 | | 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...situated at a higher stratigraphic level in the Katanga System or its equivalents. This province includes...Angola-Congo craton, examples being M ’Passa in the People’s R e public of the Congo and Kipushi in southeastern |  | Kamona, A. F., Lévêque, J., Friedrich, G., Haack, U. (1999) Lead isotopes of the carbonate-hosted Kabwe, Tsumeb, and Kipushi Pb-Zn-Cu sulphide deposits in relation to Pan African orogenesis in the Damaran-Lufilian Fold Belt of Central Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 34 (3) 273-283 doi:10.1007/s001260050203 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | isotopes of the carbonate-hosted Kabwe, Tsumeb, and Kipushi Pb-Zn-Cu sulphide deposits in relation to Pan African...region of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). The 232Th/204Pb isotope ratios...from the carbonatehosted Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn massive sulphide deposit in the Congo also has homogeneous lead...mantle component, and the isotopic age of the Kipushi deposit (456 Ma) suggests that the emplacement...compared to those of the Kipushi Cu-Zn-Pb deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo which occurs in the |  | | Book | | mining organizations, such as Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga, should not be forgotten. It is evident that...Buttgenbach H. (1 947) Les Mineraux de Belgique et du Congo Beige. 573 p. Paris: Ed. Dunod. Cesbron, F. (1985)...the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo introduced a new admin istrative subdivision for...concern the former Katanga Province. According to the new subdivision, the former Katanga Province is now...three new provinces: the Haut-Katanga Province, the Lualaba Province and the Haut-Loma mi Province. What |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (±Ga and In). The non-sulfide ores comprise: (1) willemite-dominated zones encasing massive sulfide orebodies...oxidation stages dominated by the formation of willemite (W1 and W2), and a further event characterized...of anhydrous Zn silicates and oxides, such as willemite, zincite, franklinite, coexisting locally with...discovered in 1902, and the sulfides were mined until mine closure in 1994 (Kamona and Friedrich, 2007). During...its lifespan, Kabwe was the most significant Zn-Pb mine in Zambia, with production from the sulfide bodies |  | | Report (issue) | | product of volcanism. Association: Franklinite, willemite, calcite (New Jersey, USA); zinc, sphalerite,...Tonopah-Belmont mine, Osborne district, Maricopa Co., Arizona, the result of a mine fire; in volcanic...Tsumeb, Namibia. From Kipushi, 28 km southwest of Lubumbashi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2 NOTE Zinc–germanium ores of the Tres Marias Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat & Frank...sphalerite with the highest average Ge (960 ppm) and willemite with the highest reported Ge contents of Mississippi-Valley-type...enriched in silicates such as hemimorphite and willemite. The gangue assemblage includes goethite, hematite...greenockite, cinnabar, and descloizite also occur. Willemite occurs as interstitial replacement of sphalerite...zonation reflects trace element incorporation into willemite from the oxidation of primary Ge-bearing sphalerite |  | | Catalog/List | | Tellurium down one side small 2x3 inch (Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Mexico) £25 BERYL translucent colourless...CHALCANTHITE rich blue mass on lx2 matrix (Majuba Mine, Nevada USA) £6 STRONTIANITE yellowish. strongely...crystalline areas in white Barytes. (Whitesmith mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland) lxl £5 lx2 £10...5mm brown crystals over 2x4 inch surface hardshell Mine, Santa Cruz County Arizona USA £ I 2 GYPSUM variety...small bubble moves about 5mm inside the plate (Katanga) £6 HEMIMORPHITE good covering of attractive pale |  | | 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...Zincochromite Gaudefroyite Apatite - (CaF) Willemite Ludwigite reddish brown to brilliant brown yes |  | | Catalog/List | | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2007 1) ALBITE and MICA. Consolheiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A nice intergrown group of...collection. 60x30x30mm. £68. 4) AURICHALCITE. Wet Groves Mine, Wensleydale, N Yorks. A calcite matrix with the...shaped xls to 10mm. The majority terminated. Old Dr F Krantz of Bonn label. "Barytocalcit Alston Moor...Frizington, Cumbd". 70x40x30mm. £65. 9) CALCITE. Levant Mine, Pendecn, Cornwall. An "onion layer" type of matrix...90x60x40mm. £95. 10) CALCITE. Coronation Lode, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Nice little group of eight intergrown | | | Catalog/List | | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2007 1) ALBITE and MICA. Consolheiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A nice intergrown group ofoff-white...collection. 60x30x30mm. £68. 4) AURICHALCITE. Wet Groves Mine, Wensleydale, N Yorks. A calcite matrix with the...shaped xls to I0mm. The majority terminated. Old Dr F Krantz ofBonn label. "Barytocalcit Alston Moor...Frizington, Cumbd". 