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Veszelyite from
Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Veszelyite
Formula:(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3 · 2H2O
Comments:Originally thought to be a new mineral and named "kipushite". After analysis, this turned out to be veszelyite. In 1986, a new phosphate was discovered on another old specimen, which was subsequently named kipushite. (Deliens, 1996)
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hemimorphiteⓘ2 photos of Veszelyite associated with Hemimorphite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Veszelyite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (8 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22888
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22888:2
GUID (UUID V4):fd664ff9-76ed-4933-99d8-91e343ff119b
References
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Journal (issue)
Three Articles Famous mineral localities: The Kipushi mine, Z a ir e ....................................J. Lhoest P.O. Box 141 B-4000 Liege, Belgium Kipushi is famous as a rich pipe-like deposit o f zinc...Crescent, it has yielded many valuable specimens. Kipushi is the type locality fo r renierite and kipushite...was also among the first known occurrences o f veszelyite. Recently, nice rosettes o f reichenbachite have...situated at a higher stratigraphic level in the Katanga System or its equivalents. This province includes
Other Paper
ancienne colonie belge « La RĂ©publique DĂ©mocratique du Congo » avec une exposition intitulĂ©e : Na de mineralen...voormalige Belgische kolonie «De Democratische Republiek Congo» met een tentoonstelling getiteld: « Les merveilles...van de mijn-exploitatie. Het beste symbool van Katanga is koper. We weten dat het koper, geproduceerd...geproduceerd in de lokale metaalgieterijen van Katanga, al sinds de XVI de eeuw in Europa toekwam langs de Atlantische...aarde). In de periode van de “Etat IndĂ©pendant du Congo” van Leopold II en later van de Belgische Kongo
Report (issue)
156(2) c = 10.667(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Kipushi, Congo. 4.03 (100), 2.554 (90), 2.970 (60), 1.531... (1) 20.9 43.0 24.4 11.1 Total 99.4 (1) Kipushi, Congo; by electron microprobe, average of 14 analyses...mineral in the oxidized zone of a Cu–Zn deposit (Kipushi, Congo). Association: Pseudomalachite, malachite...pyromorphite, veszelyite, vauquelinite, libethenite, reichenbachite, quartz, iron oxides (Kipushi, Congo). Distribution:...Distribution: From Kipushi, 28 km southwest of Lubumbashi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire)
Report (issue)
Veszelyite (Cu, Zn)3 (PO4 )(OH)3 ‱ 2H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data:...99.92 99.31 (1) Morávicza, Romania. (2) Arakawa mine, Japan; corresponds to (Cu1.77 Zn1.24 )ÎŁ=3.01 (PO4...vauquelinite, libethenite, quartz, iron oxides (Kipushi mine, Congo); hemimorphite, malachite, aurichalcite,...Dumfriesshire, Scotland. From Kipushi, 28 km southwest of Lubumbashi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire)...Zambia. In the Hisaichi (Arakawa) mine, Akita Prefecture, and the Kamioka mine, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. In
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Description d'un Mineral du Katanga. (Description of a H. BurrcaNelcn: nrineral frorn Katanga). A cad'. Roy. B etg...pp. 905-913 (1926)' NauB: From the locality Kipushi, Katanga. A hydrous phosphate of zinc and copper' Formula:...Occunnrncn: Found in the Prince Leopold mine at Kipushi, Katanga, Belgian Congo, in crystals averaging 3-5 mm....l92O) and belongs to an isomorphous series with veszelyite and barthite, kipushite being the phosphate end...mernber, barthite the arsenate end member and veszelyite the intermediate member' w.F.F. Ternovskite I
Journal (issue)
net NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 2022 Articles The Laohuan mine, Goncheng, Zhuang, Guangxi, China.................Type Mineralogy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...................................................yellow pyromoprhite crystals, 9 cm, from the Laohuan mine, Gongcheng County, Guangxi, China. Federico Pezzotta... Hickox, Jr. Wally Mann Keith and Diane Brownlee Dr. Nikolas Golosow William B. (Bill) Wray Herb & Monika...w w.FineMineral.com Copper Pearl Handle Pit Ray Mine, Arizona 13 cm Copper has been an essential metal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1261–1269, 2013 In situ dehydration behavior of veszelyite (Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3⋅2H2O: A single-crystal X-ray...The rare mixed copper-zinc phosphate mineral veszelyite (Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3⋅2H2O [space group P21/c...structure refinements. The atomic arrangement of veszelyite consists of an alternation of octahedral and...octahedra with mixed Cu, Zn occupancy. Keywords: Veszelyite, Jahn-Teller effect, dehydration, crystal structure...structure, hydrogen bonding Introduction Veszelyite, (Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3⋅2H2O, is a rare mixed copper-zinc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
