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Mottramite from
Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Mottramite
Formula:PbCu(VO4)(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mottramite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:985358
Long-form Identifier:1:3:985358:4
GUID (UUID V4):f5d3396d-c5fe-480d-915a-26845596a0f5
Nearest other occurrences of Mottramite
8.2km (5.1 miles) Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
18.8km (11.7 miles) Mutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
References
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corresponds to a bismuth- and calcium-bearing mottramite; the empirical formula of the type material is...crystal structure, discreditation, duhamelite, mottramite, microprobe analyses. Introduction Duhamelite...acicular crystals at Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo (Deliens 1987, Lhoest et al. 1991). In addition...al. 1992), the Rubicon mine, Namibia (Blass & Wittern 1994), the Dioptas mine, Omaue, Kao- Duhamelite...South Australia (Pring et al. 2000), the old cobalt mine of Tignousa superieur near St.-Luc, Val d’Anniviers
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that is popular with collectors is that of the copper minerals. This attractive and challengingly large...wellformed crystals, and exciting localities. Among the copper silicates are such aesthetic minerals as dioptase...an excellent lapidary material. Shattuckite, a copper silicate that represents all three of these attributes...few millimeters in length. It is orthorhombic (2/ Dr. Rob Bowell, a consultant geochemist in the mining...minerals formed in the oxide zone of mineral deposits. Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor of Rocks & Minerals
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which time they were correctly identified as a copper silicate and described as a new mineral by several...finely crystalline massive aggregates. Dioptase is a copper silicate hydroxide with a formula of Cu6(Si60,...restricted in its occurrence to the oxidation zones of copper-bearing deposits in arid climates. Associated secondary...1994). Similarly, it is reported from the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922)....planchtite is described in ore from the Algomah mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan (Williams 1962). In
Catalog/List
messqe 07791 63 ◄3 61 1 COBALTOAN CALCITE Mashamba West Mine, Shaba, Zaire. Crystals to 9mm. 48x30x17mm...48x30x17mm. £48 2 BRAZILIANITE Tefirio Mine, Linopolis, Divno das Laranjelras, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Very gemmy...£28 6 CUPRIAN AOAMITE on 7 ORPIMENT MOTTRAMITE Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 70x33x30mm. £48 Luchuml...balls to 5mm. 30x29x18mm. £55 9 FLUORITE Okurusu Mine, Namibia. Gemmy green/purple crystals to 18mm.Hlghest...72x60x53mm. £95 10 CALCITE, FLUORITE & BARITE Jaimina Mine, Caravia, Spain. Calcite crystals to 32mm. Fluorite
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row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler...Carol & Karl Warning James & Charelle Webb Scott West & Laurence Dempsey Jonathan & Kathleen Woolley
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cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical choice for... And in fact, a group of fourth graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded...difference between native copper and copper ore composed of many different copper-containing minerals (e...mining industry support) to propose designating copper as the official State metal rather than mineral
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D. Grice Famous mineral localities: the Mashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire .............................Lhoest, G. J. Gauthier & V. T. King The Fat Jack mine, Yavapai County, Arizona .........................the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates ......................................malachite on chrysocolla, from the M ashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire. Sorbonne collection, Paris: photo...Glossary o f Mineral Species. For the 1991 edition, Dr. Joseph A. M andarino (Chairman o f the I.M .A .’s
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Coordinators Eastern U.S. Charles &Marcelle Weber 1172 West Lake Ave. Guilford, CT 06437 Subscriptions • Individuals...crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection...British Mineralogy, which includes 550 hand-colored copper-plate engravings of British mineral specimens....stratified upper Precambrian rocks containing copper and cobalt ores, with other metals associated locally...width. It extends from the town of Kolwezi in the west to the city of Lubumbashi in the east. We will refer
