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Schmitterite from
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Schmitterite
Formula:(UO2)(TeO3)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schmitterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:130804
Long-form Identifier:1:3:130804:4
GUID (UUID V4):fb0ee480-2d92-4a6c-8af6-25d9b30c68ab
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection,...ince the days o f Stanley and Livingstone, Shaba (Katanga) has been known as one o f the world’s great mineralized...mineralized areas. Locality names such as Musonoi and Shinkolobwe are today famous fo r some o f the finest and...outside the Shaba Crescent, as does the large Kipushi mine, which has yielded lead, zinc, silver, copper, cadmium...province was changed from Katanga to Shaba about 20 years ago, after the Belgian Congo became Zaire in 1960
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 .. ................. .............................minerals is broad and deep; it covers a lot of territory and many years of scientific studies as well as...uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was
Report (issue)
(UO2 )Te4+ O3 Schmitterite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...deposit (Moctezuma mine, Mexico); in the oxidized zone of a uranium deposit (Shinkolobwe, Congo). Association:...“limonite” (Moctezuma mine, Mexico); uraninite, siegenite, vaesite (Shinkolobwe, Congo). Distribution: From...From the Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine, 12 km south of Moctezuma, and at the San Miguel prospect, 10 km northwest...northwest of the Moctezuma mine, Sonora, Mexico. From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on kasolite from Shinkolobwe, DRC; (b) chervetite on francevillite from Mounana mine, Gabon. Field of...chervetite mounanaite moctezumite moctezumite schmitterite schmitterite ‘Age’ (ka) Error (ka, 2σ) Locality**...Eva mine, Northern Territory, Australia Ranger U mine, Northern Territory, Australia Ranger U mine, Northern...Northern Territory, Australia Ranger U mine, Northern Territory, Australia Sleisbeck U mine, Northen Territory...Territory, Australia Musonoi mine, Shaba, DRC Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba, DRC Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba, DRC
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Centric or acentric crystal structure for natural schmitterite, UTeO5? New evidence from a crystal from the...Springer-Verlag 2007 Editorial handling: P. Spry Summary Schmitterite, UTeO5, was found in a sample of the mineralogical...University of Florence. The sample is from the Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico and the mineral occurs...very rare crystals associated with emmonsite. Schmitterite is orthorhombic, space group Pca21, with the...outlined. Introduction Schmitterite, UTeO5, was found at the Moctezuma mine (Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico)
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...carlfriesite, cliffordite, moctezumite, poughite, schmitterite, and sonoraite. To facilitate this work, Richard...influenced his life’s work. Toward the end of 1966, Dr. Arthur Montgomery, chairman of the geology department
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
concentration* ~ (wI%) Age .2 (10 9 a) Wilberforce Shinkolobwe Morogoro Schwartzwalder Orphan Ontario, Canada...13OTe/ 124Te Terrestrialstandard Wilberforce Shinkolobwe Schwaltzwalder Orphan 0.20280_+0.00035 n.a....lO4Rtl/lOORu Terrestrialstandard 0.14766+0.00016 Shinkolobwe 0.14807_+0.00055 Morogoro 0.14802+0.00061 1...IO9Ag/ IOTAg Terrestrial standard Wilberforce Shinkolobwe Schwartzwalder Orphan 0.9221 0.9223 0.9216 0...Concentrations (ppb) of Te and Ag Ag Wilberforce 624 Shinkolobwe Schwartzwalder Orphan 387 62.6 320 Te 60.5
Book
. ... .. ... .. .. ................ .. .... . 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...vast and deep; it PHOTO CREDITS covers a lot of territory (and languages) and many years of Maps were prepared...vvastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical
Book
Cette Exposition est placee sous le Haut Patron de Monsieur Hubert Curien, Ministre de la Recherche...quelques uns des premiers cristaux sur roche de la Mine Premier en Afrique du Sud (sur kimberlite alteree...Une nagyagite {mine d'or arsenicale de Nagyag) s'est payee 122 livres ; une proustite {mine d'argent rouge...a 72 livres a !'exception d'un "grand plateau de mine de plomb verte de Fribourg" paye 300 livres ! Le...livres. Il est precise qu'un "superbe morceau de mine d'antimoine en aiguilles qui reflechissent les plus
Book (edition)
co-author, teacher, mentor, colleague and friend, Dr. Joseph A. Mandarino. -Malcolm E. Back Fleischer's...they are: Dr. Peter Bayliss, Dr. Ernst A.J. Burke, Dr. Anton and hakhmouradian,Robert Gault, Dr. Julian...LÄszl6 HorvÄth, Dr. Uwe Kolitsch, Locock,Gaspare Malet.to,Dr. Roger Mitchell, Renato Pagano. Dr. Ole Petersen...Robert Ramik,Andy Roberts, hallit, Dr. Chris Stanley,Tony Steede and Dr. ThomasWitzke. upport and encouragementof...Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and weathering of uranium deposits, as well as the mine and mill tailings that result from resource utilization...described by Brophy & Kerr (1953) from the Freedom No. 2 mine in Marysvale, Utah, with the formula UO2MoO4‱4H2O...Appleman (1957) examined samples from the Lucky Mc mine, Wyoming, and reported a monoclinic unit-cell with...the triangles are the faces of tetrahedra. In schmitterite, the pentagons are populated with uranyl ions...umohoite used in this study was kindly provided by Dr. D.I. Belakovskiy and Prof. M.I. Novgorodova (Fersman
