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Pentlandite from
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pentlandite
Formula:(NixFey)ÎŁ9S8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Bravoiteⓘ1 photo of Pentlandite associated with Bravoite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pentlandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:363086
Long-form Identifier:1:3:363086:0
GUID (UUID V4):72853ff1-c75c-45ce-89d3-2b10c4cb6fa7
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection,...ince the days o f Stanley and Livingstone, Shaba (Katanga) has been known as one o f the world’s great mineralized...mineralized areas. Locality names such as Musonoi and Shinkolobwe are today famous fo r some o f the finest and...outside the Shaba Crescent, as does the large Kipushi mine, which has yielded lead, zinc, silver, copper, cadmium...province was changed from Katanga to Shaba about 20 years ago, after the Belgian Congo became Zaire in 1960
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphosed nickel-bearing Shinkolobwe uranium deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), though the Enterprise...REPUBLIC OF CONGO Tenke Fungurume Kolwezi Kamoa Kambove - 11° Menda Likasi 11°- Shinkolobwe Luishia...26° LEGEND post-Katangan granite (520 Ma) major mine or deposit post-Katangan cover city Nguba and...Solwezi dome westward to the Kabompo dome. The Shinkolobwe and Swambo U-(Ni) deposits occur between the...metamorphosed nickel-bearing Shinkolobwe uranium deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC; Derriks and Vaes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rokana South, Zambia Vauze, Quebec Shinkolobwe, Zaire Shinkolobwe, Zaire Reference Bartholomd (1962)...(1964) Derriks and Vaes (1956) Kerr (1945) Shinkolobwe, Zaire Luanshya, Zambia Craig and Vaughan (1979)...(1979) Luanshya, Zambia This study Katanga, Zaire Varislahti, Finland Outokumpu, Finland Kamaishi,...Imai et al. (1973) Petruk et al. (1969) Langis Mine, Ontario This study Abbreviations:cr = carrollite;ct...CosSsand CoaS4at 400 ø and 440øC. These Cobalt pentlandite, Cobalt pentlanditewas encounteredin this study
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Lufilian fold Small amountsof cobalt pentlandite are present in belt. Only minor occurrencesof...posits(Benhamet al., 1976), whereasmackinawite, pentlandite,cobaltpentlandite,millerite, and mezone (Legg...Major Thrust Fault KAMATANDA MinorThrustFault SHINKOLOBWE SHITURU KENGERI \ Fault Sinlstral Transcurrent...payablehorizonsis locallyvery large. In the Mufulira mine in Zambiamineralizationis presentin 21 distinctlithologicalunits...hostthe stratiformdeposits The uranium-dominated Shinkolobwe deposit is at the surface or at a depth accessibleto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cobalt-bearingsulfideassemblages from the Shinkolobwedeposit, Katanga, Zaire JeuBsR. Cnelc Virginia PolytechnicInstituteandState...the Shinkolobwedeposit,Zaire(formerlythe Belgian Congo) by Kerr (1945).Cattieritehas also been notedin...t36 CRAIG AND VAUGHAN. SULFIDE ASSEMBLAGESFROM KATANGA tJl Table I Electronmicroprobe Zairc analyses...analyses of disulfideand thiospinelfrom Shinkolobwe, ( b )N M N H# r 0 6 8 1 r (a) NMNH #107460 wf,. percent...surrounded by nickel- Fig. l. NMNH #107460 from Shinkolobwe Mine. The abbreviations are: py-pyrite; Co-py-cobaltian
Book (edition)
Germany Dr. Salah Al-Khirbash Prof. Dr. Rainer Altherr & Dr. rer. nat. Michael Hanel Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter...Joachim Lorenz Prof. Dr. Robert Marschik Dr. Frank Melcher☆ & Dr. Simon Goldmann & Dr. Thomas Oberthür Dipl...-Min. Sebastian Möller Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Peter Röper☆ Prof. Dr. Supriya Roy✝ Dr. Thomas Seifert Dipl...-Geol. Jana Wazeck & Prof. Klaus Thalheim Dr. Thomas Witzke Prof. Dr. Fathi Zereini Mitteljörn 14a, D-24536...trillings, polysynthetic Löllingite Niggliite Pentlandite Reflection Colour & Ø Reflectance Pleochroism
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals cobalt pentlandite, siegenite, parkerite, and bravoite from the Langis mine, Cobalt-Gowganda...associated with parkerite, cobalt pentlandite, and siegenite, in the Langis mine, Casey Township, Ontario. The...The narne is for the mine. The mineral and name were approved before publication by the Commission on...the zone of oxidation of the U deposit at Shinkolobwe,Katanga, on pitchblende,associatedwith becquerelite...oxidation zone of the Cu-Co deposit of Musonoi, Katanga, as microcrystalline crusts on selenian digenite
Book
