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Manono Mine, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Foordite
Manono Mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo

Photo: Thomas Witzke
Huge pegmatite mined for columbite-tantalite.
100 Mio t of reserves.
Operations also suggest that the Manono deposit hosts one of the largest reserves of lithium in the world (30 M tons of spodumene at 6% lithium oxide).

References

- Buttgenbach, H.(1933): La thoreaulite, nouvelle espéce minérale. Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique. 56: 327-328
- Kristiansen, R. (2001): Sjeldne tantalniobater fra Sentral-Afrika. eksotiske minerallokaliteter II (Exotic mineral-locations II). STEIN 28 (2): 21-28 [notes on thoreaulite and cesplumtantite]

Mineral List

Cassiterite
Cesplumtantite (TL)
Columbite
'Feldspar Group'
Foordite
Hematite
Muscovite
Quartz
Spodumene
Tantalite
Thoreaulite (TL)


11 entries listed. 8 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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