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Kamoya prospect, Kamoya, Kambove, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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A small prospect which has produced almost no specimens known in the markeplace, now abandoned. Virtually all of the specimens labeled "Kamoya" are from the Kamoya South II Mine, located about 2 km west of Kambove mines.



References:
Lapis 17(3), 13-40 (1992)





Mineral List:
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Gauthier, G., King, V., and Morgan, R., in press, Carrollite from Kamoya South II Mine.]
  		•  Carrollite
    Cu(Co,Ni)
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    Reference: []
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    Kamoya prospect, Kamoya, Kambove, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Chrysocolla
    (Cu,Al)
     
    2
    		H
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Gauthier, G., King, V., and Morgan, R., in press, Carrollite from Kamoya South II Mine.]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Gauthier, G., King, V., and Morgan, R., in press, Carrollite from Kamoya South II Mine.]
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Gauthier, G., King, V., and Morgan, R., in press, Carrollite from Kamoya South II Mine.]
  		•  Plancheite
    Cu
     
    8
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Gauthier, G., King, V., and Morgan, R., in press, Carrollite from Kamoya South II Mine.]
  		•  Shattuckite
    Cu
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|(SiO
     
    3
    		)
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []


    9 entries listed. 9 valid minerals.

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