P)O4)2(OH)6·H2O, from the Middle Pit, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele Co., Utah, USA, was studied by single-crystal...described by Peacor et al. (1985) from the Black Pit mine, near Philipsburg, Montana, US, as an arsenate analogue...sample originates from the Middle Pit, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele Co., Utah, USA, and consists of the intergrowths...(du2d)(du2d) isomer, which has also been observed in veszelyite, (Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)2·2H2O (Ghose et al. 1974; Danisi...of philipsburgite from the Middle Pit, Gold Hill Mine, demonstrates that the philipsburgite–kipushite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of the KABWE MINE (“Broken Hill”) Central Province, Zambia MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...William Besse. Figure 2. Satellite image of the Kabwe mine site, showing its proximity to urban development...scale. 114 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 3. The Kabwe mine site, partially derelict. Michael Brook photo, 2004...found. During a 1929 field excursion to the Kabwe mine, Pelletier (1929, p. 15) made the following remarks:...Zambian independence, in 1964, the name of both the mine and the town that had grown up around it was changed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
StructuralChemistryof Gopperand Zinc Minerals.Part l. Veszelyite,(Cu,Znl,ZnPO*(OHlr. 2 H,O: A NovelType of Sheet...mixedcopper-zinc minerals,the crystal structureof veszelyite from ArakawaMine, Japan,(Cu/Zn ratio 1.43)hasbeendetermined...HrO. veszelyite, Crystal Data and Experimental Bluish greenveszelyitecrystalsfrom Arakaqa Mine, Japan...distancesand angles with 1. Atomic Parameters for Veszelyite At@ B eq. Btt* B2z Bgr Brz Brs Bzl Cu(1)...L79(49) -13(43) -41(43) -26(43) -r9(57) 1(s3) VESZELYITE, A NOVEL SHEET STRUCTURE standard errors (including
Journal (issue)
with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection, Paris;...ince the days o f Stanley and Livingstone, Shaba (Katanga) has been known as one o f the world’s great mineralized...outside the Shaba Crescent, as does the large Kipushi mine, which has yielded lead, zinc, silver, copper...copper, cadmium, germanium and arsenic. The Kipushi deposit is a vein occurrence similar to the one at Tsumeb...province was changed from Katanga to Shaba about 20 years ago, after the Belgian Congo became Zaire in 1960
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
168) proves it to be triclinic. From the Animas mine of the Compagnie Aramayo de Mines en Bolivie. Named...triphylite. N a m e d after the Brazilian geologist, Dr. Miguel Arrojado Lisb6a. [M.A. 3-113.] Avogadrite...crystals formed by the burning of pyritic ore in a mine in ArizoDa. Named after Prof. Gurdon Montague Butler...sky-blue needles resembling connellite ; from Belgian Congo. Named after Prof. Henri Jean Francois Buttgenbach...containing up to 7 X (Ce, La, Di)CO s ; from the emerald mine of Muzo, Colombia. Named after the Italian geographer
Report (issue)
\ \I Cover: The De Wet Shaft, Tsumeb mine (photograph by Dr Gabi Schneider, Geological Survey of Namibia)...from the Tsumeb deposit (Namibia) and the Clara mine, Schwarzwald (Germany). At Tsumeb, the phase occurs...zone along 30 Level. The material from the Clara mine is a sulphate-rich variety. 13 --, Type mineralogy...has also recently been described from the Clara mine, Schwarzwald, Germany (Walenta, 1990). The phase...described by Rouse et al. ( 1988) from the Kombat mine. Asisite occurs as transparent yellow to yellow-green
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2)(SO4)4(OH)12(H2O)12 (Mellini and Merlino 1978) and veszelyite Zn(Cu1.76Zn0.24)(PO4)(OH)3(H2O)2 (Ghose et al...SO4)2 2(H2O,OH) 1.00 tetragonal pyramid (Zn1) Veszelyite, (Cu,Zn)Zn(PO4)(OH)3(H2O)2 Zincolivenite, Zn(Cu...Kahlenberg V (2013) In situ dehydration behavior of veszelyite (Cu, Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2(H2O): A single-crystal...chemistry of copper and zinc minerals. Part I. Veszelyite, (Cu0.5Zn0.5)2ZnPO4NOH)3(H2O)3 : a novel type... II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York Peacor DR, Dunn PJ, Ramik RA, Sturman BD, Zeihen LG (1985)
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MiniĂšre du Haut Katanga mining company to work in their company hospitals in the Belgian Congo (later called...currently known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo). He initially served in hospitals and infirmaries...East Group and Central Group mines at Likasi, Kipushi, Lubumbashi, Kakanda and Kambove, but spent most...swim in the pools that formed. The Star of the Congo mine near Lubumbashi, in particular, (famous among...memory. He soon developed a thorough knowledge of Katanga mineralogy and became recognized as an important
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Cassedanne & J. N. Alves Minerals of the Black Pine mine, Granite County, Montana .........................minerals. He is also an active gardener and chorister As Dr. Robert F. Symes of the Natural History Museum (London)...presentation of the first Russell Medal: Dr. Robert Symes (left), recipient Dr. Robert J. King (center), and Prof...weekend at Loughborough University, was presented to Dr. R. J. King. Bob King first became fascinated by...and attended by mining industry representatives, mine owners, representatives from all o f Vermont’s mineralogical
Book
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