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Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Also known as Katanga Copper belt or Katanga Crescent or Katanga Copper Zone.

Refs.:
- Douglass, D.L. (1999): Cobaltoan Calcites and Dolomites from Katanga. Mineralogical Record 30 (4): 269-273
- Gauthier, G. & Deliens, M. (1999): Cobalt minerals of the Katanga Crescent, Congo. Mineralogical Record 30 (4): 255-273
- Weiss, S. (2006): Carrollit, Dolomit, Nickelin, Sphärocobaltit und Baryt aus der Provinz Shaba, Kongo. Lapis 31 (9), 44-46




Mineral list contains contents from all localities listed at bottom of page


Mineral List:
  		•  Adamite
  		• Agardite-(Y)
  		• Anhydrite
  		• Apatite-(CaF)
  		• Aragonite
  		• Arsenopyrite
  		• Asbolane
  		• Astrocyanite-(Ce) (TL)
  		• Atacamite
  		• Athabascaite
  		• Aurichalcite
  		• Azurite
  		• Baryte
  		• Becquerelite (TL)
  		• Berzelianite
  		• Betekhtinite
  		• Bieberite
  		• Bijvoetite-(Y) (TL)
  		• Billietite (TL)
  		• Bisbeeite
  		• Bismuth
  		• Bismuthinite
  		• Bornite
  		• Briartite (TL)
  		• Brochantite
  		• β-Uranophane
  		• Buttgenbachite (TL)
  		• Calcite
       var: Cobaltoan Calcite
  		• Carnotite
  		• Carrollite
  		• Cattierite (TL)
  		• 'Cattierite-Vaesite Series'
  		• Cerussite
  		• Chalcanthite
  		• Chalcocite
  		• Chalcomenite
  		• Chalcopyrite
  		• Chernikovite
  		• 'Chlorite Group'
  		• Chrysocolla
  		• Claringbullite (TL)
  		• Clausthalite
  		• Clinochlore
  		• Clinoclase
  		• Cobaltite
  		• Cobaltomenite
  		• Colusite
  		• Comblainite (TL)
  		• Connellite
  		• Copper
  		• Cornetite (TL)
  		• Cornubite
  		• Cousinite (TL)
  		• Covellite
  		• Crocoite
  		• Cuprite
       var: Chalcotrichite
  		• Cuprosklodowskite (TL)
  		• Curienite
  		• Curite (TL)
  		• Cyanotrichite
  		• Demesmaekerite (TL)
  		• Derriksite (TL)
  		• Descloizite
  		• Devilline
  		• Dewindtite (TL)
  		• Digenite
  		• Dioptase
  		• Djurleite
  		• Dolomite
       var: Cobaltoan Dolomite
       var: Zincian Dolomite
  		• Dumontite (TL)
  		• Erythrite
  		• Fletcherite
  		• Florencite-(La) (TL)
  		• Fourmarierite (TL)
  		• Francevillite
  		• Françoisite-(Nd) (TL)
  		• Galena
  		• Gallite (TL)
  		• Geerite ?
  		• Gerhardtite
  		• Germanite
  		• Germanocolusite
  		• Glaukosphaerite
  		• Goethite
  		• Gold
  		• Graphite
  		• Greenockite
  		• Guilleminite (TL)
  		• 'Gummite'
  		• Gypsum
  		• Gysinite-(Nd) (TL)
  		• Halite
  		• Hematite
  		• Hemimorphite
  		• Heterogenite (TL)
  		• Hollingworthite ?
  		• Hydrozincite
  		• Ianthinite (TL)
  		• Idaite
  		• Ilmenite
  		• Iriginite
  		• Jarosite
  		• Julienite (TL)
  		• Kamotoite-(Y) (TL)
  		• Kasolite (TL)
  		• Kipushite (TL)
  		• Kolbeckite
  		• Kolwezite (TL)
  		• Kotulskite ?
  		• Kuramite
  		• Kyanite
  		• Lepersonnite-(Gd) (TL)
  		• Leucoxene
  		• Libethenite