the description of the species nominates Socrates mine, Sonoma County, California, as the type locality... Aerugite (Neotype) BM 1963,00481 South Terras mine, St-Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England R.J. Davis...34. Afwillite (Cotype) BM 1925,00080 Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa J. Parry and F. E. Wright...277. Agardite (Cotype) BM 1978,00024 Bou Skour mine, Bou Azzer, Jbel Sarho, Morocco J.E. Dietrich, M...199. Apachite (Cotype) BM 1980, 00532 Christmas Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA F.P. Cesbron & S.A. Williams
Book (edition)
co-author, teacher, mentor, colleague and friend, Dr. Joseph A. Mandarino. -Malcolm E. Back Fleischer's...they are: Dr. Peter Bayliss, Dr. Ernst A.J. Burke, Dr. Anton and hakhmouradian,Robert Gault, Dr. Julian...LĂĽszl6 HorvĂĽth, Dr. Uwe Kolitsch, Locock,Gaspare Malet.to,Dr. Roger Mitchell, Renato Pagano. Dr. Ole Petersen...Robert Ramik,Andy Roberts, hallit, Dr. Chris Stanley,Tony Steede and Dr. ThomasWitzke. upport and encouragementof...Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the
Book (edition)
Oregonite II/B.12-50 Hauchecornite II/B.15-20 Pentlandite II/B.16-10 Miassite II/B.16-80 Mackinawite II/B... Germany Bundesanstalt fßr Geowissenschaften und Dr. Frank Melcher & Rohstoffe (BGR), Stilleweg 2, D-30655...D-30655 HanDr. Thomas Oberthßr nover, Germany Dr. Thomas Kenkmann Museum fßr Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität... Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany Prof. Dr. Robert Marschik & Ludwig-Maximilians Universität...cengeologie, Luisenstr. 37, D-80333 Mßnchen, Germany Dr. Thomas Seifert TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute
Book (edition)
This book is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Dr. John Sinkankas for his kind initiative and support...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...by Strunz (1996). Thanks to the kind permission of Dr. E. Nagele from the E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung...arisen with localities in Congo-Zaire: the country, named Democratic Republic of Congo since 1960, was changed...Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
name. WIELICZKA, near Krakow, Poland, oldest salt mine in Europe, beautiful large halite xls, anhydrate...beautiful axinite xIs, epidote. Fine twin quartz xIs, mine Gardett, Dauphine Isere. ROCKS AND MINERALS LIMOGES... large number of mineral localities (Zyrianskii mine and some others): zinc-lead ores, phosgenite, povellite...tourmaline and other minerals. AFRICA SHINKOLOBWE, KATANGA, S.E. CONGO-Well known mineral deposits. Here... austenite, beautiful xIs of dioptase. KIMBERLY MINE, South Africaimportant diamond deposit. 645. bearing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chiefly confined to the Lower Roan Group of the Mine Series which, to the southwest of the central Kafue...bornite and chalcocite with carrollite, cobalt pentlandite and cobaltiferous pyrite reaching significant...including idaite, covellite, digenite, pyrrhotite, pentlandite, mackinawite, millerite and bismuthinite. Rare...po-pyrrhotite, 1inn-linnaeite, Co-pn-cobalt pentlandite, ec-chalcocite ~ C o cP dg o~ - py l y... % \, %° \ i .,$ = \" cosz CO3S4 I ' I dR]enite hex. cholcocite Co3S ~ Co9S8 -hiqh -13
Book
Min. Rev.) Comité Special du Katanga, Service des Mines (Com. Spec. Katanga, Serv. Mines) (all publications)...gíte de wolfram, molybdéne et cuivre d'Azegour (Haut-Atlas, Maroc) et dans celle du gíte de manganese...50, p. 164-168 Heim, Α., 1 9 3 4 , The molybdenum mine at Azegour: Soc. Econ. Geol., v. 29, p. 76-83...Allanite et epidote dans des corneennes de la mine d'Azegour, Haut-Atlas: Serv. Geol. Maroc. Notes et Mem....gisement de molybdéne, tungstene et cuivre d'Azegour (Haut Atlas), etude petrographique et metallogénique:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sweden (Sverige) Gladhammar mine, nickel-rich carrollite, 737 Harstig mine, Pajsberg, sarkinite, 681 Norr6...Norr6, arrojadite (hiihnerkobelite), 23o Sjo mine, Grythytte Parish, Orebro, xantharsenite, polyarsenite...Court farm, Ramsgate, Kent, chalk, i6o Tynebottom mine, Garrigill, Cumbria, arsenical marcasite, gersdorffite...kidwellite, 952 WALES(Cymrul Dyfed, illite, 857 Parc mine, Gwynedd, hydrozincite, nickeloan hydrozincite,...Germany (Deutschland) Clara mine, Black Forest, cuprotungstite, 448 Friedrich mine, hauchecornite, 875 Hagendorf
Book
distiict, Colo. (Sims, 1955). Noted in Belgian Congo pitchblende are Pb, Fe, Co, Ni, 1'1o, and Se. Uraninite...and quartz (black) which also replaces core. Bigay mine, Lachaux, Auvergne, France ( X 100) ( Geffroy and...weighing 20 tons have been found in the Katanga, Belgian Congo,¡ deposits. Single euhedral to subhedral...deposits; cubes in vugs at Shinko]obvve, Belgian Congo, and partial cubes in veins of some deposits in...Lake, Canada; Joachimsthal, Bohemia; Shinkolobwe, Belgian Congo. Somevvhat siinilarly in the Sn deposits
