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


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Crandallite
Formula:CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Crandallite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:825205
Long-form Identifier:1:3:825205:0
GUID (UUID V4):cbfcb55e-71d9-4f2d-bcc2-f3c3f6d45da0
References
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Report (issue)
66–16.70 Z = [3] X-ray Powder Pattern: Kobokobo pegmatite, Congo. 2.95 (100), 3.51 (60), 5.70 (55), 2.187...21 1.96 14.51 Total 100.26 100.38 (1) Kobokobo pegmatite, Congo; adjusted to original total after deduction...Group: Crandallite group. Occurrence: pegmatite. An alteration product of thorian crandallite in a phosphate-rich...(Zaire). Name: In the Kobokobo pegmatite, Lusungu River district, Kivu Province, Congo For the wife of the...phosphate de thorium appartenant à la série de la crandallite. Bull. Soc. fr. Minéral., 95, 98–105 (in French
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bolivarite has been found in the Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Republic of Congo (Kinshasa). This amorphous mineral...4--5 H~O. Both known bolivarites from Spain and Congo contain abnormal amounts of U. The bright green...green mineral found in the pegmatite of Kobokobo, Kivu, Republic of Congo (Kinshasa), was determined...determination of this hydrated aluminium phosphate of Kobokobo, the mineral has been completely investigated...study it emerges that the so-called evansite of Kobokobo is in fact a bolivarite. Physical properties
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)
SrAl3 (PO4 )(PO3 OH)(OH)6 . Mineral Group: Crandallite group. Occurrence: In granite pegmatites; from...from the Rapid Creek-Big Fish River area, Yukon Territory, Canada. In Germany, large crystals from the Fuchsbau...Switzerland. From the Kobokobo pegmatite, Lusungu River district, Kivu Province, Congo (Zaire). In the Wigu...about 64 km south of Morogoro, Tanzania. From near Myponga Beach, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia.
Report (issue)
175–16.293 Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Wampewo pegmatite, Uganda. 2.938 (100), 2.173 (100), 1.888 (85)...55 Total 100.20 [100.00] 100.00 (1) Wampewo pegmatite, Uganda. (2) Restormel mine, Cornwall, England;...difference. (3) BiAl3 (PO4 )2 (OH)6 . Mineral Group: Crandallite group. Occurrence: A rare secondary mineral...replacing primary bismuth minerals. Association: Congo). Bismutite (Restormel mine, Cornwall, England);...Wampewo pegmatite, Gamba Hill, near Kampala, southwest Uganda. At Ngusa, and in the Kobokobo pegmatite, Lusungu
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
aluminium and thorium phosphate belonging to the crandallite series. 1368 L. VAN WAMBDKE All specimens...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
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 (article/letter/editorial)
June 2004, Vol. 68(3), pp. 489–497 Thorium in crandallite-group minerals: an example from a Devonian bauxite...Russia ABSTR ACT A Th-rich mineral of the crandallite group has been investigated from the weathering...intermediate between crandallite CaAl3H(PO4)2(OH)6, goyazite SrAl3H(PO4)2(OH)6, Th-crandallite and svanbergite...hematite inclusions on the crandallite grain surfaces. Th-rich crandallite may be the result of alteration...Fe2+ThSiO4(OH)2. K EY WORDS : bauxite, weathering, crandallite, woodhouseite, goyazite, svanbergite, florencite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phate de thorium appartenant )r la s6rie de la crandallite. Bull. Su. Franc. Mineral. Cristallogr. 95, 98-105...to 50 X 50 cm in schlieren of alkali granite pegmatite of the Khan-Bogdinskii massif, Mongolia; which...granite with xenoliths of acid volcanic rocks. The pegmatite consists of quartz, microcline, albite, aegirine...or], which may be compared to formulas for the crandallite grotp, Ao*B H,O and ls*Bg(PO*),(OH )", It "(PO*)...The mineral occurs in nodules in the Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Congo Republic (Kinshasa), associated with
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New South Wales, Australia, which is the type locality, and Reaphook Hill, Flinders Range, South Australia...endmember with Ca as the dominant element is crandallite, a much more common mineral, but it has not been...its presence was described in the Kobokobo pegmatite in the Congo. The La Paloma mine would be then,...rockbridgeite and frondellite, from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 73, 131-148... a new mineral from the Kobokobo pegmatite, Democratic Republic of the Congo. European Journal of Mineralogy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(8) Kobokobo pegmatite, Democratic Republic of Congo Kuttakuzhi, Kerala, India Kobokobo pegmatite, Democratic...Democratic Republic of Congo Gooddays mine, Mutoko Districk, Zimbabwe (9) (10) (11) (12) Silicates Ciprianiite...(1987) Les phosphates d’uranyle et d’aluminium de Kobokobo. IX. L’althupite, AlTh(UO2)[(UO2)3O(OH)(PO4)2]2(OH)3·15H2O...phosphate de thorium appartenant à la série de la crandallite. Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the type locality, as well as from the LCA pegmatite in North Carolina, USA, and Fumade, Tarn, France...kobokoboite and afmite, with lesser amounts of crandallite. As there is no matulaite on any of the existing...Germany, A. R. KAMPF ET AL. and in the LCA pegmatite, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA. Since that...piece we found only afmite coated in places with crandallite, CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·H2O. We next investigated ten...and two crandallite. We also checked three specimens labelled ‘‘matulaite’’ from the LCA pegmatite and determined
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 (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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the north; and Zurich, Switzerland, in the south. The mine gained fame because of the numerous minerals...arsenate arsenogoyazite, both members of the crandallite group, were first described by Walenta and Dunn...sulfate-bearing strontium-iron phosphate, a member of the crandallite group, was described first by Walenta in 1996...from the Clara mine, the Kobokobo pegmatite in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the La Paloma mine...Weise. ———. 1996. Benauite, a new mineral of the crandallite group from the Clara mine. Chemie der Erde 56:171
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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.
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,
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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
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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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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
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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
Report (volume)
.... .................................. 355 Crandallite group .........................................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·
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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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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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