70x40x30mm. £65. 9) CALCITE. Levant Mine, Pendecn, Cornwc:11. An "onion layer" type of matrix...90x60x40mm. £95. l 0) CALCITE. Coronation Lode, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Nice little group ofeight intergrown |  | | Catalog/List | | Limonite mmtrix. 3x2". £8. 10. BARYTES. Haile Moor Mine, Nr. Egremont, W. Cumberland. Superb, intergrown...association. 2~xlt". £2. 16. CaSSITERITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. h mass of light brown fine...from the deep levels of Cormla II's richest tin mine. 3x2~xli". £2. =. 17. C",-SSITThITE variety "TOr...sample. 2xltxlt". £1.25. 19. CBALCOCITE. Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornw 11. h single 3 mID. sized sharp...Barytes. 4x4~". £6. 22. Cfu,LCOSIDThITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Specimen h - Dark green |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | African copperbelt of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia), where the ore is located within the...the Central African copperbelt (e.g. Kabwe and Kipushi). Although clearly not a volcanic-hosted massive...Rosh Pinah mine, 2 Skorpion mine, 3 Obib mountains, 4 Kolke, 5 Abos, 6 Haruchas, 7 Hoits mine preceded...galena, which are oxidised to a variable extent to willemite, smithsonite and cerussite. The sulphide ore occurs...RP55b RP56b RP57b RP58b Okiep Copper District (Hoits Mine) OK85 OK86 Skorpion and surroundings Obib1 10 km |  | Mondillo, Nicola, Arfè, Giuseppe, Herrington, Richard, Boni, Maria, Wilkinson, Clara, Mormone, Angela (2018) Germanium enrichment in supergene settings: evidence from the Cristal nonsulfide Zn prospect, Bongará district, northern Peru. Mineralium Deposita, 53 (2) 155-169 doi:10.1007/s00126-017-0781-1 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | district, TN), and (c) the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from treatment of slags of the Lubumbashi Cu-Zn...and in part from slags 156 originated from Kipushi). Germanium grades in these deposits range between...cerussite) and the Zn-silicates hemimorphite, willemite, and sauconite (Large 2001; Hitzman et al. 2003)...arsenates (olivenite, adamite), and silicates (willemite) (Melcher 2003; Höll et al. 2007, and references...sphalerite, using the Ge concentration of 57.8 ± 2.6 ppm (Dr. Stephen Wilson, personal communication, in Belissont |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Lead Oxide Minerals and Murdochite from T. Khuni Mine, Anarak, Iran D. Arab and J. OXTZ~aANN Mineralo...murdochite (PbCu6Os) were found at the T. Khuni mine in the Anarak area of Central Iran. The formulae...of Iran. A m o n g others he visited the T. Khuni mine from where he reported the rare mineral murdochite...1969. A laboratory study of ore material from the mine verified the presence of the rare oxide minerals...approval. Locality and General Geology The T. Khuni mine is located in the Khuni Range about 50 km west of |  | Santoro, Licia, Putzolu, Francesco, Mondillo, Nicola, Boni, Maria, Herrington, Richard (2020) Influence of Genetic Processes on Geochemistry of Fe-oxy-hydroxides in Supergene Zn Non-Sulfide Deposits. Minerals, 10 (7) 602 doi:10.3390/min10070602 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of anhydrous Zn silicates and oxides, such as willemite, zincite and franklinite, locally coexisting with...supergene section of deposits. An example is the Apex Mine (Utah, USA), where goethite and hematite contain...55]. Other authors consider Kabwe, together with Kipushi, Dikulushi, Lombe and Minerals 2020, 10, 602...wt.% Pb, consist mainly of concentrations of willemite [49,50,54]. Typical supergene minerals, like hemimorphite...Fe-oxyhydroxides, have overprinted both the sulfide and the willemite mineralization, following different weathering |  | | Catalog/List | | attractivli r or display. 11. BARYTES. Hilton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. Lustrous, transparent to...matrix. 3x3x2". £6.50. 12. BARYTES. Ale & Cakes Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. unusual, lustrous, translucent...veinstuff. 2tx2xl". £6.50. 13. BARYTOCALCITE. Blagill Mine, Nr. Alston, Cumberland. Choice, transparent, slightly...century. ltxltxlt". £6.50. 16. BORNITE. DolcCQth Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. unusual, 'arnished, bot ryoidal...association. 4x2b<1-t" •. £B.OO. . 20. CALCITE. Dimple Mine, Nr. Matlock,·Derbyshire. Sharp, transparent, creamy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mason University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals...with the formula (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6. Some analyses Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor of Rocks & Minerals...including the Harborside mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke...Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as pale blue rosettes...cutting trap rock at Moore, the long-abandoned iron mine at Andover, and as an accessory mineral at Franklin |  | Boni, Maria, Terracciano, Rosario, Balassone, Giuseppina, Gleeson, Sarah A., Matthews, Alexander (2011) The carbonate-hosted willemite prospects of the Zambezi Metamorphic Belt (Zambia) Mineralium Deposita, 46 (7) 707-729 doi:10.1007/s00126-011-0338-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1007/s00126-011-0338-7 ARTICLE The carbonate-hosted willemite prospects of the Zambezi Metamorphic Belt (Zambia)...2011 # Springer-Verlag 2011 Abstract Zambian willemite (Zn2SiO4) deposits occur in the metasedimentary...located around Kabwe and contain both sulphides and willemite in dolomites of low metamorphic grade. The Star...during the oblique collision of the Kalahari and Congo cratons. The deposits are hosted by the limestone...Arc and the Zambezi Belt). In both prospects, willemite replaces the marbles and is found along joints |  | | Catalog/List | | 1-1/4xl-3/4" $ 20.00 3. ANHYDRITE Eagle Picher mine, Niaca, Chihuahua, Mexico Superb pale blue-white...excellent form. 2x3xl-1/2" $ 15.00 4. ACANTHITE Rayas mine, Guanajuato, Mexico Superb lustrous dark black globular...dolomite. 2x3x3/4" $ 50.00 15. CALCITE Mandawaska mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada Select dark tan 4 mm...sulfides. 2xl-3/4" $ 35.00 25. CHALCOCITEMusonoi mine, Shaba, Zaire Choice lustrous terminated gray metallic...crystals $ 25.00 on jet-black 27. CONNELLITE Czar mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona Select rich dark blue |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | conditions according to the reaction: 4 Zn feldspar = willemite + 2 hardystonite + 7 quartz (1). Reaction 1 was...transitions, respectively. The phase assemblage willemite+ hardystonite+quartz is not stable at pressures...petedunnite is formed according to the reaction: willemite + 2 hardystonite + 3 quartz = 4 petedunnite (2)...At lower pressures, petedunnite breaks down to willemite, hardystonite, and quartz, according to Essene...temperatures substituting for an assemblage of willemite + hardystonite + quartz (Fehr and Hobelsberger |  | Monteiro, Lena Virgínia Soares, Bettencourt, Jorge Silva, Juliani, Caetano, de Oliveira, Tolentino Flávio (2007) Nonsulfide and sulfide-rich zinc mineralizations in the Vazante, Ambrósia and Fagundes deposits, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Mass balance and stable isotope characteristics of the hydrothermal alterations. Gondwana Research, 11 (3) 362-381 doi:10.1016/j.gr.2006.04.017 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | reserved. Keywords: Nonsulfide; Carbonate chemistry; Willemite; Hydrothermal alteration; Stable isotopes 1....characterized by predominance of hemimorphite or willemite. The hemimorphite-rich ore is associated with...willemitic ore. The occurrence, at surface, of willemite involving remains of sulfides strongly replaced...crustiform textures, was considered as evidence of the willemite secondary origin (Amaral, 1968). Petrographic...indicate, however, that sphalerite replacement by willemite was previous to supergene mineral formation and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | “Mineralogy”). Germanium is also produced from the Kipushi Zn-Cu-Pb sulfide deposit in Zaire, and the Tsumeb...thmugb much of the hypogene ore. The orebody at Kipushi forms a highly irregular subvertical pipe at the...deposits. Oxidized suede ore deposits.At the Apex mine, Washington County, Utah, germanium and gallium...of sufficient local &&ance at l&&e& Namibia and Kipushi, Zaire to constitute the richest known ores of...Ge-bearing Cu sulfide mineral found at Tsumeb and Kipushi, occurring mainly as microscopic inciusions within |  | | Journal (issue) | | een dubbelslag ! 20.15 h "De Sitio do Castelo Mine (Folgosinho groeve) in Portugal" Etienne Mans ...werden opgezet. Zo bestond de uitbater van de Savage Mine het ooit om zijn voltallige ploeg kompels gedurende...verhaal over edelmetaal - met name de Round Mountain Mine in Nye County (8 pp). Hier werd goud op beperkte...dubbele zal zijn dan die van California. De Meikle Mine in het noordoosten (6 pp) is naast goud (u had toch...sediment-hosted luiswishi and Kamoto Cu-Co deposits, Katanga, Congo 91-104 Sediment-hosted Cu-Co ore deposit at |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | North China), and Atlantica (containing Amazonia, Congo, West Africa, and Rio de la Plata). A supercontinent...(Bahia coastline) and western Africa (Cameroun and Congo). These mafic dikes were probably emplaced during...rift basin Rift basin Skorpion Namibia Zn (willemite) Si M Rift basin Kabwe Zambia Pb–Zn–(Ag)–(Cd)...Mufulira Kolwezi Kambove Likasi Kakanda Fungurume Kipushi Zambia Zambia Cu–S Cu–Co Fe–Zn Fe–Zn M BM ...Fault Back-arc (?) rift basin Fault (?) Congo DR Cu–Co–(U) Congo DR Cu–Pb–Zn (b) South America Morro Agudo |  | | Report (issue) | | bodies of Tsumeb, Kombat and Abenab. The Tsumeb Mine produced germanium in 1922 and from 1950 to 1968...2. Occurrences 2.1. Germanium 2.1.1. The Tsumeb Mine 2.1.2. Other occurrences 2.2. Gallium 3. References...The Tsumeb Mine The only mine in Namibia that has ever produced germanium is the Tsumeb Mine. A comprehensive...6% (Geier & Ottemann, 1970). Ore from the Tswneb Mine contains on average 50 ppm germanium. The distribution...quantities in the sulphide ores of the dormant Abenab Mine in the Grootfontein District (Verwoerd, 1957). |
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