Report (issue)
accident in the search for copper in the Belgian Congo, for cobalt and silver in the Northwest Territories...Goldfields area, Saskatchewan, Canada; the Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Zafre; and the medium-sized deposits...Joachymov, Czechoslovakia, and at Schwartzwalder mine, Colorado, U.S.A.). Uranium deposits have been found...pi anat ion). 19 Symbol: Name: 1AVM Midnite mine, Stevens County, 80 kilometers northwest of Spokane...Peters lease (or Northwest Uranium mine, also known as the Sherwood mine), Stevens County, Washington, U
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in New Zealand,Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, Belgian Congo,Northern Rhodesiaand Colombia,supplemented by publisheddata...hasshownthat on a beachin Cornwall,whichis fed by mine debris,uraniniteintroducedas pebblesdoesnot surviveas...(32); it is seenin the great uranium deposit of Shinkolobwe(21), where the sludgesleft on leachingthe ur...skutterudite,cubanite,linnaeite,cobaltite,niccolite,pentlandite and related specieshave all been recordedin ...an ancienturaninitedepositsimilarto the oneat Katanga [BelgianCongo] were situatedin the area from whichthe
Report (issue)
• • • • • • • • • • • Congo Republic (former Belgian Congo) • Former French Equatorial African...flowsheet of electrolytic process at Shituru plant, Katanga . . . . . . . . ,, 23 Fig. 5 Cobalt content of...and treatment plant, Katanga . . Outline flowsheet of Kolwezi concentrator, Katanga Cobalt mining areas...Ltd.; Rhoanglo Mine Services Ltd.; Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa Ltd.; Dr. F. R. Morral,...A., Belgium; Dr. A. Gosseye of the former Direction du Service Geologique, Belgian Congo; Mr. R. A. Wells
Report (issue)
white areas). Sample is from the Buckskin National Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada. Photograph by Peter Vikre...............................................Q26 Mine Waste Characteristics.............................1989). The total U.S. supply was always higher than mine production during this period, with a high of 831...as indicated in fig Q3.) The difference between mine production and total supply was owing to the refineries’...of selenium-rich high-grade ores from the Horne Mine at Noranda, Quebec, Canada; by 1950, Canada’s production
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Canadian Mineralogist. 82 entries had been completed by Dr M. H. Hey before his death in January 1984. Aluminium...529. As blue spherulitic aggregates at the Arhbar mine, Bou-Azzer district, Morocco. Monoclinic. Optically...given. Composition Cu2AsO4(OH )- 6H20. Named for the mine. [A.M. 68, 1038.] Arsendeseloizite. P. Keller and...Ba)(UO2)6(BiO)4[(As,P)O4] 2 (OH)12-3H20. Named for Dr Eric Asselborn, collector of minerals and surgeon...809. Crystals up to 8 mm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito Co., California, are orthorhombic, pseudotetragonal
Book
1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...including amateur col- lectors, company executives, mine owners, and vari- in the appropriate position.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
....................... Geology of the Eldorado Mine...................................................of the geology and mineralization at the Eldorado mine, the most important deposit in the district. In...over 3000 square miles of geologi­ cally unknown territory. The results of this work were published2 in 1932...mineragraphic study of the ores from the Eldorado mine, which resulted in this joint paper. This was done...their re­ spective chiefs. Officials of the Eldorado mine gave free access to their property and were most
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
essentiallymetamict. The X-ray powder pattern The name is for Dr. Eric Asselborn, a mineral collector and of the unheatedmaterial...Analysisby MEK gaveLa2O342.34,CezOt 33.13,Pr2O33.68, pentlandite,chalcopyrite,violarite,cubanite,bornite,sphalerite...brown in thin section. The mineral is named for Prof. Dr. Karl Jasmund, retired director of the Mineralog...specimenfrom the deep oxidation zone ofthe Tsumeb mine, Namibia. It is the latest oxidation product in...Nio.o4)O'2UO3 .2SiO2 . 6HrO, a new mineralfrom Shinkolobwe, Zaire. Bull. Min6ral., 106,305-308(in French)
Book
K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 •nH20, ® Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4=...*21120, Mon. Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D(
 
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