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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cattierite
Formula:CoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite12 photos of Cattierite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Linnaeite12 photos of Cattierite associated with Linnaeite at this locality.
Vaesite5 photos of Cattierite associated with Vaesite at this locality.
Magnesite1 photo of Cattierite associated with Magnesite at this locality.
Chalcopyrite1 photo of Cattierite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Dolomite1 photo of Cattierite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cattierite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (16 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:2964
Long-form Identifier:1:3:2964:3
GUID (UUID V4):75ede243-d9f7-456f-88af-12ecd9c9239c
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
Report (issue)
Kasompi] Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kasompi mine, Congo. 2.83 (100), 1.707 (80), 1.091 (60), 2.00 (50)...52.21 Total 100.00 100.0 100.00 (1) Kasompi mine, Congo; corresponding to (Ni0.86 Co0.07 Fe0.05 )Σ=0...with cattierite. Pyrite group. Occurrence: Disseminated through dolostone (Kasompi mine, Congo); an...Kasompi mine, 70 km west-southwest of Kambove [TL], and at Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba...and Iserlohn, ??ck, Germany. In the Providencia mine, near Villamanı́n, Cármenes district, León Province
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CATTIERITE AND VAESITE: NEW CO-Ni MINERALS FROM THE BELGIAN CONGO Paur. F. Knnn, Columbia [Jniaersitnt...not been found in nature. At the Shinkolobwe mine in the Belgian Congo, CoSz having a pyrite structure...now known. To this mineral is assigned the name cattierite. Material approaching NiS2 is composition and...lattice has been found in the Kasompi mine of the Belgian Congo. This mineral is tentatively called raesite...pyrite 5.40667+.00007, vaesite 5.66787+.00008, and cattierite 5.52346+.00048. The minerals are named after
Report (issue)
Cattierite CoS2 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic. Point Group: 2/m...a3. a = 5.52 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Shinkolobwe, Congo. 2.750 (100), 2.463 (60), 1.663 (55), 1.063...90 52.10 Total [100.00] 100.6 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo; recalculated to 100% from an original total...group. Occurrence: In carbonate rocks (Shinkolobwe, Congo). Association: Pyrite, chalcopyrite, other...group minerals. Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire) [TL]. At
Journal (issue)
on p. 327 COVER: BARITE, 17 cm, from the Miekle mine, Nevada. (See the article in the previous issue...rediscovered the Moctezuma mine that was first opened for gold in 1937. This mine, though small, provided...many new mineral species. Dr. Gaines wrote a compre­ hensive review of this mine for The Mineralogical Record...influenced his life’s work. Toward the end of 1966, Dr. Arthur Montgomery, chairman of the geology department...retirement from the Cabot Corporation in 1987. In 1975 Dr. Gaines was invited to join the editorial board of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyrite. A cobalt sulphide from the Shinkolobwe mine in the Belgian Congo gives oo:5.52346+.00043 A. A high...high nickel specimen from the Kasompi mine in the Belgian Congo gives ao:5.66787 +.00003 A. Pyrite from...and M. Vaes of the Union Minibre du Haut K.atanga, Belgian Congo, two specimens close to the cobalt and...process of diamond drilling at the K.asompi mine in Katanga and on chemical analysis has been shown to...NiSz. The other specimen was found in the Shinkolobwe mine near Jadotville in K.atanga and has a composition
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)
cobaltacceptsapproximately stable below about 680øC); and CoS2 (cattierite, ct, 10 weight percent copper in solid solution...data in weight percent. Abbreviations: ct = cattierite, cr = carrollite, cc = chalcocite-digenitesolid...weight percent Co into solid solution,coexistswith cattierite, ASSOCIATIONS 661 s • LOW PERATURE carrollite-linnaeite...chalcocitedigenite solid solution-I- cattlerite and cattierite -ICo•_.•S-bearingassemblages,respectively. The...the presenceof Cu might stabilize this phase. cattierite; CuScontains a maximum of about1 weight The
Book
