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Quartz from DR Congo

DR Congo
 
  • Haut-Katanga
[var. Blue Quartz] www.asahi-net.or.jp/~UG7S-KTU/e_bqrz2.htm
      • Kambove
Lapis (1992) 17(3), 13-40.
Gauthier, G., King, V., and Morgan, R., in press, Carrollite from Kamoya South II Mine.
        • Kamoya
Gauthier, G., King, V., and Morgan, R., in press, Carrollite from Kamoya South II Mine.
Weiss, S. (2006): Carrollit, Dolomit, Nickelin, SphÀrocobaltit und Baryt aus der Provinz Shaba, Kongo. LAPIS 31 (9), 44-46
Price Down Minerals
Forrest Group
Lapis 17(3), 13-40 (1992)
White, John Sampson (1987) An Unusual Quartz Crystal from Zaire. The Mineralogical Record, 18 (3) 207-209
      • Shinkolobwe
Gauthier, Gilbert, François, Armand, Deliens, Michel, Piret, P. (1989) Famous Mineral Localities: The Uranium Deposits of the Shaba Region, Zaire. The Mineralogical Record, 20 (4) Tucson. 265-304
edit.africamuseum.be (n.d.) http://edit.africamuseum.be/geco_website/pdf/Shinkolobwe.pdf
[Chalcedony var. Agate] Paul De Bondt collection
Lapis 17(3), 13-40 (1992)
www-pub.iaea.org (2023) https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/TE_1629_CD/Deposits/1167.html
    • Kipushi Territory
      • Kakumba
Rob Lavinsky
Paul De Bondt collection
      • Kawama
[Chalcedony] Paul De Bondt collection
Saleem, A.,Tomkinson M. J. , and Mike Northcott M (2016) Geology of the Kinsevere Cu Deposit, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Society of Economic Geologists, Inc. SEG-MJD 2016 Conference
www.portergeo.com.au (n.d.) http://www.portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn1486
      • Kipushi
Van Wilderode, J., Heijlen, W., De Muynck, D., Schneider, J., Vanhaecke, F., & Muchez, P. (2012). The Kipushi Cu-Zn deposit (DR Congo) and its host rocks: a petrographical, stable isotope (O, C) and radiogenic isotope (Sr, Nd) study. Journal of African Earth Sciences.
Kampunzu, A.B., Cailteux, J.L.H., Kamona, A.F., Intiomale, M.M., and Melcher, F. (2009): Ore Geology Reviews 35, 263-297.
Chabu, M. (1995). The Geochemistry Of Phlogopite And Chlorite From The Kipushi Zn-Pb-Cu Deposit, Shaba, Zaire., Canadian Mineralogist 33, 547-558.
Piret, p., Deliens, M., Piret-Meunier, J. (1985) Occurrence and crystal structure of kipushite, a new copper-zinc phosphate from Kipushi, Zaire. The Canadian Mineralogist, 23 (1) 35-42
      • Musoshi
Cox, Dennis P., Lindsey, David A., Singer, Donald A., Diggles, Michael F. (2003) Sediment-Hosted Copper Deposits of the World: Deposit Models and Database. Open-File Report 2003-107. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr2003107
Econ Geol (1988) 83:118-139
    • Kundelungu Plateau
[var. Shocked Quartz] www.meteorimpactonearth.com (n.d.) http://www.meteorimpactonearth.com/currentresearch.html
    • Likasi
Paul De Bondt.
Lapis 17(3), 13-40 (1992)
Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 18, pp. 301-311 (1980)
[var. Citrine] Safaa Yu collection
Paul De Bondt collection
[var. Smoky Quartz] Paul De Bondt collection
    • Pweto Territory
Economic Geology 102 (2007) 1321-1334.
      • Lake Mweru
Haest, M., Muchez, P., Dewaele, S., Boyce, A.J., von Quadt, A., and Schneider, J. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 505-522.
El Desouky, H.A., Muchez, P., Dewaele, S. (2008) Postorogenic Origin of the Stratiform Cu Mineralization at Lufukwe, Lulfilian Foreland, Democratic Republic of Congo. Economic Geology, 103, 555-582.