  		• Liebigite
  		• Likasite (TL)
  		• Linnaeite
  		• Lizardite
  		• Ludjibaite (TL)
  		• Magnesite
  		• Malachite
  		• 'Marialite-Meionite Series'
  		• Marthozite (TL)
  		• Massicot
  		• Masuyite (TL)
  		• Melonite
  		• Merenskyite
  		• Metasaléeite
  		• Metaschoepite (TL)
  		• Metastudtite (TL)
  		• Metatorbernite
  		• Metatyuyamunite
  		• Metavandendriesscheite (TL)
  		• Millerite
  		• Molybdenite
  		• Molybdite
  		• 'Monazite'
  		• Morenosite
  		• Mottramite
       var: Duhamelite
  		• Muscovite
  		• Népouite
  		• Nickeline
  		• Oosterboschite (TL)
  		• Opal
  		• Oursinite (TL)
  		• Palladinite
  		• Palladium
  		• Palladseite
  		• Paraschoepite (TL)
  		• Parsonsite (TL)
  		• Penroseite
  		• Pentlandite
  		• Phosphuranylite
  		• Phurcalite
  		• Piretite (TL)
  		• Plancheite
  		• Platinum
  		• Polydymite
  		• Protasite (TL)
  		• Pseudojohannite
  		• Pseudomalachite
  		• Pyrite
       var: Bravoite
  		• Pyromorphite
  		• Quartz
       var: Blue Quartz
       var: Citrine ?
  		• Reichenbachite
  		• Renierite (TL)
  		• Richetite (TL)
  		• Roubaultite (TL)
  		• Rutherfordine
  		• Rutile
  		• Saléeite (TL)
  		• Sayrite (TL)
  		• Schmitterite
  		• Schoepite (TL)
  		• Schuilingite-(Nd) (TL)
  		• Sengierite (TL)
  		• Shabaite-(Nd) (TL)
  		• Sharpite (TL)
  		• Shattuckite
  		• Siderite
  		• Siegenite
  		• Silver
  		• Sklodowskite (TL)
  		• Smithsonite
  		• Soddyite (TL)
  		• Spangolite
  		• Sphalerite
  		• Spherocobaltite
  		• Spinel
  		• Spionkopite
  		• Stilleite (TL)
  		• Stromeyerite
  		• Studtite (TL)
  		• Sulvanite
  		• Swamboite (TL)
  		• Talc
  		• Tennantite
  		• Tenorite
  		• Tin
  		• Torbernite
  		• 'Tourmaline Group'
  		• Trogtalite
  		• Tsumebite
  		• Tungstenite
  		• Turquoise
  		• Tyuyamunite
  		• Umangite
  		• Umohoite
  		• Urancalcarite (TL)
  		• Uraninite
  		• Uranocircite
  		• Uranophane
  		• Uranopilite
  		• Vaesite (TL)
  		• Vandenbrandeite (TL)
  		• Vandendriesscheite (TL)
  		• Variscite
  		• Vauquelinite
  		• Verbeekite (TL)
  		• Vésigniéite
  		• Veszelyite
  		• Volborthite
  		• Vysotskite
  		• Wavellite
  		• Willemite
  		• Witherite
  		• Wölsendorfite
  		• Wulfenite
  		• Wyartite (TL)
  		• Yarrowite
  		• Zeunerite
  		• Zincite
  		• Zippeite


    241 entries listed. 223 valid minerals. 64 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).

    Localities in this Region:
    Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
     
    • Katanga (Shaba)
      • Katanga Copper Crescent
            • Kamoya
            • Kamoya Hills
          • Katanga
            • Luambo
    Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
     
    • Katanga (Shaba)
      • Katanga Copper Crescent
        • Central area
            • Kipushi
            • Mutoshi (Ruwe)

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