mining organizations, such as Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga, should not be forgotten. It is evident that...(Gd), schoepite) or a senior administrator (e.g. cattierite, cousinite, marthozite, sengierite). The last...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cobalt-bearingsulfideassemblages from the Shinkolobwedeposit, Katanga, Zaire JeuBsR. Cnelc Virginia PolytechnicInstituteandState...Birmingham Birmingham847ET, England Abstract Cattierite (CoSr) specimensfrom the type locality contain...occurin the form of cattierite (CoSz)and cobaltianpyrite [(Fe,Co)Sr].Cattierite wasfirst describedas...the Shinkolobwedeposit,Zaire(formerlythe Belgian Congo) by Kerr (1945).Cattieritehas also been notedin...1978),we havehad the opportunityof examining two cattierite-bearing (Smithsonian specimens Institution NMNH
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...Kamoto Cu-Co deposits, Katanga, Congo 91-104 Sediment-hosted Cu-Co ore deposit at Kambove West in the central
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Of the 322 entries*, the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) comes out on top with 88; Namibia...indebted to Dr.Joseph Mandarino of Toronto, Canada, and Dr. Werner Krause of Hiirth, Germany, who supplied dates...briartite shares with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Namibia, and both djerfisherite and niningerite...Localities (1) Kanemite: Kanem region, Lake Chad. CONGO(3) People (2) Fornacite: Lucien Louis Fourneau (18671930)...(18671930), colonial governor, French Congo. Plunchkite: Mr. PlanchC, French explorer. Localities (1)
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 .. ................. .............................minerals is broad and deep; it covers a lot of territory and many years of scientific studies as well as...uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was
Journal (issue)
The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo ...............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)...grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's specialties
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Akademische Crystal-structure refinement of cattierite * 1. Lynn Pratt and Peter Bayliss Department... 21, 1979 Abstract.The crystal structure of cattierite (CoS2), which has a pyrite-type structure, has...symmetry. Introduction Thecrystal structure of cattierite, CoS2, has been reported by Kerr (1945) as isotypic...1977b). Samples from the type locality of Shinkolobwe Mine, Katanga, Zaire were obtained from the British...composition is close to the end-member composition of cattierite, except for the substitution of cobalt by nickel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Akademische Crystal-structure refinement of cattierite * 1. Lynn Pratt and Peter Bayliss Department... 21, 1979 Abstract.The crystal structure of cattierite (CoS2), which has a pyrite-type structure, has...symmetry. Introduction Thecrystal structure of cattierite, CoS2, has been reported by Kerr (1945) as isotypic...1977b). Samples from the type locality of Shinkolobwe Mine, Katanga, Zaire were obtained from the British...composition is close to the end-member composition of cattierite, except for the substitution of cobalt by nickel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Major Thrust Fault KAMATANDA MinorThrustFault SHINKOLOBWE SHITURU KENGERI \ Fault Sinlstral Transcurrent...payablehorizonsis locallyvery large. In the Mufulira mine in Zambiamineralizationis presentin 21 distinctlithologicalunits...and is ac- companiedby siegenite,vaesite,and cattierite. At Kansanshinorth-south-trending quartz-carbonate...hostthe stratiformdeposits The uranium-dominated Shinkolobwe deposit is at the surface or at a depth accessibleto...and truncation planes described from the Mufulira mine (Garlick and Fleischer, 1972) can also be explained
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BaNa2A14Si4016, as orthorhombie crystals from Benallt mine, Wales. Named from the chemical formula. B a r i...Pandis Calogeras (18701935). [M.A. 9-127, 186.] Cattierite. P. F. Kerr, 1945. Amer. Min., vol. 30, pp. 483...CoS2, cubic with pyrite structure, from Shinkolobwe, Belgian Congo. Named after Felicien Cattier, chairman...chairman of the Union MiniSre du Haut Katanga. [M.A. 9-188, 224.] Chirvinskite. N. K. Platonov, 1941. Compt...5H20, as white chalk-like masses from Kristineberg mine, V~sterbotten, Sweden. Named from the locality.
