 | | Book | | MINERAUX D'URANIUM I t DU HA UT KATANGA iI •! "LES AMIS DU MUSEE ROYAL DU CONGO BELGE", TERVUREN (Belgique)...Notices par C. GUILLEMIN "LES AMIS DU MUSEE ROYAL DU CONGO BELGE", TERVUREN (Belg ique) QUELQUES REMARQUES...SECONDAIRES D'URANIUM DU HAUT KATANGA par J. F. V AE S E differents points du Haut Katanga ont ete rencontres...mineraux d'uraoium mais c'est le gisement de Shinkolobwe (anciennement denomme Kasolo) qui en a livre...consignees ci-dessous. Le mineral primaire d'uranium au Katanga est l'uraninite. Nulle part dans cette region on |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vaes (1947) from Shinkolobwe mine, Haut-Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, and later...originates from the type locality, Shinkolobwe mine (Haut-Katanga province, DRC, Africa). A tabular grayish...brown) among masuyite (orange). Shinkolobwe mine (type locality), Haute-Katanga province, DRC, Africa. FOV...minerals that contain reduced forms of U. They are ianthinite (with U4+), wyartite, and dehydrated wyartite...during initial stages of uraninite weathering. Ianthinite is related to the schoepite family of minerals |  | | 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) | | c = 4.487(4) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Shinkolobwe, Congo. 4.497 (100), 3.910 (48), 7.82 (40), 5.34...30 2.62 6.75 Total 100.85 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo; contained insoluble cobalt oxide 1.6%; (CO3...vandenbrandeite, ianthinite, uraninite. Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province...Province, Zaire). In France, at Kruth, Haut-Rhin, and in the Brugeaud mine, near Bessines, Haute-Vienne. Name:...engineer and prospector who discovered the Shinkolobwe deposit, Congo. Type Material: University of Liège |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 9238(9) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Shaba Province, Congo. 7.50 (10), 3.22 (9), 3.75 (8), 3.56 (8), 2.58 (7)...06 Total 99.51 [100.0] 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo. (2) Congo; by electron microprobe, average of...dewindtite, ianthinite, wölsendorfite, rutherfordine, masuyite, kasolite (Shinkolobwe, Congo); johannite...zippeite (Happy Jack mine, Utah, USA). Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province...From Mitterberg, Salzburg, Austria. In the Geevor mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England. From the Rabéjac |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a single crystal: wyartite r (comparabie to "ianthinite" described by Bignand, 1955), a:ll.2i+0.03, b:7...interest in ianthinite led to *-ray examination of the uranium mineral describedas "ianthinite" (Bignand...of Bignand was later said to be distinct from ianthinite (Destas,Vaes,and Guillemin, 1958)and has recentlybeen...are from the sample originally described as "ianthinite" by Bignand (1955). The crystals occur on Shinkolobwespecimenno...Shinkolobwespecimenno.2222, Museum of the Belgian Congo, Tervuren, Belgium (M.C.B. no.2222) and were made |  | | Report (volume) | | ____ ___ ___ ____ __________ __ __ ___ ____ ___ Ianthinite __ ----------------- ________ ----------- ___...(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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | tranche unidescenda11te sous dalle de béton à la mine de Margnac (Haute-Vienne) - Photo: COGEMA (GST)... Auj ourd ' hui , il ne reste plu qu' une seule mine d' ura nium en acti vité, à Jouac dans le nord du...Victo r Lassall e décou vre la chalcolite dans la mine du Crôt Blanc près de Gru ry (Saône-etLoire). En...(Haute-Vienne). Pendant ce temps, la mine de radium de Shinkolobwe (Katanga) est réouverte pour l'uranium en...1956 et mis en exploitation en 1958. Au Niger, la mine d'Arlit est exploitée à partir de 1968. Des prospections |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EPIIANTHINITE, URANIUM MINERALS FROM SHINKOLOBWE (BELGTAN CONGO) Ar,rnrn Scnoup axp Serr Stnaoror, Bauileloostraat97...5UO3 '9+HrO has been foundin the uranium mine oI Shinkolobwe. Properties: color,yellow; h a b i t , i...Paraschoepite and epiianthinite occur in the Shinkolobwe uranium mine (Katanga)' They belong to the uranium hydroxide...crystallizes on ianthinite, but also that its lattice is in continuity with that of ianthinite; at the same... 89.31 10.69 1. Analysisof paraschoepiteof Shinkolobwe. 