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Kobokobo pegmatite, Lusungu River District, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Kobokoboite
Kobokobo pegmatite, Lusungu River District, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Photo: Vincent Bourgoin

Latitude: 3°5'S
Longitude: 27°8'E

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Beryl and columbite pegmatite of which a zone is mineralized in uranium.

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55 entries listed. 46 valid minerals. 14 type localities (valid minerals).

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References

Deliens, M., Piret, P., Comblain, G. (1981): Les minéraux secondaires d’uranium du Zaïre. Publ. Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique. 113 p.

Deliens, M., Piret, P., Comblain, G. (1984): Les minéraux secondaires d’uranium du Zaïre, 1er complément. Publ. Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique. 37 p.

- Piret, P. and Deliens, M. (1987) Les phosphates d'uranyle et d'aluminium de Kobokobo. IX. L'althupite AlTh(UO2)[(UO2)3O(OH)(PO4)2]2 OH)3·15H2O, nouveau minéral; propriétés et structure cristalline. Bulletin de Mineralogie: 110: 65-72.

Deliens, M., Piret, P., Vandermeersche, E. (1990): Les minéraux secondaires d’uranium du Zaïre, 2eme complément. Edit. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 39 p.

Safiannikoff, A. & van Wambeke, L. (1967): La pegmatite à béryl de Kobokobo et les autres venues pegmatitiques et filoniennes de la région de Kamituga, Kivu, République du Congo. Mineralium Deposita, 2, 119-130.

Van Wambeke, L. (1971): The uranium-bearing mineral bolivarite; new data and a second occurrence. Mineral. Mag., 38, 418-423.

Van Wambeke, L. (1987): La minéralogie de la pegmatite de Kobokobo, Kivu, Zaïre. Bull. Soc. Belge de Géologie, 96, 137-142.

Mills, S. J., Birch, W. D., Kampf, A. R. & van Wambeke, L. (2010) Kobokoboite, Al6(PO4)4(OH)6•11H2O, a new mineral from the Kobokobo pegmatite, Democratic Republic of the Congo. European Journal of Mineralogy, 22(2), 305–308.

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