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

Adamite Aegirine Afmite Agardite-(Y) Albite 'Albite-Anorthite Series' Allophane var: Cupro-Allophane Almandine Althupite (TL) Amblygonite Anatase 'Ancylite' 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 Azurite Baddeleyite 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) 'Calamine' 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 Columbite Columbite-(Fe) Colusite Combeite (TL) Comblainite (TL) Conichalcite Connellite Copper 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) Elpasolite Epidote Erythrite Evansite Eylettersite (TL) Fayalite 'Feldspar Group' Ferberite Fletcherite Florencite-(La) (TL) Fluorapatite Fluorite Foordite Fourmarierite (TL) Francevillite Françoisite-(Nd) (TL) Frondelite Furongite Galena Gallite (TL) Geerite ? Gerhardtite Germanite Germanocolusite Gibbsite 'Glass' Glaukosphaerite Goethite Gold Götzenite (TL) Graphite Greenockite Guilleminite (TL) 'Gummite' Gypsum Gysinite-(Nd) (TL) Halite Hematite var: Martite var: Specularite Hemimorphite Heterogenite (TL) Hieratite Hollingworthite ? 'Hornblende' Hydropyrochlore (TL) Hydroxylapatite Hydrozincite Ianthinite (TL) Idaite Ilmenite Iriginite 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) Kotulskite ? Kuramite Kyanite Lepersonnite-(Gd) (TL) Leucite Leucoxene Libethenite Liebigite Likasite (TL) Limonite Linnaeite

Lizardite Löllingite Luberoite (TL) Ludjibaite (TL) Lueshite (TL) 'Magnesioriebeckite-Riebeckite Series var: Crocidolite' Magnesite Magnetite Malachite 'Manganese Oxides var: Manganese Dendrites' 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' Montebrasite Monticellite Montmorillonite Moreauite (TL) Morenosite Mottramite var: Duhamelite Mundite (TL) Muscovite var: Barian Muscovite var: Sericite 'Muscovite-2M2' Nacrite Neotocite ? Nepheline Népouite Nickeline Olivenite Oosterboschite (TL) Opal Orthoclase Oursinite (TL) Palladinite Palladium Palladseite Paraschoepite (TL) 'Parisite' 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 Rankamaite (TL) Ranunculite (TL) Reichenbachite Renierite (TL) Richetite (TL) Rockbridgeite Rouaite Roubaultite (TL) Rutherfordine Rutile var: Ilmenorutile

Saléeite Sayrite (TL) 'Scapolite' Scheelite Schmitterite Schoepite (TL) Schuilingite-(Nd) (TL) Scorodite Sengierite (TL) Shabaite-(Nd) (TL) Sharpite (TL) Shattuckite Shungite Siderite Siegenite Silver Simpsonite Sklodowskite (TL) Smithsonite Sodalite Soddyite (TL) Spangolite Sphalerite Spherocobaltite Spinel Spionkopite Spodumene Stannoidite Staurolite Stilleite (TL) Stromeyerite Strontianite Studtite (TL) Sulphur Sulvanite Swamboite (TL) Sylvite 'Synchysite Group' Talc Tantalite Tantalite-(Fe) Tanteuxenite-(Y) Tennantite Tenorite Thenardite Thoreaulite (TL) Threadgoldite (TL) Tin Titanite Torbernite 'Tourmaline' Triangulite (TL) Trikalsilite (TL) Trogtalite Troilite Tschermigite Tsilaisite 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' Ximengite Yarrowite Zaïrite (TL) Zeunerite Zincite Zippeite Zircon

486 entries listed. 342 valid minerals. 93 type localities (valid minerals). 3 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 Kiswishi 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) L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine; Kalukuluku Mine) Luiswishi Mine Lukuni Mine Ruashi Mine Lufungu Cu-Co deposit Mokambo Luansobe Cu deposit Mokambo Cu deposit

Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Katanga (Shaba) Katanga Copper Crescent Mushishimano Mine Musoshi Kinsenda Kipapila Mine Musoshi Mine Shinkolobwe Ludjiba Mts Shamitumba (Chamibumba) Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine) Tantara Mine Swambo Kasompi Mine (Menda Mine; Kasompi Hill) 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 (Kasekelua) deposit 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 Nyamuragira volcano (Nyamlagira) Nzombe Punia Kubitaka Maniema Maniema Bengo-Biri Kalima Liha Lubilokwi Mt Misobo Mine Nord-Kivu Masisi Mts Mumba Mumba cassiterite gravels Orientale Bafwasende Kilomoto Mines (Okimo Mines) Ituri Region Djuga Territory Iga Barrière Alluvial gold mine Sud-Kivu Lusungu River District Kobokobo pegmatite

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