, Congo-Kinshasa and Zaïre (from 1971 to 1997).
Not to be confused with Republic Of The Congo (formerly French Congo, Congo-Brazzaville; http://www.mindat.org/loc-18493.html).

From about 2006, the country is to be subdivided into Kinshasa city and 25 provinces. Kinshasa has equal status to a province.
Formerly, Congo (Zaïre) was subdivided into 10 provinces and one 'ville neutre' (neutral city): Bandundu, Bas-Congo, Équateur, Kasaï-Occidental, Kasaï-Oriental, Katanga, Kinshasa City, Maniema, Nord-Kivu, Orientale and Sud-Kivu.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Actinolite Adamite Aegirine Afmite Agardite-(Y) Albite 'Albite-Anorthite Series' Allophane var: Cupro-Allophane Almandine Althupite (TL) Alumotantite Amblygonite Anatase 'Ancylite' Ancylite-(Ce) Andradite var: Melanite Andrémeyerite (TL) Anglesite Anhydrite Anthoinite (TL) 'Apatite' Aphthitalite Aragonite var: Flos Ferri Arfvedsonite Arsenopyrite Asbolane var: Cuproasbolane Astrocyanite-(Ce) (TL) Atacamite Athabascaite Aurichalcite Autunite Azurite Baddeleyite Baotite Baryte Beaverite-(Cu) Becquerelite (TL) Benauite Bermanite Beryl Berzelianite β-Uranophane Betekhtinite Bieberite Bijvoetite-(Y) (TL) Billietite (TL) 'Biotite' 'Bisbeeite' Bismite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bismutite Bornite Briartite (TL) Brochantite Brookite Buttgenbachite (TL) Cacoxenite 'Calamine' Calciotantite Calcite var: Cobaltoan Calcite var: Zincian Calcite Cancrinite Carnotite Carrollite Cassiterite Cattierite (TL) 'Cattierite-Vaesite Series' Celestine Cerussite Cesplumtantite (TL) Chalcanthite Chalcocite Chalcocyanite Chalcomenite Chalcopyrite Chernikovite 'Chlorite Group' Chromite Chrysoberyl var: Cymophane Chrysocolla Claringbullite (TL) Clausthalite 'Clay' Clinochlore Clinoclase 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' Cobaltite Cobaltomenite 'Coeruleolactite' 'Columbite' Columbite-(Fe) Columbite-(Mn) 'Columbite-Tantalite' Colusite Combeite (TL) Comblainite (TL) Conichalcite Connellite Copper Cordierite Cornetite (TL) Cornubite Corundum var: Sapphire Cosalite

'Cousinite' (TL) Covellite Crandallite Crocoite Cuprite var: Chalcotrichite Cuprosklodowskite (TL) Curienite Curite (TL) Cyanotrichite Davidite-(La) Delhayelite (TL) Demesmaekerite (TL) Derriksite (TL) Descloizite var: Cuprian Descloizite Devilline Dewindtite (TL) Diamond Digenite Dioptase Djurleite Dolerophanite Dolomite var: Cobaltoan Dolomite var: Ferroan Dolomite var: Zincian Dolomite Dumontite (TL) Elbaite Elpasolite Epidote Erythrite 'Evansite' Eylettersite (TL) Fayalite 'Feldspar Group' Ferberite Fersmite Fletcherite Florencite-(La) (TL) Fluorapatite Fluorite Foordite Forsterite Fourmarierite (TL) Francevillite Françoisite-(Nd) (TL) Frondelite Furongite Galena Gallite (TL) Gerhardtite Germanite Germanocolusite Gibbsite 'Glass' Glaukosphaerite Goethite Gold Götzenite (TL) Graphite Greenockite Grossular Guilleminite (TL) 'Gummite' Gypsum Gysinite-(Nd) (TL) Halite Hematite var: Martite var: Specularite Hemimorphite Heterogenite 'Heterogenite-2H' (TL) Hieratite 'Hornblende' Hydropyrochlore (TL) Hydroxylapatite Hydrozincite Ianthinite (TL) Idaite Ilmenite Iriginite Ixiolite Jarosite Julienite (TL) Kalsilite Kamitugaite (TL) Kamotoite-(Y) (TL) Kaolinite Kasolite (TL) Keckite 'K Feldspar' Kipushite (TL) Kirschsteinite (TL) 'Kivuite' Klockmannite Kobokoboite (TL) Kolbeckite Kolwezite (TL) Kuramite Kyanite Lepersonnite-(Gd) (TL) Lepidolite Leucite 'Leucoxene' Libethenite Liebigite Likasite (TL) 'Limonite'

