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Beryl from
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Beryl
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Beryl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:89704
Long-form Identifier:1:3:89704:4
GUID (UUID V4):8ff91d1e-e3d7-4919-9f26-84d806e7c574
Nearest other occurrences of Beryl
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘKamituga-Mobale mine, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a new mineral from the Kobokobo pegmatite, Democratic Republic of the Congo STUART J. MILLS1,2,*, WILLIAM...(IMA2009–057), from the Kobokobo pegmatite, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kobokoboite forms...properties, Kobokobo pegmatite, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 1. Introduction The Kobokobo pegmatite in South...South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaı̈re), was at one time the largest...largest source of beryl in Africa. It outcrops in the Kamituga region, about 100 km southwest of Bukavu, within
Report (issue)
79(2)° X-ray Powder Pattern: Kobokobo pegmatite, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 11.990 (100), 6.868 (45)...33.71 29.96 . 100.00 (1) Kobokobo pegmatite, Democratic Republic of the Congo; average of 9 electron microprobe...albiteberyl-microcline pegmatite of the LCT family, rare-element class, Li subclass, beryl type, beryl– columbite/beryl–phosphate...columbite/beryl–phosphate subtype. Association: Frondelite, keckite, planerite, variscite, wavellite (“coeruleolactite”)...Distribution: Kobokobo pegmatite, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Name: For the
Report (issue)
c = 10.60(3) X-ray Powder Pattern: Kobokobo pegmatite, Congo. 7.80 (100), 3.87 (80), 3.15 (70), 2.99...8.91 7.87 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Kobokobo pegmatite, Congo; by electron microprobe, average of seven...granite pegmatite. Association: Meta-autunite, furongite, phosphuranylite, ranunculite, beryl, zircon...(Zaire). Name: From the Kobokobo pegmatite, Lusungu River district, Kivu Province, Congo For the typical triangular...(1982) Les phosphates d’uranyle et d’aluminium de Kobokobo. VI. La triangulite, Al3 (UO2 .PO4 )4 (OH)5 .5H2
Report (issue)
α = 72.64(2)◩ X-ray Powder Pattern: Kobokobo pegmatite, Congo. 10.2 (100), 5.09 (70), 5.80 (50), 4.41...05 1.75 10.81 [100.00] 100.00 (1) Kobokobo pegmatite, Congo; by electron microprobe, average of 10...uraniferous zone of an altered granite pegmatite. Association: Beryl, columbite, ranunculite, upalite, phuralumite...(Zaire). Name: At the Kobokobo pegmatite, Lusungu River district, Kivu Province, Congo For the major cations...(1987) Les phosphates d’uranyle et d’aluminium de Kobokobo IX. L’althupite AlTh(UO2 )[(UO2 )3 O(OH)(PO4 )2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Al4[(UO2)4(PO4)6](OH)2(H2O)19.5, from the Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, was solved for the ïŹrst...2:3. Key-words: furongite; crystal structure; Kobokobo; aluminium; uranyl phosphate; topology. co rre...end of the 1950's, the Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, was one of the largest...deposits in the world. This pegmatite has produced a huge amount of beryl, columbite, cassiterite, and...description of the different zones of the Kobokobo pegmatite has been provided by SaïŹannikoff & van Wambeke
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a new mineral from the Kobokobo pegmatite, Democratic Republic of the Congo. European Journal of Mineralogy...mineral from the Kobokobo pegmatite, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Kobokobo...subclass, beryl type, beryl-columbite/berylphosphate subtype. An upper branch of the pegmatite contained...interpreted as one of the latest forming minerals in the Kobokobo assemblage, as a result of supergene weathering...weathering of the upper branch of the albite-beryl-microcline pegmatite. Kobokoboite occurs as crusts and coatings
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
be summarised as follows: (a) The rare-metal pegmatite types succeed each other in a more or less defined...(b) The spatial distribution of the rare-metal pegmatite types in or around the granitic intrusions depends...types may be mined for tin, niobium, tantalum, beryl and lithium minerals; (c) In the same metallogenic...different pegmatite types to the granitic contacts as well as by the dimensions of the pegmatite types and...comparison of Central and West African raremetal pegmatite type classification with similar classifications