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...nickeline isotropic Freboldite strong Berthierite Cattierite intense, light faint, polysynbluish grey to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
either to homogenization or to exsolution of cattierite (CoS~). We do not know of any observation supporting...pair cattierite + chalcopyrite is not observed (DERP.IKS and Vaes (1955) note that at Shinkolobwe cattierite...microscopic pyrite from Kamoto, Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa). Mineral. Deposita (Bed.) 6, 167--176...D~REIKS, J. j., VAES, J. F. : Le gite d'uranium de Shinkolobwe: Conf&ence internationale sur l'Utilisation de...member of the binary system FeS 2 (pyrite)-CoS 2 (cattierite). Am. Mineralogist 50, 1083--1086 (1965). - -
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
high-temperature 1 -0.01 1 phase (e.g., from a kyanite mine near York, South Car-0.13 4 olina, U.S.A.) is isotropic...also that the low-temperaturephase(e.g.,from Itaya mine, 2 0.20 -0.11 3 Yamagata Prefecture, Japan) is anisotropic...0.2581 0.635 0.865 men ROM 19163 from the Hiaco mine, Colquechaca, Bolivia, and the Geological Survey...originally described from the Kasompi mine, Shinkolobwe,Katanga,Z'aie,by Kerr ( I 945). The GeologicalSurvey...Electron-microprobe analysesof bravoite,vaesite,cattierite,and fukuchilite Specimenand locality Fe Ni
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at the Shinkolobwe uramerit special emphasis appears worthy of the nium mine in the Belgian Congo. attention...Nations, New York. However, be- from the Belgian Congo which measured about cause of the wide distribution...However, gold is only a minor associate at Blind River. Dr. Elysiario Tavora of the Brazilian delegation called...tables. Portions of this work were summarized by Dr. L. R. Page during the panel discussion. Much information...various Canadian geologists as well as comments by Dr. A. H. Lang in the panel discussion. Recent uranium
Book (edition)
Villamaninite II/D.17-20 380 Pyrite II/D.17-30 382 Cattierite II/D.17-40 384 VIII Mineral Vaesite Hauerite... Germany Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Dr. Frank Melcher & Rohstoffe (BGR), Stilleweg 2, D-30655...D-30655 HanDr. Thomas Oberthür nover, Germany Dr. Thomas Kenkmann Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität... Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany Prof. Dr. Robert Marschik & Ludwig-Maximilians Universität...cengeologie, Luisenstr. 37, D-80333 München, Germany Dr. Thomas Seifert TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chiefly confined to the Lower Roan Group of the Mine Series which, to the southwest of the central Kafue... % \, %° \ i .,$ = \" cosz CO3S4 I ' I dR]enite hex. cholcocite Co3S ~ Co9S8 -hiqh -13 ...minerals and cobalt pyrites positions of the pyrite-cattierite series. The positions of these curves are calculated...chalcopyrite-bornite curve. Assuming ideal mixing of the pyrite-cattierite and carrollite-linnaeite series and reasonable...sequence of pyrite ÷ Co-pyrite ÷ cattierite + carrollite at Shinkolobwe in Katanga, Zaire reported by Craig and
Report (volume)
(U0 3 ) from pitchblende from the Georg Wagsfort mine at J ohanngeorgenstadt in the Erzgebirge of Saxony...of the rich uranium ores of the Katanga district in the Belgian Congo. The uraninite ores of Great Bear...the mineralogically diverse ores of the Belgian Congo the list of known species was doubled largely through...urani urn minerals first discovered in the Belgian Congo. The work of the American mineralogist C. Palache...occurs in hydrothermal veins, as in the Belgian Congo. The relation between the names uraninite and pitchblende
 
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