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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Polydymite
Formula:Ni2+Ni23+S4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Polydymite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:363087
Long-form Identifier:1:3:363087:7
GUID (UUID V4):ce728acf-e864-4c2d-8d21-edbe3a9dc676
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND VAESITE: NEW CO-Ni MINERALS FROM THE BELGIAN CONGO Paur. F. Knnn, Columbia [Jniaersitnt.IVew York....not been found in nature. At the Shinkolobwe mine in the Belgian Congo, CoSz having a pyrite structure...lattice has been found in the Kasompi mine of the Belgian Congo. This mineral is tentatively called raesite...contributors to the mineral development of the Belgian Congo. The four members of the pyrite series would be...1943 Mr. Johannes Vaes of the Union MiniBre du Haut Katanga submitted two metallic sulfide minerals upon
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...Occurrence: Disseminated through dolostone (Kasompi mine, Congo); an alteration product of arsenic-deficient...pyrite, polydymite, uraninite. Distribution: From the Kasompi mine, 70 km west-southwest of Kambove [TL]...[TL], and at Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). From Schneeberg, Saxony; Nentershausen
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)
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...carbonate rocks (Shinkolobwe, Congo). Association: Pyrite, chalcopyrite, other linnaeite–polydymite group minerals...minerals. Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire) [TL]. At Gänsberg...Alleghany Co., North Carolina, and in the Fletcher mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri. Name: Honors Félicien
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
Report (issue)
Polydymite NiNi2 S4 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic. Point Group:... 42.14 Total [100.00] 100.3 100.00 (1) Grünau mine, Germany; recalculated to 100% after deducting gersdorffite...(Ni2.83 Fe0.22 Co0.03 )Σ=3.08 S3.92 . (2) Madziwa mine, Zimbabwe; by electron microprobe, corresponds to...siderite. Distribution: In Germany, in the Grünau mine, Daaden, near Siegen [TL], and at Ramsbeck, North...Miliken (Sweetwater) mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri; and at the Copper King mine, Gold Hill district, Boulder
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...to blue weak, dark brownish grey shades 37 Polydymite Keithconnite Aikinite Cherepanovite moderate
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...vast and deep; it PHOTO CREDITS covers a lot of territory (and languages) and many years of Maps were prepared...vvastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical
Catalog/List
crystal section. ¼"$2. 50. ANDORITE San Jose mine, Oruro, Bolivia. Select rich gray metallic mass...11 $2. 00, $2. 50 and $3. 50. ARGENTITE Ra.yas mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. Choice dull gray modified cubic...¾x%"to ¾x½11 $3. 50 and $5. 00. ARSENOLITE White Caps mine, Manhattan, Nye Co., Nevada. Select lustrous snow-white...4X¼" $1. 50, $2. 00 and $2. 50. i BOLEITE Amelia mine, Boleo, Baja California, Mexico. Choice bright blue...$2. 50 and $3. 50. DIABOLEITE Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona. Bright sky-blue veins
Book (edition)
Copper, Silver and Gold Linnaeite II/D.01-20 320 Polydymite II/D.01-30 322 Carrollite II/D.01-40 324 Violarite... 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)
Sweden (Sverige) Gladhammar mine, nickel-rich carrollite, 737 Harstig mine, Pajsberg, sarkinite, 681 Norr6...Norr6, arrojadite (hiihnerkobelite), 23o Sjo mine, Grythytte Parish, Orebro, xantharsenite, polyarsenite...Court farm, Ramsgate, Kent, chalk, i6o Tynebottom mine, Garrigill, Cumbria, arsenical marcasite, gersdorffite...kidwellite, 952 WALES(Cymrul Dyfed, illite, 857 Parc mine, Gwynedd, hydrozincite, nickeloan hydrozincite,...Germany (Deutschland) Clara mine, Black Forest, cuprotungstite, 448 Friedrich mine, hauchecornite, 875 Hagendorf
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
....................... Geology of the Eldorado Mine........................................................................................... 910 Polydymite................................................of the geology and mineralization at the Eldorado mine, the most important deposit in the district. In...over 3000 square miles of geologi­ cally unknown territory. The results of this work were published2 in 1932...mineragraphic study of the ores from the Eldorado mine, which resulted in this joint paper. This was done
Report (issue)
• • • • • • • • • • • Congo Republic (former Belgian Congo) • Former French Equatorial African...flowsheet of electrolytic process at Shituru plant, Katanga . . . . . . . . ,, 23 Fig. 5 Cobalt content of...and treatment plant, Katanga . . Outline flowsheet of Kolwezi concentrator, Katanga Cobalt mining areas...Ltd.; Rhoanglo Mine Services Ltd.; Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa Ltd.; Dr. F. R. Morral,...A., Belgium; Dr. A. Gosseye of the former Direction du Service Geologique, Belgian Congo; Mr. R. A. Wells
