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Marthozite from
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Marthozite
Formula:Cu2+(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2 · 8H2O
Colour:olive green
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Guilleminiteⓘ10 photos of Marthozite associated with Guilleminite at this locality.
Malachiteⓘ9 photos of Marthozite associated with Malachite at this locality.
Digeniteⓘ4 photos of Marthozite associated with Digenite at this locality.
Derriksiteⓘ2 photos of Marthozite associated with Derriksite at this locality.
Demesmaekeriteⓘ1 photo of Marthozite associated with Demesmaekerite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ1 photo of Marthozite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marthozite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (57 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20298
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20298:1
GUID (UUID V4):98f9bf69-9f33-4bda-8fd9-ef7377475daf
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo ........... 6.6 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)...and on the best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Musonoi Cu-Co-Mn-U mine, near Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Democratic Republic of Congo A. C. ROBERTS1...from the Musonoi Cu-Co-Mn-U mine, near Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Additional...oosterboschite(?), unnamed Pd2HgSe3 and cerussite. At Musonoi, altered verbeekite grains do not exceed 200 mm...honours Dr Théodore Verbeek (1927 1991) who was the first geoscientist to study the Musonoi palladium...palladium mineralization in the Democratic Republic of Congo (1955 1967) and who co-discovered this new mineral
Report (issue)
Marthozite CU(U02)302(Se4+03)2·SH20. Crystal Data: Orthorhombic. Point Group: mm2. Crystals, to 4 mm...6.9879(4) Z =4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Musonoi mine, Congo. 8.23 (FFF), 3.09 (FFF), 3.22 (FF), 2.900...Total 99.2 100.00 U03 Se02 CuO (1) Musonoi Extension mine, Congo; H20 by the Penfield method., partially...Distribution: From the Musonoi Co-Cu mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire)...Director of the Union Miniere de Haut-Katanga, Congo. Type Material: University of Pierre and Marie Curie
Report (issue)
= 6.9879(4) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Musonoi mine, Congo. 8.23 (FFF), 3.09 (FFF), 3.22 (FF), 2.900...10 11.06 Total 99.2 100.00 (1) Musonoi Extension mine, Congo; H2 O by the Penfield method., partially...Distribution: From the Musonoi Co–Cu mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire)...Director of the Union Minière de Haut-Katanga, Congo. Type Material: University of Pierre and Marie Curie...Pierrot (1969) Une nouvelle espèce minérale: la marthozite. Uranyl-sélénite de cuivre hydraté. Bull.
Report (issue)
c = 7.084(1) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Musonoi mine, Congo. 8.39 (F), 7.29 (F), 3.55 (mF), 6.68 (m)... (3) 17.24 66.65 11.91 4.20 100.00 (1) Musonoi mine, Congo; H2 O by the Penfield method. (2) Do.; by...deposit (Musonoi mine, Congo). Association: Malachite, cuprosklodowskite, kasolite, marthozite, derriksite...wulfenite (Musonoi mine, Congo). Distribution: From the Musonoi Cu–Co mine, near Kolwezi, and at Shinkolobwe...Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). Name: Honors Dr. Claude Guillemin (1923–1994)
Book
senior administrator (e.g. cattierite, cousinite, marthozite, sengierite). The last decennia names of a colleague...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...Province, the Lualaba Province and the Haut-Loma mi Province. What formerly was called the Bas-Congo Province...abbreviated (B = Belgium; D.R. Congo = Democratic Republic of the Congo; F = France). 4. The biographical
Journal (issue)
crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection...great mineralized areas. Locality names such as Musonoi and Shinkolobwe are today famous fo r some o f...nearly 50 km in width. It extends from the town of Kolwezi in the west to the city of Lubumbashi in the east...outside the Shaba Crescent, as does the large Kipushi mine, which has yielded lead, zinc, silver, copper, cadmium...to Shaba about 20 years ago, after the Belgian Congo became Zaire in 1960. “ Shaba” means “copper” in