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A1H(UO2XPO4)(OH)3-4H20. Ranunculite occurs at Kobokobo, Kivu, Zaire, in pegmatitic rocks. The name after...o b o k o b o (Kivu, Zaire). The mineral occurs in uranium-rich portions of a pegmatite mainly worked...worked for beryl and columbite. Meta-autunite, phosphuranylite, as well as several new aluminium-uranyl phosphates...series 'The uranyl and aluminium phosphates from Kobokobo' (Deliens and Piret, 1977, 1979a, b). Copyright...specimens from the uraniferous zone of the Kobokobo pegmatite. It exists on fifteen samples in the mineralogical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatites of Central Africa: at Kobokobo in the Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) and at Kibingo, Kiluli...the Republic of Rwanda (L. Van Wambeke, 1969).At Kobokobo and at Buranga, mitridatite is formed after the...results for internal and external parts of the same Kobokobo sample, where appreciabledifferencesin composition...attributable to the sequenceof crystalization in the pegmatite and subsequent hydrothermal alteration and weathering...frondelite associatedwith the analysed mitridatites of Kobokobo occursin fibrous massesof olive-greencolor, often
Book (edition)
This book is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Dr. John Sinkankas for his kind initiative and support...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...The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu, and Maniema...There is also a country called Republic of Congo or simply Congo (capital Brazzaville). Information about
Book
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...Haut-Loma mi Province. What formerly was called the Bas-Congo Province is known today by the name of Central Kongo...abbreviated (B = Belgium; D.R. Congo = Democratic Republic of the Congo; F = France). 4. The biographical...zinc ore was quarried should become a neutral territory, called Neutral Moresnet. The village of Moresnet
Book
ancient workings of turquois were located on the south slopes of the Ali-Mirsa-Kuh mountains near Nishapur...phosphorus handbook. Wiley. New York Moore PB (1982) Pegmatite minerals ofP(V) and B(III). Mineral Assoc Can...brecciated metamorphosed rock phosphate at Moculta, South Australia Optical constants: Not certain; low birefringence...03(30), 1.928(30) Ref: Newberry NG, Essene EJ, Peacor DR (1981) Am Miner 66: 1050-1053 AUuaudite Series (includes...Mode of Occurrence: Occurs in large masses in pegmatite at several mines in the Custer-Pringle area, Custer
Book
England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne 3205 Victoria, Australia Nelson Canada...Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D(.= 2.646, VIIIA 10...orange-brown. Alcatore Creek, Eastern Otago, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. H= 6, Djj4= 3.48, D(,= 3.47...Pearly colorless. Moculta quarry, Angaston (near), South Australia, Australia. H= 2, Djn=?, 0^= 2.15, VHD...AlTh(U02)7(P04)402(0H)5 ‱ I5H2O, E Trie. Transparent yellow. Kobokobo, Kivu, Zaire. H=?, Djjj= 3.9, D(;= 3.98, VHD 21.
Book
Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle. Courtesy...rt 7 a Ml td ane me 2 = Te ier a desils - Beryl and Spodumene, Nuristan, Afghanistan Introduction...Consolidated Mines. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. Aheylite (Fe2*,Zn) Alg(PO,)4(OH)3Âź4H,0...discovery locality, at Akatore Creek, eastern Otago, South Island, New Zealand. H.H. Khoo In Read, P.B. & Reay...Adelaide, Australia. Moculta quarry, Angaston, South Australia, Australia. From Gk. allaktein, to change
Book
(Canada); Markku Lehtinen (Finland); Bob Smith (South Africa); and Jay Zaveri (India) gave help. Marcelle...marvelous green-fluorescing variety of fluorite, is a pegmatite at Amelia Courthouse, Virginia. In the vicinity...which fluoresces white or red. Middle States, South Excellent small crystals of the rare mineral leadhillite...green-fluorescing willemite from the Tres Hermanas Mountains south of Deming. Willemite fluorescing green and calcite...the Ambrosia Lake uranium district near Grants. South of Bingham are mines that contain fluorite, which
Book
(Canada); Markku Lehtinen (Finland); Bob Smith (South Africa); and Jay Zaveri (India) gave help. Marcelle...green-fluorescing vari- ety of fluorite, is a pegmatite at Amelia Courthouse, Virginia. In the vicinity...which fluoresces white or red. Middle States, South Excellent small crystals of the rare mineral leadhillite...green-fluorescing willemite from the Tres Hermanas Mountains south of Deming. Willemite fluorescing green and calcite...the Ambrosia Lake uranium district near Grants. South of Bingham are mines that contain fluorite, which
Book
