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Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

An opencast mine, abandoned in the late 1980's.
Oxidized uraninite lens in dolomitic R2 formation of Roan series, Middle Katangian, Precambrian A.

Refs.:
- Eur. J. Mineral. (1989), 1, 85-88.
- Lapis 17(3), 13-40 (1992)





Mineral List:
  • Astrocyanite-(Ce) (TL)
  • Carrollite
  • Cuprite
       var: Chalcotrichite
  • Curite
  • Dolomite
  • Françoisite-(Nd) (TL)
  • 'Gummite'
  • Kamotoite-(Y) (TL)
  • Malachite
  • Masuyite
  • Metatorbernite
  • Plancheite
  • Schoepite
  • Schuilingite-(Nd)
  • Shabaite-(Nd) (TL)
  • Sklodowskite
  • Uraninite
  • Uranophane
  • Zeunerite


    20 entries listed. 18 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals).

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