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Co2Cu)3S 4 Linnaeite Co3S 4 Siegenite (Co Ni)3S4 Polydymite Ni3S 4 Violarite (Ni, Fe)aS4 *Greigite FeaS4...41.6 IOO.O 9.405 1.3 0.9 0.9 3o96 Madziwa Mine I* 31.O 18.1 8.9 42.6 IOO.6 9.436 1.6 1...6 1 0 0 . 5 9.46I I.I 1.7 0.3 3295 Madziwa Mine I** 32.8 19.8 5.3 42.4 1 0 0 . 3 9.438 1...described from the M a d z i w a Mine (formerly the Dry Nickel Mine), Bindura, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). At...the Madziwa Mine occurs as coarse euhedral crystals associated primarily with polydymite and also chalcopyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
not essential to the mineral' Thus, e'g. in Shinkolobwe, according to Derriks and Vaes (1955), selenio-vaesitecontains...associated with clausthalite, hematite, selenian polydymite, seleniart linneite and locally also with Ni-...mineral. Prof. P. Evrard, Prof. O. Knop, Dr. N. Sindeevaand Dr. G. Kullerud have sent information about... J. mlo J. F. Vens(1955)Theuraniumdepositof Shinkolobwe. Not.,P.1105,(Conf.8),94-128. of MoSe2. ActaCryst...(1951)ToblesJor Microscopicld,entif,cation UrrBr.rsoGAAx-Dr, of OreMineral's,Pinceton Univ. Press,Princeton,
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
Book
distiict, Colo. (Sims, 1955). Noted in Belgian Congo pitchblende are Pb, Fe, Co, Ni, 1'1o, and Se. Uraninite...and quartz (black) which also replaces core. Bigay mine, Lachaux, Auvergne, France ( X 100) ( Geffroy and...weighing 20 tons have been found in the Katanga, Belgian Congo,· deposits. Single euhedral to subhedral...deposits; cubes in vugs at Shinko]obvve, Belgian Congo, and partial cubes in veins of some deposits in...Lake, Canada; Joachimsthal, Bohemia; Shinkolobwe, Belgian Congo. Somevvhat siinilarly in the Sn deposits
Book (edition)
This book is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Dr. John Sinkankas for his kind initiative and support...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...by Strunz (1996). Thanks to the kind permission of Dr. E. Nagele from the E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung...arisen with localities in Congo-Zaire: the country, named Democratic Republic of Congo since 1960, was changed...Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reactions, 521 CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND, Baie Verte, polydymite and Cr-rich fuchsite, 723; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES...323 Cr~_AO,F., FARROW, C. M., and LEAKE, B. E., polydymite and Cr-rich fuchsite, 723; see also LEAr,E, B...ENGLAND, SW, Permian lavas, 481; CORNWALL,Restormel mine, waylandite, 731; CUMBRIA, Lake District, tourmalinization...chrysotile and polygonal serpentine, 301; Buca della Vena mine, V-bearing derbylite, 328; Mazzano Romano, ranci6ite...muscovite-biotite miscibility gap, 641 NAMIBIA,Kombat mine, johninnesite, 667; see also SOUTH WESTAFRICA NANCARROW
Book
COLORADO-I] [ 289-352 385-448 [ AUSTRALlA] 353-504 KATANGA] 257-320 321--416 M-S--HlLAlRE ] CARNEGlE]...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G
Journal (issue)
stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had only three specimens...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite...find of calcite in complete "balls" from the Herja Mine near Baia Mare. Evidently a large vug, or series...recent find is certainly notable. From the Boldul Mine in Cavnic there was a find of attractive calcit
Book
K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 •nH20, ® Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4=...*21120, Mon. Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D(
Journal (issue)
clubs plus importants, dont nous par­ lions plus haut, au sein d'une Fédération Belge des Cercles Géologi­...""' d + r cos z l'angle p. nüus l'avons vu plt.Js haut, etant toujou rs tr'ës petit. En effet, traçons...celle s u Soleil, d'après ce que nous avons vu plus haut. La planète exerçant la force de marée la plus forte...gisement a cessé en 1 9 6 0 , après l'inondatio n de la mine. L'objet de notre exposé n'est pas de dresser un...redressés et faillés ; dans la région centrale (Kambove), les anticli­ naux se rejoignent ou se dédou blent
Book
1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...including amateur col- lectors, company executives, mine owners, and vari- in the appropriate position.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reactions in Lesscommon includeargyrodite (AgsGeS6), polydymite (NiaS4), obscuring primm 7 mineralassemblages...als thoughtto haveoccurredat the FrederickVII's mine in (Sehonwandt, 1983)andprobably theProvideneia...Sweden Kuusamo, Finland Undefined locality Blo•vout mine,¾Vyoming Kvacek(1973) Johanet al. (1982) Coleman...onobserved mineralassemblages; 1 = general trend:Republic mine,Washington, andJarbridge, Nevada; 2 = SilverCi.ty...Canada;18 = Petrovice, Czech Republic, 19 = Shinkolobwe, Zaire.ArrowA andtrends1 to 5 arethe sameasin
 
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