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Rhodochrosite- Marc & Janis Countiss collection, page 76; Copper-Paul Bordovsky collection, page 33; Elbaite-Jeremy...1889 he embarked on a 10-week collecting trip out West which took him through Texas, where he visited the...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than
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Fine Mineral Show at The Denver Marriott West 1717 Denver West Blvd. • Golden, CO 80401 (Ukrainian Institute...collection, a lot of it collected when the Tsumeb Mine (as well as other mines of the region) were still...1958 to 1973, including: Angola, Basutoland, South-West Africa, Swaziland, South Africa, Rhodesia, and Mozambique...engineering work took him to the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia. This mine is renowned for producing what are arguably... SESSION ONE MINERALS 57001 Azurite Level 8, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia If the attachment
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5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...5x2x1", £10.00 6. ANDRADITE GARNET. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devonshire. A vitreous brownishgreen...25x5/8", £15.00 12. ANDRADITE/URALITE. Cornwall Iron Mine, Lebanon Co, Colorado, U.S.A. Lustrous coffee­ brown...APATITE (Var: Francolite) - Holmbush Form. Holmbush Mine, Nr. Callington, East Cornwall. Vuggy Quartz/Chloritic... APATITE (Var: Francolite). Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Calstock, Cornwall. Pale coloured, fine textured
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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 .. ................. .............................rict. Those mines had been worked for si lver and cobalt for hundreds of years, and by the early part of...Peach Bottom and Fort St. Vrain in the US; Dragon project at Winfrith, UK; and Kimini near Kalpakkam, India
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by R. Z. Kothavala Rare minerals of the Kombat mine, Namibia ................................ 421 by....439 by S. Petrussenko Minerals of the Beltana mine, Puttapa, South A ustralia 449 by P. Elliot Columns...associated minerals; Mich. attend shows where you can Copper Country Minerals see our stock. You’ll enjoy seeing...ichigan 49930 (906) 482-9560 Michigan native copper; mine owner; wholesale, retail 411 Museum o f Geological...Geological Sciences, V.P.I. Curator: Dr. Susan C. Eriksson Tel: (703) 231-6029 2062 Derring Hall Virginia
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COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...Treasure of Butte Hill and Development of the Great Copper Industry” by C. P. Connolly in McClure’s Magazine...species have been recorded from Butte. Specimens of copper sulfides and sulfosalts like bornite, chalcocite...the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes . . . the holes, some...located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote a trainee miner, Jerry Dolph, concerning
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602-299-5274 Promotions Manager Sue Jones 1601 Fairview Dr., Suite C Carson City, NV 89701 702-883-2598 Bookstore...Bookstore Marilee Chiriia, Manager 1601 Fairview Dr., Suite C Carson City, NV 89701 702-883-2598 Subscriptions........ 13 by R. B. Gibbs The Stephenson-Bennett mine ..................................................from a single locality: smithsonite from the Kelly mine. Probably ever since the 1860’s, when “Old Hutch”...prepare one for us; it covers not just the Kelly mine but the Mag­ dalena district as a whole. This is
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reduction of the primary minerals (the origin of native copper and native silver under the reduction conditions...information. This book is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Jaroslav "venek, who was of extraordinary influence...Elements Copper Copper, 42 mm, Cornwall, UK Cu CUBIC e e e e e Properties: C - light pink to copper-red...massive. Origin and occurrence: Primary hydrothermal copper is mainly related to basic igneous rocks; it is...minerals. The largest accumulations of primary copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular, Lake Superior,
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calcite d. exchange of all components; e.g., native copper after aragonite 4. Perimorphs; e.g., quartz after...categories are somewhat different and less inclusive than Dr. Strunz’s. In the fourth edition (Dana, 1854), Dana...and a half ago. a. Loss of a constituent; e.g., copper after cuprite or azurite b. Gain of a constituent;...to be a complex mixture of mostly rare secondary copper minerals (Nassau et al., 1987). 5. Replacement...(Landmesser, 1995, 1998). b. Replacement; e.g., native copper after aragonite from Corocoro, Bolivia. 6. Encrustation