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 .. ................. .............................uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SELENIDES OF THE MUSONOÏ MINE, KOLWEZI, KATANGA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Cassian PIRARD and FrĂ©dĂ©ric...“2400’” of the MusonoĂŻ Extension mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, has provided new insights into...digenite–berzelianite solid solution, MusonoĂŻ mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. Sommaire Une Ă©tude de la minĂ©ralisation...l’Ecaille “2400” de la mine de MusonoĂŻ Extension, Katanga, RĂ©publique DĂ©mocratique du Congo, a permis d’acquĂ©rir...responsable de la minĂ©ralisation exceptionnelle de la mine de MusonoĂŻ, s’exprime par la cristallisation prĂ©coce
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
viewpoint, the five most complex Se minerals are marthozite, Cu(UO2 )3 (SeO3 )2 O2 ·8H2 O (744.5 bits/cell);...hydration states (marthozite and mandarinoite), high topological complexity (marthozite, mandarinoite, carlosruizite...are structural analogues or close species of marthozite, mandarinoite, and carlosruizite that do not...low-temperature hydrothermal environments (as marthozite, mandarinoite, and carlosruizite) or from mild...most[bits/cell] complex Se mineral known so40.0 far is marthozite, 3)2O2·8H 2O, first * m = number of minerals
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)
Pb2 Cu5 [(UO2 )2 (SeO3 )6 (OH)6 ](H2 O)2 [2], marthozite, Cu[(UO2 )3 (SeO3 )2 O2 ](H2 O)8 [3], derriksite...localities. First, these are Musonoi and Shinkolobwe mines in DR Congo [6], two of the minerals were...were only found in the Repete mine (San Juan County, Utah, USA) [5], and a few more occurrences in Europe...originate from the Musonoi, DR Congo. The samples of haynesite originate from the Repete mine, Utah, UT, USA...zone of the copper-cobalt deposit of Musonoi (Katanga, DR Congo). The first mineral was named after the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
world. Those are, primarily, Musonoi and Shinkolobwe in DR Congo, Repete mine in Utah (USA), ZĂĄlesĂ­ deposit...La Creusaz U prospect in Switzerland, and Eureka mine in Spain (Lussier et al. 2016; Gurzhiy et al. 2019a)...2(SeO 3) 6(OH) 6](H 2O) 2 (Cesbron et al. 1965), marthozite, Cu[(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2] (H 2O) 8 (Cesbron et al...stability of guilleminite (Pierrot et al. 1965), marthozite (Cesbron et al. 1969), derriksite www.jgeosci...sample 6111). The sample originates from the Musonoi, DR Congo. 2.2. Chemical composition Small pieces of
Catalog/List
9 cm - 9 x 12 cm ... $15.00 AgCI , Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill , New South Wales. 10 x 5 x 4 cm matrix...MALACHITE, . . . $120.00 AESCHYNITE-Y Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba , Zaire. ‱82834 (a) Excellent green...specimens set attractively for display.) Hillveit Mine , Setesdal District, Norway. (a) Large (4.2 x 1.... . . . . . . . . . . . $750.00 MARTHOZITE Musonoi Mine , Kolwezi , Shaba , Zaire. Exceptional triangular...triangular, yellow-green terminated marthozite crystals to 3 mm in 1.6 cm vug. Very rich association of yellow
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(2001) STRUCTURE TOPOLOGY AND HYDROGEN BONDING IN MARTHOZITE, Cu2+[(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2](H2O)8, A COMPARISON WITH...2N2, Canada ABSTRACT The crystal structure of marthozite, Cu2+ [(UO2)3 (SeO3)2 O2] (H2O)8, a 6.9879(4)...any cation. The principal differences between marthozite and guilleminite involve the interlayer species...respect to the chain of (UOn) polyhedra, whereas in marthozite, the Cu2+ atom is located off the pseudomirror...cations results in an intersheet separation in marthozite that is nearly 1 Å greater than that in guilleminite
Catalog/List
Gabon and Shaba, Zaire (then Katanga, Belgian Congo). Mr. Gilbert Gauthier, a noted mining engineer...of the Mine" collection, assembled as a museum display in the offices of the Shinkolobwe mine, was ordered... CUPROSKLODOWSKITE, META-VANURALITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Zaire Very attractive emerald-green................. $200.00 GUILLEMINITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba , Zaire Yellow to yellow-green crystalline...many other guilleminite coated areas. Some minor marthozite cleavages and massive wulfenite . ‱ 83B13 ..
