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Francevillite from
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Francevillite
Formula:Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Francevillite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20294
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20294:5
GUID (UUID V4):4dc73547-138c-42f4-b459-839762382834
Nearest other occurrences of Francevillite
1.9km (1.2 miles) Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo ........... 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scott Rudolph collection;...Charelle Webb (2012-2018) SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Dr. and Mrs. Don Lum (2017) Bryan Swoboda (2012-2017)...Schreiber (2013-2017) Richard Nahas (2018) (2009-2018) Dr. Nikolas Golosow (2013-2017) Kulin Pandey (2018)...and on the best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's
Book
INTRODUCTION TO ROBERT LAUF, PH.D. ._._...OUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Robert Laut holds a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering...information contact the publisher: Copyright © 2008 by Dr. Robert Laut, Ph.D. Library of Congress Control Number:...............................................36 Congo .. ................. .............................uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical
Report (issue)
Francevillite (Ba, Pb)(UO2 )2 (V2 O8 ) • 5H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal...= 16.763(2) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Mounana mine, Gabon. 8.30 (10), 2.98 (8), 4.17 (6), 2.57 (6)...18.56 2.05 13.90 8.85 Total 100.06 (1) Mounana mine, Gabon; corresponds to (Ba0.92 Pb0.09 )Σ=1.01 (UO2...oxidized zone of a Pb-bearing U–V deposit (Mounana mine, Gabon). Association: Curienite, duttonite, vanuralite...kasolite (Mounana mine, Gabon). Distribution: Exceptional crystals from the Mounana uranium mine, Franceville
Journal (issue)
crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection...great mineralized areas. Locality names such as Musonoi and Shinkolobwe are today famous fo r some o f...nearly 50 km in width. It extends from the town of Kolwezi in the west to the city of Lubumbashi in the east...outside the Shaba Crescent, as does the large Kipushi mine, which has yielded lead, zinc, silver, copper, cadmium...to Shaba about 20 years ago, after the Belgian Congo became Zaire in 1960. “ Shaba” means “copper” in
Catalog/List
and masses. 3x4½x2½" $125. 00. 2. SILVER Amethyst mine, Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado. Dull silvery metallic...locality. 1¾x2x¾11 $600. 00. 14. DIAMOND Roko, Congo Republic. Superb lustrous olive-gray macle type...or display. 8x7x4 mm. $75.00. 15. DIAMOND Itoko, Congo Republlc. Superb ollve-gray twinned cube. 8x8x7...terminations. 3x3½x2" $35.00. 30. ANHYDRITE Eagle Picher mine, Niaca, Chihuahua, Mexico. radiating elongated etched...minor muscovite. 2½x3½xh" $150. 00. 33. AZURITE Czar mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona. Choice dee~ blue
Catalog/List
and masses. 3x4½x2½" $125. 00. 2. SILVER Amethyst mine, Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado. Dull silvery metallic...locality. 1¾x2x¾11 $600. 00. 14. DIAMOND Roko, Congo Republic. Superb lustrous olive-gray macle type...or display. 8x7x4 mm. $75.00. 15. DIAMOND Itoko, Congo Republlc. Superb ollve-gray twinned cube. 8x8x7...terminations. 3x3½x2" $35.00. 30. ANHYDRITE Eagle Picher mine, Niaca, Chihuahua, Mexico. radiating elongated etched...minor muscovite. 2½x3½xh" $150. 00. 33. AZURITE Czar mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona. Choice dee~ blue
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abbreviations: (Dst.) district, area; (Co.) county; (m.) mine; (Mf.) massif; (Q.) quarry; (N) north, northern...– Kamoto East m. \[~5 km] S of Musonoi (10°40`N, 25°25`E), Shaba,Congo (DRC) \\1986kamotoite(Y);…19...(11°03`S, 26°32`E), 5 km SW of Shinkolobwe, Shaba, Congo (DRC) \\1921curite;…1923schoepite 4 – Keweenaw...neite 14 – Kobokobo \(3°05`N, 28°08`E), Shaba, Congo (DRC) \\1958lusungite;…1987althupite 7 – Kombat...Gabon \\1957francevillite;…1971bariandite 7 – Musonoi m. \(10°42`S, 25°23`E), W of Kolwezi (10°41`S, 25°39`E)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