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M ontreal Mine! L L The Mineralogical Record MAY–JUNE 2020 • VOLUME 51 • NUMBER 3 • $25 & Wayne...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAY–JUNE 2020 Articles The Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin ........................... 487 COVER: BARITE, 6.5 cm, from the Montreal mine. David and Karen DeBruin collection, ex Muscatine...Richard A. Olsen (2013–2020) James W. Hird (2013–2020) Dr. Nikolas Golosow (2013–2019) The Schick Family (2014–2020)...well as articles in the Mineralogical Record (“Copper Country microminerals” in 1983 and “Photomacrography
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reduction of the primary minerals (the origin of native copper and native silver under the reduction conditions...information. This book is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Jaroslav "venek, who was of extraordinary influence...Elements Copper. 42 mm. Cornwall, UK Copper Cu CUBIC • • • • • Properties: C light pink to copper-red...minerals. The largest accumulations of primary copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular. Lake Superior,...2in) also occur there, as do calcite crystalwith copper inclusions. Superb supergene coppercrystals come
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Coordinators Eastern U.S. Charles & Marcelle Weber 1172 West Lake Ave. Guilford, CT 06437 Subscriptions • Individuals...Moore Phosphate minerals from the Leveaniemi iron mine, Svappavaara, Sweden .............................Hollabaugh Laueite from Hagendorf-Siid andthe Palermo mine ................. 363 by L. C. Pitman New data...to present a paper, please write imme­ diately to Dr. Karen Wenrich, Chairman (U.S.G.S., Mail Stop 905...rent it to outside parties for $500 per day. Contact Dr. Ben K. Sternberg, director of the university’s Laboratory
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Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...(Weibel, 1980). The Maderanertal drainage flows west-southwest from a mountain massif to join the Reuss...medium-submetallic luster (Jahn et al., 2003). NAMIBIA [SOUTH-WEST AFRICA] Erongo Mountains, Damaraland. The igneous
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crystals on matrix, 17.2 cm, from the N’Chwaning I mine, collected in 1978. Private collection and photographer...Maria Schreiber (2013–2017) Sandor Fuss (2008–2016) Dr. Nikolas Golosow (2013–2016) SENIOR FELLOWS Mike...Show and Riverpark Inn Rhodochrosite, Sweet Home Mine, USA, 10 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger MARCUS BUDIL... Chrysocolla on Malachite Mashamba West Mine Democratic Republic of Congo 26 cm - Joe Budd Photo Online...mineral shows worldwide! Rhodochrosite - Sweet Home Mine, Colorado - 13cm | Brazilianite - Minas Gerais,
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Andreas Fault), or pass beneath one another (e.g., west coast of South America). rising granitic magma...P L AT E 8 Chalcopyrite and Calcite. Groundhog mine, Vanadium, New Mexico. 4 x 5 cm. Thesecrystals formed...deposits Igneous rocks Metamorphic rocks Porphyry copper deposits Pegmatites Precipitation from Aqueous...I ( o p p o s i t e ) Elbaite. Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala, California. i o-cm crystals. The dramatic...such as iron, manganese, chromium, vanadium, or copper, but it is their major element constituents that
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Geonieuws in Belgium. The specimen itself is owned by Dr. Henri Dillen. CALCITE COLLECTORS The International...circulating a newsletter. Interested parties should contact Dr. Morton Metersky, 725 Cheryl Drive, Warminster, PA...emphasis or clarity, and (d) proper names, e.g., mine levels. 8. Credits. Caption data for specimen photos...the New Nevada mine in Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico and legrandite from the Ojuela mine in Mapimi, Durango...the Sar Francisco mine in Sonora, the Veracruz amethyst locality, and the sulfur mine in Baja. He was a
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find a pegmatite a “half-mile” from the Palermo mine, in New Hampshire. It was originally identified...removal or partial change of some reference points (mine dumps, for example), or all simple reference points...unwise in this instance. Small quarry owners and mine operators are, for the most part, unfamiliar with...fund-raiser for us as well as a literature-reclamation project. We appreciate very much the donations we are receiving...you wish to present a paper, please write or call Dr. Carl A. Francis, Chairman (Harvard Mineralogical
 
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