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NEW MINERAL 19?O NAMES Mrcnal'r, FrnrscnBn Marthozite l'aernN Crsnnolr, R. Oosrrnsoscn er.ro RorlNo...Prnrror (1969). Une nouvelle espece minerale: la marthozite, uranylselenite de cuivre hydrate. Bu.ll,. Soc...mineral dissolves in HNOI (1+ 1) and in dilute HCl. Marthozite occurs in millimeter-size crystals, flattened...yellow-brown, I greenish-yellow. Marthozite occurs in the zone of oxidation of the Musonoi deposit, Katanga, Africa
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)
Chemical weathering [2] 13 Dunn et al. (1978) Marthozite Cu(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2·8H2O Chemical weathering...*Remarks: 1 – Cerro de Cacheuta Mine, Mendoza, Argentina; 2 – Virgen de Surumi mine, PotosĂ­ Department, Bolivia;...Bolivia; 3 – El DragĂłn mine, PotosĂ­ Department, Bolivia; 4 – Iron Monarch open cut, South Australia; 5 –...Baccu Locci Mine, Sardinia, Italy; 7 – Musonoi Mine, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (ZaĂŻre);...Shinkolobwe Mine, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (ZaĂŻre); 9 – Repete Mine, Utah, USA;
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. ... .. ... .. .. ................ .. .... . 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...vvastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...Saskatchewan, is the world's largest high-grade uraniu1n mine. The ore from that ,nine is crushed and treated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phosphuranylite anion-topology, as found in the minerals marthozite and guilleminite. Compound 6 contains a novel...Frondel 1958), as well as the interaction of uranium mine and mill workings with the environment (e.g., Buck...selenium and uranium at the Musonoi mine in Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo (Pirard & Hatert 2008) and...and at the Repete mine in Utah (Chukanov et al. 2004, Deliens & Piret 1991). We are interested in investigating...Hawthorne (2001) also reported the structure of marthozite, which is the slightly more hydrated Cu equivalent
Catalog/List
2H2O_______ _______________ Pale cream ___ Brosso ~ Mine ‱‱‱‱'■‱ ,ivrea,Italy__________________________________..._____ Colourless (H3O)2Cu2+(UO2j2(SiO4)2.2H2O Musonoi,Shaba,Zaire Green ' ’ CuBiS2 __ Gallenbachtal.Schwarzwald...--__- ___ -Fe2+23AI4(PO4)4(OH)6.2H2O_" _ Cordon Mine,Hamton,Ne^da,USA 2 2~ZT ~CdS_____ __________ ._______...Prespect.Near Copper Harbour,Michigan,USA ’“ * 28 MARTHOZITE 29 MINAMIITE M__________ _30 MINIU i 31 [lMISERITE________...[lMISERITE________ _____ TonopahBelmqnt Mine,Maricopa County, Arizona, USA SELADONITE _________ Slaettartindur
Report (issue)
white areas). Sample is from the Buckskin National Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada. Photograph by Peter Vikre...............................................Q26 Mine Waste Characteristics.............................1989). The total U.S. supply was always higher than mine production during this period, with a high of 831...as indicated in fig Q3.) The difference between mine production and total supply was owing to the refineries’...of selenium-rich high-grade ores from the Horne Mine at Noranda, Quebec, Canada; by 1950, Canada’s production
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Greenish-blue hexagonal crystals from the Bou-Skour copper mine, Jebel Sarho, Ourzazate, Morocco, have the composition...occurring as an intergrowth with djurleite at the Ani mine, Akita, Japan, in prismatic or platy crystals closely...on a few specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona. Named for its discoverer...fine-grained lead-grey aggregates from the North Lily mine, East Tintic district, Utah; orthorhombic. Named...nodules in anhydrite rock in the Cane Creek potash mine, Moab, Grand County, Utah; 956 M.H. HEY formula
Book (volume)
Institute of Earth Sciences’ ScientiïŹc Committee. Dr. Gurzhiy graduated from St. Petersburg State University...uranium and transuranium elements, and biominerals. Dr. Gurzhiy is a full member of the Russian Mineralogical...peer-reviewed journal articles and several book chapters. Dr. Gurzhiy has been honored with several awards, including...Pb2 Cu5 [(UO2 )2 (SeO3 )6 (OH)6 ](H2 O)2 [2], marthozite, Cu[(UO2 )3 (SeO3 )2 O2 ](H2 O)8 [3], Crystals...localities. First, these are Musonoi and Shinkolobwe mines in DR Congo [6], two of the minerals were
 
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