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


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Ranunculite
Formula:HAl(UO2)(PO4)(OH)3 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Apatite1 photo of Ranunculite associated with Apatite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ranunculite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:9440
Long-form Identifier:1:3:9440:5
GUID (UUID V4):5fdc66d3-9a15-4697-8546-6024f5e3f373
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Ranunculite Crystal Data: Monoclinic, pseudo-orthorhombic (?). Point Group: n.d. As nodules, to 1 mm...17.7 c = 18.0 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kobokobo pegmatite, Congo. 9.00 (100b), 3.133 (80), 4.70 (50), 2...75 9.88 20.95 Total 97.9 100.00 (1) Kobokobo pegmatite, Congo; by electron microprobe, H20 by TGAj corresponds...o4H20. (2) HAI(U02)P04(OHh o4H20. Occurrence: pegmatite. A rare secondary mineral in the oxidized uraniferous...(Zaire). Name: phosphuranylite, From the Kobokobo pegmatite, For resemblance phuralumite, zone of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurring at the Kobokobo pegmatite in the Sud-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo; its structure...2013). The Kobokobo pegmatite in the Sud-Kivu Province (western Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa) (Safiannikoff...the U-bearing quartz– albite–muscovite pegmatite. This pegmatite is a typelocality for twelve actinide-bearing...have been conducted, structures of many of the Kobokobo type minerals remain unknown. Results of a study...kamitugaite crystals growing in a fissure. Kobokobo pegmatite, specimen no. RMG13986, Royal Museum for
Report (issue)
98(5) c = 13.76 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kobokobo pegmatite, Congo. 7.80 (100), 3.37 (70), 3.87 (60), 3.06...33 10.71 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Kobokobo pegmatite, Congo; by electron microprobe, average of four...of a complex granite pegmatite. Association: Phuralumite, upalite, ranunculite, threadgoldite, eylettersite...(Zaire). From the Kobokobo pegmatite, Lusungu River district, Kivu Province, Congo Name: Honors Professor...(1981) Les phosphates d’uranyle et d’aluminium de Kobokobo. V. La mundite, nouveau minéral. Bull. Minéral
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...zoned 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)
β = 92.0(1)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Kobokobo pegmatite, Congo (fully hydrated). 10.80 (100), 11.69 (80)...90 Total [100.0] [100.0] 100.00 (1) Kobokobo pegmatite, Congo; by electron microprobe, average of five...Al3 (UO2 )(PO4 )3 (OH)2 • 13H2 O. Occurrence: pegmatite. A rare secondary mineral in the oxidized uraniferous...Furongite, ranunculite, phosphosiderite. Distribution: (Zaire). From the Kobokobo pegmatite, Lusungu...Lusungu River district, Kivu Province, Congo Name: Honors Professor Jules Moreau (1931– ), Belgian mineralogist
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...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)
](OH)3(H2O)9, from the Kobokobo pegmatite (Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo), was refined from single...crystal structure, aluminium, uranyl phosphate, Kobokobo, formula revision Received: 20 December, 2016;...quartz–albite–muscovite pegmatite of Kobokobo, situated in the region of Kivu in the western Democratic...Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This pegmatite is the type-locality for twelve actinides- and aluminium-bearing...metavanmeersscheite, moreautite, mundite, phuralumite, ranunculite, threadgoldite, triangulite, upalite and vanmeersscheite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
43 MAGAZINE NUMBER 327 SEPTEMBER I979 Ranunculite, A1H(UO2)(PO4)(OH)3 94H20, a new mineral I M~CHEL...l'Universit6, B 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium SUMMARY. Ranunculite occurs as gold-yellow nodules. Mean diameter...Formula: A1H(UO2XPO4)(OH)3-4H20. Ranunculite occurs at Kobokobo, Kivu, Zaire, in pegmatitic rocks. The...(ranunculus = buttercup). RANUNCULITE has been found at K o b o k o b o (Kivu, Zaire). The mineral occurs...occurs in uranium-rich portions of a pegmatite mainly worked for beryl and columbite. Meta-autunite, phosphuranylite
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 first...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...largest beryllium deposits in the world. This pegmatite has produced a huge amount of beryl, columbite, cassiterite...description of the different zones of the Kobokobo pegmatite has been provided by Safiannikoff & van Wambeke
Journal (issue)
Type Mineralogy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo................................................... Hickox, Jr. Wally Mann Keith and Diane Brownlee Dr. Nikolas Golosow William B. (Bill) Wray Herb & Monika...plumbogummite specimens, both lie nearly 40 km to the south (as the crow flies). HISTORY The Laohuan “mine”...COLLECTIONS OF Kurt Hefendehl Jack Halpern Dr. Gene Meieran Dr. Steve Smale Dr. Vasco Trancoso Bill and Anne Cook...naturalists settled and circulated around on the south bank of the Seine in Paris, in the present-day
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 (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
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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.
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Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle. Courtesy...Consolidated Mines. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. Aheylite (Fe2*,Zn) Alg(PO,)4(OH)3®4H,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...after Alabanda, a town in Caria, an ancient country south of the Meander River in SW Asia Minor, from whence
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
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composition of the potassic rocks from Roccamonfina (South Italy). Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 47,1980,91-101...1981,85-92. 65. Cortini M. Aeolian island arc (South Tyrrhenian sea) magma heterogeneities in historical...intrusive Basic extrusive Ultrabasic Alkaline Silicic pegmatite Uranium, ppm 1-6 2-7 0,3-2 0,2-4 0,001-0.03 0...Quartz-pebble conglomerate deposits are a major exception. *©Dr. C. E. Nichols 1984. Sedimentary host rocks Sandstones...Carbonate Skarn Tuff Igneous Granite Migmatite Pegmatite The sandstones of deltas are also typical\y oxidized
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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,
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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
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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
 
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