Linnaeite Lithiophorite Lizardite Löllingite Luberoite (TL) Ludjibaite (TL) Lueshite (TL) Magnesite Magnetite Malachite 'Manganese Oxides var: Manganese Dendrites' Manjiroite Marcasite Marthozite (TL) Mascagnite Massicot Masuyite (TL) 'Melilite' Melonite Merenskyite Meta-autunite Metasaléeite (TL) Metaschoepite (TL) Metastudtite (TL) Metatorbernite Metatyuyamunite Metavandendriesscheite (TL) Metavanmeersscheite (TL) Meymacite (TL) 'Mica Group' Microcline Microlite Group var: Plumbomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977) (TL) Millerite Mimetite Molybdenite Molybdite 'Monazite' Monazite-(Ce) Monazite-(Nd) Montebrasite Monticellite Montmorillonite Moreauite (TL) Morenosite Mottramite var: Duhamelite Mundite (TL) Muscovite var: Barian Muscovite var: Sericite 'Muscovite-2M2' Nacrite Nepheline Népouite Nickeline Olivenite Oosterboschite (TL) Opal Orthoclase Oursinite (TL) 'Palladinite' Palladium Palladseite Paraschoepite (TL) 'Parisite' Parisite-(Ce) Parsonsite (TL) Penroseite Pentlandite Perovskite Phosphuranylite Phuralumite (TL) Phurcalite Piretite (TL) Plancheite Planerite Platinum Polydymite Protasite (TL) Pseudojohannite Pseudomalachite Pyrite var: Bravoite 'Pyrobitumen' 'Pyrochlore' Pyrochlore Group var: Bariopyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977) Pyrolusite var: Polianite Pyromorphite Pyrope Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Amethyst var: Blue Quartz var: Chalcedony var: Citrine var: Shocked Quartz var: Smoky Quartz Rankamaite (TL) Ranunculite (TL) Reichenbachite Renierite (TL) 'Rhabdophane' Richetite (TL) Riebeckite Group var: Crocidolite Rockbridgeite Rouaite Roubaultite (TL) Rutherfordine

Rutile var: Ilmenorutile Saléeite Sanidine Sayrite (TL) 'Scapolite' Scheelite Schmitterite Schoepite (TL) Schuilingite-(Nd) (TL) Scorodite Sengierite (TL) Shabaite-(Nd) (TL) Sharpite (TL) Shattuckite 'Shungite' Siderite Siegenite Sillimanite Silver Simpsonite Sklodowskite (TL) Smithsonite Sodalite Soddyite (TL) Spangolite Spessartine Sphalerite Spherocobaltite Spinel Spionkopite Spodumene Stannoidite Staurolite Stibnite Stilleite (TL) Stromeyerite Strontianite Studtite (TL) Sulphur Sulvanite Swamboite (TL) Sylvite Synchysite-(Ce) 'Synchysite Group' Talc 'Tantalite' Tantalite-(Fe) Tantalite-(Mn) Tanteuxenite-(Y) Tennantite Tenorite Thenardite Thoreaulite (TL) Threadgoldite (TL) Tin Titanite Topaz Torbernite 'Tourmaline' Triangulite (TL) Trikalsilite (TL) Trogtalite Troilite Tschermigite Tsumebite Tungstenite Turquoise Tyuyamunite Umangite Umohoite Upalite (TL) Urancalcarite (TL) Uraninite Uranocircite Uranophane Uranopilite Vaesite (TL) Vanadinite Vandenbrandeite (TL) Vandendriesscheite (TL) Vanmeersscheite (TL) Variscite 'Varlamoffite' (TL) Vauquelinite Verbeekite (TL) Vermiculite Vésigniéite Veszelyite Volborthite Vysotskite 'Wad' Wakefieldite-(Ce) (TL) Wavellite Waylandite Willemite Witherite 'Wolframite' Wölsendorfite Wulfenite Wyartite (TL) 'Xenotime' Xenotime-(Y) Ximengite Yarrowite Zaïrite (TL) Zeunerite Zincite Zippeite Zircon

488 entries listed. 367 valid minerals. 92 type localities (valid minerals). 4 type localities (others).