El Desouky, H.A., Muchez, P., and Tyler, R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 34, 561-579.
El Desouky, H. A. et al. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 34, 561-579.
  • Haut-Lomami
    • Luena
[var. Citrine] Information Eric Greene
  • KasaĂŻ
[var. Amethyst] Edwards, M.G. (1917) The American Mineralogist, 2, #7, 88-89.
Milesi, J. P., Toteu, S. F., Deschamps, Y., Feybesse, J. L., Lerouge, C., Cocherie, A., ... & Nicol, N. (2006). An overview of the geology and major ore deposits of Central Africa: Explanatory note for the 1: 4,000,000 map “Geology and major ore deposits of Central Africa”. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 44(4-5), 571-595.
J. J. Lavreau (1973) New data about the kilo-moto gold deposits (ZaĂŻre). Mineralium Deposita 8:1-6
  • Lualaba
    • Dilolo
      • Kisenge-Kamata deposit (Kisenge mining area)
De Putter, Thierry, Liégeois, Jean-Paul, Dewaele, Stijn, Cailteux, Jacques, Boyce, Adrian, Mees, Florias (2018) Paleoproterozoic manganese and base metals deposits at Kisenge-Kamata (Katanga, D.R. Congo) Ore Geology Reviews, 96. 181-200 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.04.015
    • Lubudi
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
[Chalcedony] Paul De Bondt
      • Kisamfu
Yanling Yan, Xiangqian Li, Yuping Jiang, Yatao Zhou, and Xian Liu (2011): Geology and Exploration 47(3), 512-517
Xiangqian Li, Yuping Jiang, Xiyan Zhao, Xianli Xu, Yatao Zhou, Yanling Yan, and Xian Liu (2010): Geology and Exploration 46(1), 175-182
    • Mutshatsha
OreWin Pty Ltd (2018) The Kamoa-Kakula 2018 Resource Update has been prepared for Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.(Ivanhoe), to update the Mineral Resources for the Kamoa-Kakula Project with additional Mineral Resource on the Kakula deposit.
Deliens, M. (1996) Overzicht van de mineralogie van de koper-, kobalt- en uraniumvoorkomens in Zuid-Shaba (ZaĂŻre). Pages 35-49 in: Schatten der Aarde. Van mineraal tot juweel. Tentoonstelling in de abdij Saint-GĂ©rard de Brogne van 27 april tot 27 oktober 1996. Catalogus opgemaakt onder de leiding van R. Warin, AGAB en P. Van hee, MKA (in Dutch).
Paul De Bondt.
      • Kengere
Paul De Bondt collection
      • Kolwezi
Wilson, Wendell E. (2018) The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Mineralogical Record, 49 (2) 236-304
Cox, Dennis P., Lindsey, David A., Singer, Donald A., Diggles, Michael F. (2003) Sediment-Hosted Copper Deposits of the World: Deposit Models and Database. Open-File Report 2003-107. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr2003107
      • Sicomines copper-cobalt project
Y.Okazaki
Paul De Bondt collection
    • Tenke-Fungurume area
      • Fungurume deposit
Rosenfels, R. C., & Bjorn, P. (2022). A critical comparison between the Fungurume 8 and 88 Cu-Co deposits, Central African Copperbelt. Ore Geology Reviews, 140, 104627.
Fay, I., & Barton, M. D. (2012). Alteration and ore distribution in the Proterozoic Mines Series, Tenke-Fungurume Cu–Co district, Democratic Republic of Congo. Mineralium Deposita, 47(5), 501-519.
Fay, I., & Barton, M. D. (2012). Alteration and ore distribution in the Proterozoic Mines Series, Tenke-Fungurume Cu–Co district, Democratic Republic of Congo. Mineralium Deposita, 47(5), 501-519.
In the collection of Brent Thorne. Acquired from Jason McAvoy who acquired it from an individual operation the mine.
