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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)
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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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