magmatic or hydrothermal origins of elbaite in the pegmatite cavities; the mctamorphic or hydrothermal origins...information. This book is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Jaroslav "venek, who was of extraordinary influence...Mountains, Russia; from the Onvcrwacht mine, Bushveld, South Africa and Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Fine smaller...Canada. Fine specimens occurred in a Li-bearing pegmatite near Varutrask, Sweden. Stibarsen, 58 mm. Allin...minerals; also in pegmatites. As veinlcts in a pegmatite in Varutrask, Sweden. Cleavablc plates, up to
Report (issue)
Cover: The De Wet Shaft, Tsumeb mine (photograph by Dr Gabi Schneider, Geological Survey of Namibia) MINISTRY...Brabantite was first described from the Van der Made pegmatite on the farm Brabant 86, west of Etiro in the Kari...Silesia, Poland (Kucha, 1979); Olympic Dam prospect, South Australia (Mumme et al., 1988); West Caradon mine...mine, Cornwall (Lawrence , 1990); Iron Monarch, South Australia (Pring et al., 1990) and Alaska mine, Zimbabwe...reported from the Mount Bonnie mine, North­ ern Territory (England and Robinson, 1 988); Ashburton Downs
Book (edition)
Utah; (lower /eft) rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud...England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada...of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing...Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M. E., Ingram...Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It also occurs at various localities in Arizona, Idaho, South Dakota,
Book (edition)
England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada...of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing...Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M. E., Ingram...Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It also occurs at various localities in Arizona, Idaho, South Dakota,...California, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Jersey
Book (edition)
Pennsylvania, and from the Kobokobo quarry, near Kamituga, Dern. Rep. of Congo. EJM 23, 269-277, 2011. ...5.1(6) - 2.65(6) - 2.44(5). At Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. IMA 2010-029. Aleksandrovite KLi3CaSn...late-stage hydrothermal mineral in a syenite pegmatite at Tvedalen, Langesundsfjord, Vestfold, Norway...Intergrown in thaleniteM crystals from the NYF-pegmatite at Askagen quarry, Viirmland, Sweden, in tiny...and on mine dumps of the Lloyd mine, Burraga, New South Wales, Australia. AM 91, 261-269, 2006. Alum-K renamed
Book (edition)
Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C. Alan Pring: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Gunnar...10. India 11. South east Asia 12. Middle East 13. African Countries, from north to south 14. Oceania 15...15. Australia 16. Antarctica 17. South America The localities section includes a description of the...Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Isand South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia...Yukon States, Australia New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria
Book (volume)
yegorovite Na4[Si2O4(OH)2]2·7H2O from the Palitra pegmatite, Lovozero massif, Kola peninsula hydrated proton)...Locality: Ampanodiana North pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely Pegmatite Field, Andrembesoa Commune... Locality: Ministerskaya Yama Pit, Sarapulka pegmatite field (near Sarapulka village), Murzinka district...Be2(BO3)(OH,F) Locality: Fantaziya (Fantasy) pegmatite, Kukurt river, Eastern Pamir, Tajikistan. Description:... Hambergite Be2(BO3)(OH) Locality: Malkhan pegmatite field, Chita region, Transbaikal area, Eastern
Report (volume)
mainly at Hanford, Washington, and Savannah River, South Carolina. The total activity of this waste exceeds...plutonium in nature. J Am Chem Soc 73:3278-3283. Lovley DR, Phillips EJP, Gorby YA, Landau ER 1991 Microbial...Microbial reduction of uranium. Nature 350:413416 Lovley DR, Phillips EJP 1992 Reduction of uranium by Desulfovibrio...1987 Les phosphates d'uranyle et d'aluminium de Kobokobo IX. L'althupite AlTh(U0 2)[(U01) 3 0(0H)(PO.hh(OHh·...Minerals Robert Finch Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Avenue Argonne, Illinois 60439 Takashi Murakami
Book (edition)
Mineralogy, Museum of Geology South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Rapid City, South Dakota GEORGE ROBERT...of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing...Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Thompson, M. E., Ingram...(ferroactinolite), Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming (nephrite), South Dakota , Minnesota, Pennsylvania (byssolite), Vermont...Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; at Tsumeb , South West Africa; and at Laurium , Greece. Other occurrences
 
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