Localities in this Region

Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Bandundu Bas-Congo Bamba-Kilenda Cu-Pb-Zn deposit Équateur Haut-Zaire Mongbwalu Kasaï-Oriental Mbuji Mayi (Bakwanga) Miba Mine Kasaï (Kasaï-Occidental) Kasai river alluvials Longashimo River (Longatchimo river) Kapopo Mine Katanga (Shaba) Busanga Kalongwe deposit Kamiaba Katanga Copper Crescent Kakontwe Kakumba Lupato Kambove District Kabolela Mine Kakanda deposit Kakanda North Mine Kakanda South Mine Kambove Principal Mine Kambove West Mine Kamfundwa Mine (Kanfundwa Mine) Kamoya Kamoya prospect Kamoya South II Mine (Kamoya Sud Mine; Kamoya South Mine) Kisanga Fe deposit M'sesa Mine Shangulowé Mine Katanga Luishia Mine Kimbwe Mine Kisamfu Kalukundi Cu-Co deposit Kansuki Cu-Co deposit Mashitu Cu-Co deposit Kolwezi District Dikuluwe Mine Kamoto Kamoto East Open cut Kamoto North Open cut Kamoto Principal Mine (Kamoto Fond Mine; Kamoto Mine) Kamoto Principal Open cut KOV Open cut (Kamoto-Oliveira-Virgule Open cut) Katonto Hill Kolwezi Kolwezi Mine Musonoi Mine Kyabukamba Village Combolo Cu-Co deposit Lupoto Mine Mashamba East Mine Mashamba West Mine Mupine Mine Mutoshi (Ruwe) Mutoshi Mine (Ruwe Mine) Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad) Kamatanda prospect Likasi Mine (Panda Mine) Shituru Mine Luambo Kalabi Mine Lubumbashi (Elizabethville) Kiswishi L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine; Kalukuluku Mine) Lubumbashi Zoo Luiswishi Mine Lukuni Mine Ruashi Mine Lufungu Cu-Co deposit Mokambo Luansobe Cu deposit Mokambo Cu deposit Mushishimano Mine

Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Katanga (Shaba) Katanga Copper Crescent Musoshi Kinsenda Kipapila Mine Musoshi Mine Shinkolobwe Ludjiba Mts Shamitumba (Chamibumba) Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine) Tantara Mine Swambo Kasompi Mine (Menda Mine; Kasompi Hill) Mindigi Mine (Mindingi Mine) Swambo Hill (Swambo Mine) Tenke-Fungurume area Fungurume deposit Tenke deposit (incl. Fwalu; Kwatebala; Goma) Kengere Kengere Mine Kipushi Kipushi Mine (Prince Léopold Mine) Kundelungu Plateau Luizi Impact Structure Lake Mweru Dikulushi Mine Gwena Kimberlite Kapulo Mine Kiaka Cu-Ag deposit Kikonkula prospect Kinkumbi prospect Lufukwe prospect Mwitapile prospect Pweto Cu-Ag deposit Lombe Zn-Pb-Cu deposit Lubudi Funda Biabo Lulua Kasekelesa deposit (Kasekelua) Lwena (Luena) Manono Mine Pande Kapiri Kinshasa City Kivu Bingo carbonatite Bukavu Kamituga-Mobale mine Eta-Etu Goma Mt Nyiragongo Mt Shaheru Kabfumu Kirumba Lubero Lueshe Mine Maya-Moto Messaraba-Munkuku Mierge Mine Nkovu Nyamuragira volcano (Nyamlagira) Nzombe Punia Kubitaka Maniema Maniema Bengo-Biri Kalima Liha Lubilokwi Maniema pegmatite Mt Misobo Mine Nord-Kivu Kahungwe Masisi Mts Mumba Mumba cassiterite gravels Orientale Bafwasende Kilomoto Mines (Okimo Mines) Ituri Region Djuga Territory Iga Barrière Alluvial gold mine Nizi Ituri River Alluvial gold mine Sud-Kivu Lusungu River District Kobokobo pegmatite

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