  • Maniema
Alain Hanson collection
J. W. Anthony et al.: Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. 3 (1997), 17
  • North Kivu
    • Beni Territory
      • Bashu
Williams, C. T., Wall, F., Woolley, A. R., & Phillipo, S. (1997). Compositional variation in pyrochlore from the Bingo carbonatite, Zaire. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 25(1), 137-145. doi.org/10.1016/S0899-5362(97)00066-3
Woolley, A. R., Williams, C. T., Wall, F., Garcia, D., & Moute, J. (1995). The Bingo carbonatite-ijolite-nepheline syenite complex, Zaire: geology, petrography, mineralogy and petrochemistry. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 21(3), 329-348. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(95)00093-9
Mineral. Deposita (Berl.) 6, 153--155 (1971)
Jedwab, J., Cervelle, B., Gouet, G., Hubaut, X., & Piret, P. (1992). The new platinum selenide luberoite Pt5Se4 from the Lubero region (Kivu Province, Zaire). European journal of mineralogy, 4(4), 683-692.
      • Bapere
van Wambeke, L. (1975) La zaïrite, un nouveau minéral appartenant à la série de la crandallite. Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 98: 351-353
Cabral, A.R., SkĂĄla, R., VymazalovĂĄ, A., KallistovĂĄ, A., Lehmann, B., Jedwab, J., and SidorinovĂĄ, T. (2014) Kitagohaite, Pt7Cu, a new mineral from the Lubero region, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 739-745.
    • Masisi Territory
      • Bahunde
Pezzotta, F., and Tarditi, G. (2020) Le tormaline della provincia del Nord-Kivu (Repubblica Democratica del Congo). Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 44, 3 (3-2020), 158-171.
    • Rutshuru Territory
      • Bwito
Kampunzu, A. B., Kramers, J. D., & Makutu, M. N. (1998). Rb Sr whole rock ages of the lueshe, Kirumba and Numbi igneous complexes (Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo) and the break-up of the Rodinia supercontinent. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 26(1), 29-36. doi.org/10.1016/S0899-5362(97)00134-6
Wall, F., Williams, C. T., Woolley, A. R., & Nasraoui, M. (1996). Pyrochlore from weathered carbonatite at Lueshe, Zaire. Mineralogical Magazine, 60(402), 731-750.
van Overbeke, A. C. (1996). Le complexe à carbonatite et syénite de la Lueshe (N-Kivu, Zaïre): pétrogenÚse des roches ignées et caractérisation géochimique des processus métasomatiques (fénitisation) (Doctoral dissertation, UCL-Université Catholique de Louvain).
Bellon, H., & Pouclet, A. (1980). Datations K-Ar de quelques laves du Rift-Ouest de l'Afrique Centrale
Maravic, H. V., & Morteani, G. (1980). Petrology and geochemistry of the carbonatite and syenite complex of Lueshe (NE Zaire). Lithos, 13(2), 159-170. doi.org/10.1016/0024-4937(80)90017-1
Denayer, M. E. (1970). Rapports isotopiques O e C et condition d'affleurement dĂȘs carbonatites de 1'Affrique Central. Compt. Rend. D, 270, 2155-2158.
Verhaeghe, M. (1963). Inventaire des gisements de calcaires, dolomies et travertins du Kivu, du Rwanda et du Burundi. Service géologique, Mémoire, (3).
Brasseur, H., Herman, P., & Hubaux, A. (1961). Apatites de l'est du Congo et du Ruanda. Bulletin-Société géologique de Belgique, 85(2), B61-B85.
Meyer, A., & De Béthune, P. (1958). La carbonatite Lueshe (Kivu): étude géologique. Service Géologique, Congo Belge, 8 (5), 1-19 and 1-12.
doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(89)90077-8
    • Walikale Territory
Alphamin Resources website
  • South Kivu
    • Kalehe Territory
Kampunzu, A. B., Lubala, R. T., Makutu, M. N., Caron, J. P., Rocci, G., & Vellutini, P. J. (1985). Les complexes alcalins de la région interlacustre à l'est du Zaïre et au Burundi: un exemple de massifs anorogéniques de relaxation. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 3(1-2), 151-167. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(85)90033-8
Lubala, R. T., Kampunzu, A. B., & Makutu, M. N. (1985). Un inventaire des complexes anorogéniques du Burundi, du Ruanda et du Zaïre. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 3(1-2), 169-174. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(85)90034-X
Biayi-Kalala, W. (1983). Les syenites et les granites du complexe du Kahuzi (Kivu, Zaïre) données pétrographiques et chimiques. Rapport Annuel Pour l'Annee 1980 du Department de Geologie et de Mineralogie du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique (1981-1982), 47-59.