Journal (issue)
clubs plus importants, dont nous par­ lions plus haut, au sein d'une FĂ©dĂ©ration Belge des Cercles GĂ©ologi­...""' d + r cos z l'angle p. nĂŒus l'avons vu plt.Js haut, etant toujou rs tr'Ă«s petit. En effet, traçons...celle s u Soleil, d'aprĂšs ce que nous avons vu plus haut. La planĂšte exerçant la force de marĂ©e la plus forte...gisement a cessĂ© en 1 9 6 0 , aprĂšs l'inondatio n de la mine. L'objet de notre exposĂ© n'est pas de dresser un...redressĂ©s et faillĂ©s ; dans la rĂ©gion centrale (Kambove), les anticli­ naux se rejoignent ou se dĂ©dou blent
Book
K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 ‱nH20, ¼ Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4=...*21120, Mon. Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D(
Book (edition)
This book is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Dr. John Sinkankas for his kind initiative and support...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...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...Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region
Catalog/List
94403 U.S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV‱t- tor cr11‱t‱J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...the first written use af micromounts. At that time, Dr. Wills adequately defined micro material and micromounts...micromount in the traditional sense as written by Dr. Wills. In later years, lang after the publication
Report (issue)
W. T. Schaller, Afwillite NMNH 95237 Dutoitspan Mine, KimberÂŹ ley, South Africa Dutoitspan Ammonioborite...(M. Vonsen, 1920) NMNH 106112 from the Hillside Mine, Yavapai County, AriÂŹ L. G. Berry, 1947. Composition...Aluminocopiapite NMNH 93834 Island Mountain, Mountain, from Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona (L. J. Cabri, 1976) Island...the Jarosite American Mineralogist, 12:424-426. Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada Copiapite TusÂŹ See reference...20:277-286. Petruk, Larderello, (A. Pelloux, 1921) Mine, Kimberley, South Africa. Mineralogical W. 94172
Book
1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...including amateur col- lectors, company executives, mine owners, and vari- in the appropriate position.
Book
The first discoveries of uranium minerals in Katanga go back to 1915 and in 1921 exploitation was begun...Quartz-pebble conglomerate deposits are a major exception. *©Dr. C. E. Nichols 1984. Sedimentary host rocks Sandstones...temperatures that arc associated with hydrothermal systems. Dr. Scott noted that spring waters with temperatures...drape around permeability barriers in a uranium mine, so the colour bands follow the same 28 Medium...Fast Alligator Rivers district in the Northern Territory of Australia the vein-like deposits were found
Report (volume)
Environmental issues such as coping with uranium mine and mill tailings and other uranium-contaminated...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...the sheet on the other side. The structure of schmitterite (Meun ier and Galy 1973) contains the sheet...the Environment Figure 24. The structure of schmitterite projected along [001]. The legend is as in Figure
Book
Tables Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH Prof. Dr. Franz J. Dahlkamp OlbergstraBe 10 D-5307 Wachtberg...Granite-Related Vein Uranium Deposits: Schwartzwalder Mine, Front Range, USA ................................Not Granite-Related Vein Uranium Deposits: Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Province, Zaire ...................when analyzing pitchblende from the George Wagsfort mine at Johanngeorgenstadt, Sachsisches Erzgebirge (Saxonian...City area, Colorado. In Cornwall, the South Terras mine opened for uranium production in 1873. During the
Book
minerals were named when Zaire was called the Belgian Congo; this old term and similar ones are retained in...chemist and mineralogist; student of Torbern Bergman; mine owner and mineral analyst; trained J. J. Berzelius...political divisions are labradorite (Labrador Territory) and andalusite (Andalusia, a province of Spain)...naming new minerals is to incorporate the name of the mine or deposit in which the mineral was first found...antlerite, Antler mine, Mohave County, Arizona. bultfonteinite, Bultfontein diamond mine, Kimberley, South
Journal (issue)
San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico. A mineral wholesaler who held the lease to this mine during its most...INTRODUCTION T he Lavra Jabuti is an old garim po (mine) which has been worked over the years for industrial...and green gem tourm aline. It is an under­ ground mine, worked through tunnels, and the feldspars are largely...wodginite, cassiterite, and tapiolite from the Jabuti mine, Baixio, Brazil FeO 4.68 MnO MgO 1. Wodginite*...elem ental tin. A photograph of one of these Jabuti mine crystals treated in this m anner is shown in Figure
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...ye ty a ara id (ean Âź “1 le hI AAP : oo A Mine seh Ranier “i i : lever vei ekealps ; cet ...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County; at the Double...MODE OF OCCURRENCE: Found in waste piles in a coal mine in the L'vov-Volynskii basin, USSR. It is found
Book (edition)
Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely... Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise n1ine, Dolores...Juab County, and with austinite at the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utal1; in Inyo, San Bernardino,...Simon mine, Mineral AENIGMATITE County , Nevada. Magnificent specimens occur at the Ojuela mine, Mapimi
 
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