uranyl cation [UO2]2+, such as torbernite and francevillite (Fig. 1); and rarely as the intermediate U5+...Shinkolobwe, DRC; (b) chervetite on francevillite from Mounana mine, Gabon. Field of view ∼2.5 mm across...sklodowskite parsonsite saléeite dewindtite francevillite tyuyamunite torbernite torbernite chervetite...Eva mine, Northern Territory, Australia Ranger U mine, Northern Territory, Australia Ranger U mine, Northern...Ranger U mine, Northern Territory, Australia Sleisbeck U mine, Northen Territory, Australia Musonoi mine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
processes. Figure 5 (above): Cuprosklodowskite, Musonoi mine, Zaire. Photo by Lou Perloff. Figure 6 (right):...weathering of the crystal surface. The Daybreak mine in Washington has produced the finest United States...crystals were mined from the nowabandoned Shinkolobwe mine in Zaire. A large amount of remarkable yellow-orange...yellow-orange transparent crystals were pro­ duced from this mine years ago. Unfortunately few are available on today's...uranium silicate originally discovered at the Delta mine, Emery County, Utah. It has been found more recently
Book
. ... .. ... .. .. ................ .. .... . Congo ..................................................equipment, 1nineralogical studies ofuranium thankful that Dr. Lauf has been able to ded icate a huge and thorium...che1nical con1plexity, physical beauty as captured in Dr. oxyanions to form di verse structures and compositions...vvastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...Saskatchewan, is the world's largest high-grade uraniu1n mine. The ore from that ,nine is crushed and treated
Book
ornamental purposes since Roman times (Blue John Mine). It some­ times displays the phenomenon of dichroism:...of the crystals can be quite brilliant. In Morgan Mine, Carson Hill (Calaveras County, Colorado), in the...some remarkably beautiful specimens are the royal mine at Konsberg (Norway), which has now been abandoned...independent deposits, the richest of which is the famous mine at Almaden, near Ciudad Real, in Spain, which is...most superb geodes at certain points. Inside the mine, it produces drops and even pools of native mercury
Catalog/List
94403 U.S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...the first written use af micromounts. At that time, Dr. Wills adequately defined micro material and micromounts...micromount in the traditional sense as written by Dr. Wills. In later years, lang after the publication
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Greenish-blue hexagonal crystals from the Bou-Skour copper mine, Jebel Sarho, Ourzazate, Morocco, have the composition...occurring as an intergrowth with djurleite at the Ani mine, Akita, Japan, in prismatic or platy crystals closely...on a few specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona. Named for its discoverer...fine-grained lead-grey aggregates from the North Lily mine, East Tintic district, Utah; orthorhombic. Named...nodules in anhydrite rock in the Cane Creek potash mine, Moab, Grand County, Utah; 956 M.H. HEY formula
Catalog/List
Signed Client# (if  known)  Mr.  Mrs.  Ms.  Dr.  Bidder# name  Address       city STATE...directly from the miners at the Elmwood Mine in Tennessee, when the mine was actively producing twenty years... 52002 SZENICSITE with POWELLITE Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region...mineral came from one pocket in the Jardinera No. 1 Mine. That find was roughly one cubic meter in volume...000-$3,000 52006 MIMETITE Var. CAMPYLITE Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland)
Journal (issue)
FLUORffE Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...Rhodochrosite, 11.5 cm, Good Luck pocket, Sweet Horne mine, Alma, Colorado. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe...Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China. Ex Steve Smale Kunzite spodumene, 11 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais...Republic of the Congo. Joe Budd photo. Benitoite on natrolite, 5.5 cm, Dallas Gern mine, San Benito County
Journal (issue)
Front cover: Sulfur on Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto...mutual exchange of knowledge. We are grateful to Dr. Federico Pezzotta, curator of mineralogy at the...place in the Sardinian mines and the Traversella mine (Piedmont). The second edition of the Catalogue...chalcopyrite and various rare sulfosalts from the Bottino mine in Tuscany. MINERAL COLLECTING FROM THE POST-WAR...exploring the underground workings of an historic gold mine in the Brusson area, Val d' Ayas, western Alps.