BIAYI, K. (1981). LES TRACHYTES DANS LES LAVES ACIDES DU KAHUZI (KIRU, ZAIRE). DONNEES PETROGRAPHIQUES ET CHIMIQUES. Rapport Annuel Pour l'Annee 1980 du Department de Geologie et de Mineralogie du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, 179-194.
VELLUTINI, P., BONHOMME, M., CARON, J., KAMPUNZU, A., & LUBALA, T. (1981). ON THE TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ALKALINE ACIDIC COMPLEXES OF KAHUZI AND BIEGA (KIVU, ZAIRE). COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE II, 292(14), 1027-1029.
Bellon, H., & Pouclet, A. (1980). Datations K-Ar de quelques laves du Rift-Ouest de l'Afrique Centrale
N.. Boutakoff. (1956). Les Massifs volcaniques du Kahusi et du Biega (Kivu, Congo belge). Memoires de l'Institut Geologique de l'Universite de Louvain, 9 (5), 1-41.
implications sur l'Ă©volution magmatique et structurale. Geologische Rundschau, 69(1), 49-62. doi.org/10.1007/BF01869023
    • Mwenga Territory
lleneuve, Michel, Nandefo Wazi, Christian Kalikone, and Andreas GĂ€rtner. (2022) "A Review of the G4 “Tin Granites” and Associated Mineral Occurrences in the Kivu Belt (Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Their Relationships with the Last Kibaran Tectono-Thermal Events" Minerals 12, no. 6: 737. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12060737
(2005) NI 43-101 Technical Report Resource Estimation and Exploration Potential at the Kamituga, Lugushwa and Namoya Concessions, Democratic Republic of Congo, Banro Corporation.
Dunn, Pete J., Gobel, Volker, Grice, Joel D., Puziewicz, Jacek, Shigley, James E., Vanko, David A., Zilczer, Janet (1985) New mineral names. American Mineralogist, 70 (3-4) 436-441
Van Wambeke, L. (1971) The uranium-bearing mineral bolivarite: new data and a second occurrence. Mineralogical Magazine, 38 (296) 418-423 doi:10.1180/minmag.1971.038.296.03
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.
Aganze, Emmanuel Busane (2018) Sulphide textures and compositions associated with the hydrothermal/magmatic system of the Twangiza gold deposit (South Kivu, DRC). Department of Geology, Rhodes University South Africa. 124pp.
    • Walungu Territory
Villeneuve, Michel, Nandefo Wazi, Christian Kalikone, and Andreas GĂ€rtner. (2022) "A Review of the G4 “Tin Granites” and Associated Mineral Occurrences in the Kivu Belt (Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Their Relationships with the Last Kibaran Tectono-Thermal Events" Minerals 12, no. 6: 737. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12060737
Villeneuve, Michel, Nandefo Wazi, Christian Kalikone, and Andreas GĂ€rtner. (2022) "A Review of the G4 “Tin Granites” and Associated Mineral Occurrences in the Kivu Belt (Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Their Relationships with the Last Kibaran Tectono-Thermal Events" Minerals 12, no. 6: 737. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12060737
  • Tanganyika
Dewaele, S., Hulsbosch, N., Cryns, Y., Boyce, A., Burgess, R., & Muchez, P. (2016). Geological setting and timing of the world-class Sn, Nb–Ta and Li mineralization of Manono-Kitotolo (Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo). Ore Geology Reviews, 72, 373-390.
James Madison University specimen (on cassiterite specimen)
 
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