2. Molecular proportions. 3. Molecularratios |  | | Report (issue) | | Ianthinite UO2 • 5UO3 • 10H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic... c = 30.3(1) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Shinkolobwe, Congo. 7.63 (FF), 3.81 (m), 3.24 (m), 3.59 (fm)... 76.06 14.36 9.58 [100.00] 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo; H2 O by difference, corresponds to UO2 •...fourmarierite. Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). In the...Saguache Co., Colorado, and in the Lucky Strike mine, La Sal Mountains, San Juan Co., Utah, USA. From |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Curite Fourmarierite Gauthierite Heisenbergite Ianthinite Leesite Masuyite Metacalciouranoite Metaschoepite...Agrinierite Masuyite Compreignacite b-U3O8 [DRU] 3:5 – Ianthinite Spriggite Wyartite Meta-wyartite Rameauite Fourmarierite...Sayrite Wölsendorfite Spriggite Vandenbrandeite Ianthinite Uranosphaerite Structural unit 0 [(UO2)8O2(OH)12]...(1997b); 23. Hughes et al. (2003). * [6] U in ianthinite is related to the U2 site occupied by U4þ. tially...Rameauite Gauthierite Spriggite Vandenbrandeite Ianthinite Wyartite Uranosphaerite [(UO2)8O2(OH)12](H2O)12 |  | | Report (issue) | | 731(4) Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Shaba Province, Congo. 7.35 (100), 3.66 (50), 3.24 (9), 2.446 (9), 2.571...(2) 87.59 12.41 Total 100.00 (1) Shaba Province, Congo; UO3 average of four partial determinations, H2...hydrothermal uranium deposits; may form directly from ianthinite. Association: Uraninite, becquerelite, billietite...fourmarierite, ianthinite, curite, soddyite, rutherfordine, uranophane (Shinkolobwe, Congo); paraschoepite...Uzbekistan). Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). In the |  | | Report (issue) | | c = 14.293(9) Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Shinkolobwe, Congo. 3.562 (100), 3.169 (100), 7.12 (80), 3.523...54 15.13 7.33 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo; recalculated to 100% after deduction of...replace fossil wood. Association: Uraninite, ianthinite, schoepite, becquerelite, billietite, dewindtite...Distribution: Relatively abundant from Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). At Morogoro...area, Quebec, Canada. In the USA, from the Palermo mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire; |  | | Report (issue) | | c = 20.807(1) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Shinkolobwe, Congo. 10.3 (100), 8.54 (30), 5.19 (30), 4.26 (4b)...CO2 UO2 UO3 U2 O5 CaO H2 O Total 5+ (1–2) Shinkolobwe, Congo. (3) CaU (U 6+ (3) 4.05 O2 )2 O4 (CO3...uraninite. From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). Name: Honors Dr. Jean Wyart...References: (1) Guillemin, C. and J. Protas (1959) Ianthinite et wyartite. Bull. Minéral., 82, 80–86 (in French) |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washington 25, D. C. A specimen from Katanga labeled ianthinite and consisting of purplecolored minute...collection several years ago. The mineral resembles ianthinite in the hand specimen, but chemical analysis gave...and a formula of UOr.2HzO (Table 1), although ianthinite reportedly contains only quadrivalent uranium...probably is an alteration prod2rJC,2'7H2O uct of ianthinite in which the Ua is almost completely oxidized...more like those of epiianthinite than those of ianthinite (Table 2). T,q.sr,e 1. Cnnurclr, Awnlvsrs on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dehydrated wyartite from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, ideally Ca (CO3) [U5+ (U6+O2)2...déshydratée provenant de la mine Shinkolobwe, au Shaba, République Démocratique de Congo, de composition idéale...(1960). For many years, wyartite was confused with ianthinite (Bignand 1955), and it was described as a separate...original sample is from the Shinkolobwe mine in Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo. The crystal is dark purple...WYARTITE, DEHYDRATED WYARTITE, URANCALCARITE AND IANTHINITE and not U4+ and U6+ as suggested by Clark (1960) |  | Olds, Travis A., Plášil, Jakub, Kampf, Anthony R., Škoda, Radek, Burns, Peter C., Čejka, Jiří, Bourgoin, Vincent, Boulliard, Jean-Claude (2017) Gauthierite, KPb[(UO2)7O5(OH)7]·H2O, a new uranyl-oxide hydroxy-hydrate mineral from Shinkolobwe with a novel uranyl-anion sheet-topology. European Journal of Mineralogy, 29 (1) 129-141 doi:10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2586 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | new uranyl-oxide hydroxyhydrate mineral from Shinkolobwe with a novel uranyl-anion sheet-topology TRAVIS...hydroxy-hydrate mineral from the Shinkolobwe Mine, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa. It occurs on a matrix...crystal structure; topology; oxidation zone; Shinkolobwe. 