Book
(NH) London 110/111. 114/115;Kivimuseo Helsinki 74; Dr. Olaf Medenbach 18, 35; Naturhistorisches Museum...Daily, from 9.30-12.30 and from 13.30-16.30 hrs. Free Dr S. Wartel Open Admission Curator Historical Notes...hrs from 16th October to 15th March Free Dr J. Delhal and Dr M. Deliens Notes A temporary "Palace of...Brussels World Exhibition. Building work on the Congo Museum began in 1904, to accommodate collections...opened by King Albert I (1875-1934). After the Congo gained independence in 1960, the interests of the
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
Journal (issue)
Jr & J. S. White, Jr. Inesite from the Hale Creek mine, Trinity County, California.......................article “on the chondrodite from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Brewster, New York.” Two of the plates show 21...6-12 cm, Adamite with Hemimorphite from the Ojuela mine, pale green and purple Naica fluorites in small...Changma in Shandong Prov­ ince. Here the Victory No. 1 mine annually produces 1500 carats of gem quality diamonds...rooms devoted to a mineral gallery tunnel, a tin mine diorama, and a review of China’s mineral deposits
Journal (issue)
Geological Survey Uralolite from the Dunton Gem Mine, Newry, Maine: A Second O c c u rre n ce .........length, collected in the Mindola open pit, Rokana mine, Zambia, by S. P. Korowski. The Mineralogical Record...under­ ground miner at the 115-year-old Oriental mine in Alleghany, Sierra County, California. In August...presented at his trial, Stokes began sneaking into the mine at night and stealing (“highgrading”) gold. No one...not only did the samples come from the Oriental mine, but that they came from “50 to 70 feet below the
Journal (issue)
hint of danger. This specimen is from the Sao Pedro mine in Minas Gerais (Saucui, Malacacheta Dist., Teofilo...Leatherman reGULAr coLUmnS ECO-FRIENDLY JEWELER A Gold Mine in Your Studio tips for collecting precious metal...Gollar Mine Non Access In the April Rock & Gem, I was pleased to find an article on the Gollar mine in Missouri;...contacted my former advisor about access to the Gollar mine. Apparently, some time after I left the state, a...locations. We also offer guided Field Trips to a locale mine each day. You must be at the show to sign up for
Journal (issue)
hint of danger. This specimen is from the Sao Pedro mine in Minas Gerais (Saucui, Malacacheta Dist., Teofilo...Leatherman reGULAr coLUmnS ECO-FRIENDLY JEWELER A Gold Mine in Your Studio tips for collecting precious metal...Gollar Mine Non Access In the April Rock & Gem, I was pleased to find an article on the Gollar mine in Missouri;...contacted my former advisor about access to the Gollar mine. Apparently, some time after I left the state, a...locations. We also offer guided Field Trips to a locale mine each day. You must be at the show to sign up for
Journal (volume)
of British Isles topographical mineralogy EDITOR Dr Malcolm Southwood 7 Campbell Court, Warrandyte, Victoria...of euhedral schulenbergite at the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall. Journal of the Russell Society, 19, 34–35...Famous British Mineral Localities: Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England. UK Journal of Mines...identification of this specimen was kindly made by Dr. M.H. Hey during a personal visit by the writer...excavated, and reinstated the site after the dig; Dr John Faithfull of The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
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...Låszl6 Horvåth, 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
Journal (volume)
become a vast have vision are taking steps toward mine safety, re­ streams and lakes, the air we breathe...Bariond who ,s a remarkable pho1ographer and ftlm-moker Dr Bonond's ort,cle on lapis lozul,, 09010 illuS1ro1ed...treasures of the mmeralog,col collec11ons at Harvard Dr. Hamlin olso wrote on medical sub 1 ects, on the...shading to brown. Tlte choicest, as from Red Cloud mine, Arizona, are a deeper orange-red. This fine specimen...source was at Shinkolobwe in Katanga in the southern Congo, not far from the great copper area. It was in the
 
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