38 1. Introduction 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46...description of a new mineral from the Shinkolobwe mine (Katanga, Congo, Africa), gauthierite (/go ti: 'ei...geologist, mineralogist, and a true connoisseur of Katanga minerals (King, 2006). The new mineral and its |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | U-deposits, and form as products of the oxidation of U mine and mill tailings (Frondel 1958; Finch and Ewing...samples are originally from the Shinkolobwe Mine, Democratic Republic of Congo. Zippeite and magnesium-zippeite... Due to the lack of material, the samples of ianthinite, [U4+2(UO2)4O6(OH)4(H2O)4](H2O)5 and (dehydrated)...(%) U4+ FWHM (%) Shinkolobwe 160/55 (SY 70) Shinkolobwe 160/55 (SY 70) Shinkolobwe 160/55 (SY 70) 382...Uranninite [1] UO2 Brannerite [2] (U,Ca,Ce)(Ti,Fe)O6 Ianthinite [3] [U4+2(UO2)4O6(OH)4(H2O)4](H2O)5 Uranyl-hydroxy-hydrate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | verbreitung in den Erzen der Tsumeb- uncl Kipushi-Mine. NeuesJahrb. Mineral , Monotslt- 1958, No. 1l-1'2...ulrtgnbogsardt from the Prince Leopold Mine, Kipushi, Belgian Congo, in a similar mineral assemblage The...en provenance de la pegmaLite de Kobokobo (Kivu-Congo Belge). Soc. bel'gegeotr,paleontol,,et hydrol.,...NAMES Wyartite C. Gurr-r,nurx axl J Pnorls. Ianthinite et wyartite BuIL soc Jranc.m'inerolcrist,82,... 80-86 (19s9). The material referred to ianthinite by Bignand (1955) (see Am Mineral' 40,943-944 (195 |  | | Report (volume) | | authentic specimens. With the exception of that for ianthinite, the new data originated either hi the Geological...7.53 7.50 7.49 Epi-ianthinite__ ___ -__ ____ Ianthinite--__-_ _ ___ __ __- Billietite_ __________ __...Gross (1956) on material from the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah. d(A) I 9...and Murata (1951) on material from the Hillside mine, Yavapai County, Ariz. d(A) I *(A) 13.0 9.51...and Murata (1951)*on material from the Hillside mine, Yavapai County, Ariz. Bayleyite dehydrates readily |  | Finch, Robert J., Hawthorne, Frank C., Miller, M. L., Ewing, R. C. (1997) Distinguishing among schoepite, [(UO2)8O2(OH)12](H2O)12, and related minerals by X-ray powder diffraction. Powder Diffraction, 12 (4) 230-238 doi:10.1017/s0885715600009799 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Clark, 1960; Christ, 1965; Finch et al, 1996a). Ianthinite, [(U4+)2(U6+O2)4O6(OH)4(H2O)4](H2O)5, and "dehydrated...only two: schoepite (Finch et al., 1996a) and ianthinite (Burns et al, 1997). Two uranyl peroxides are...Metaschoepite (syn) Ref. 4 Paraschoepite Ref. 2 Ianthinite Ref. 5 14.337 16.813 14.731 14.33 16.79 14...5H2O, structurally and chemically similar to ianthinite (Cordfunke et al., 1968). The phase UO 286 -...PSA, = natural paraschoepite, IANW = natural ianthinite; PS S = synthetic "paraschoepite" (UO286- 1.5H2O) |  | Plášil, Jakub, Škoda, Radek, Čejka, Jiří, Bourgoin, Vincent, Boulliard, Jean-Claude (2016) Crystal structure of the uranyl-oxide mineral rameauite. European Journal of Mineralogy, 28 (5) 959-967 doi:10.1127/ejm/2016/0028-2568 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | is similar to the sheets found in spriggite, ianthinite and wyartite. The sheets alternate with the interlayer...from the Margnac mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France. The Margnac mine is located in the...rich in uranium (more than 10 kg/t). The Margnac mine provided about 8,600 t U in ore. The primary mineralization...compreignacite, and rameauite, for which the Margnac mine is the type locality. The studied sample was a chip...Curite Fourmarierite Gauthierite Heisenbergite Ianthinite Masuyite Metacalciouranoite Metaschoepite Me |
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Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo