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Cuprite from
Mupine Mine, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mupine Mine, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:204301
Long-form Identifier:1:3:204301:2
GUID (UUID V4):75680f6e-c95b-447f-aff5-4bd05beb7d5e
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
2.2km (1.4 miles) Kamoto Principal Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
2.7km (1.7 miles) Kamoto Principal Mine, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
3.0km (1.8 miles) Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
5.1km (3.1 miles) Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
5.6km (3.5 miles) Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
6.8km (4.2 miles) Kolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
6.8km (4.2 miles) Dikuluwe Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
14.7km (9.2 miles) Mutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
80.8km (50.2 miles) Tenke Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A Cuprite Downloaded by [Temple University Libraries] at 20:14 01 June 2016 Mashamba West Mine, Shaba...Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Red Dome Mine, Queensland, Australia M any mineral species of...least of these is cuprite, the topic of this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. Cuprite is most familiar as...brittle with a conchoidal to uneven fracture. Cuprite is relatively soft with a Mohs hardness of 3 ....it is dense, with a specific gravity of 6.15. Cuprite is isometric (4/mj2/m) and, when well crystallized
Journal (issue)
The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo ...............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)
Democratic Republic of Congo Downloaded by [University of Idaho] at 15:32 13 June 2016 I Dr. Robert B . Cook...known are malachite after azurite, copper, and cuprite; less commonly reported are malachite after atacamite...shattuckite, chrysocolla, chalcoalumite, goethite, and cuprite pseudomorphs after malachite have been described...or interesting localities include the Loudville mine, Hanipshire County, Massachusetts; Chimney Rock...County, and New Brunswick, New Jersey; the Jones mine in Berks County, and Phoenixville and French Creek
Journal (issue)
Grice Famous mineral localities: the Mashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire ....................................Lhoest, G. J. Gauthier & V. T. King The Fat Jack mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ................................ COVER: CUPRITE with malachite on chrysocolla, from the M ashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire. Sorbonne...Glossary o f Mineral Species. For the 1991 edition, Dr. Joseph A. M andarino (Chairman o f the I.M .A .’s...Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names) joins Dr. Fleischer as co-author. The successive editions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tenke-Fungurume, D.R. Congo Przibram, Bohemia Peramea, Spain Durango, Colorado Kakanda, D.R. Congo Mashamba West...Mindingi, D.R. Congo Tantara, D.R. Congo Kamoto, Musonoi, and Kabolela, D.R. Congo Mupine, D.R. Congo Kambove...Kambove, D.R. Congo Konkola, Zambia Chibuluma, Zambia Tsumeb, Namibia Shinkolobwe, D.R. Congo Reported species...Copperbelt of northern Zambia and southeastern D.R. Congo (Fig. 1) is one of the world’s largest Cu and Co...Cu minerals are native copper, chalcocite, and cuprite, and the supergene Co minerals are carbonates.
Journal (issue)
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...the Musonoi mine, Zaire (#950). Jerry Cone photo. Adamite, 5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino
Journal (issue)
Discovery of Pink Tourn1aline at the Cryo-Genie Mine, San Diego County, California Kenneth L. Gochenour...of specimen g rade was found at the C ryo-Genie mine near Warner Springs in northern San Diego County...the Fig. 1 Elbaite, recent find at the Cryo-Genie Mine; from Gochenour's display at the TGMS Show. Conti...as the Province ake Quarry or just Hams or Weeks Mine, pegmatite, or quarry) loc~ted abou_t si x mi les...Hams-Weeks Mine, Wakefield, New Hampshire, photo by the author. Fig. 1 Zircon, micro, Hams-Weeks Mine, Wakefield
Catalog/List
d>anu> ^IVefCenS^Minerats Mineral Dealer <£ Mine Agent Barn Cottage, Lower Boscaswell, Pendeen, Nr...£5-50. 'Z ‘_ 2£x2x1", £4.25. ALMANDINE. Broken Hill Mine,New South Wales.Australia. Very largei ,matrixfree... 2-Jx2xJ", £14.00. 10. ANGLESITE. Broken Hill Mine,New South Wales.Australia, Several large,creamy... Very rich for this mine. 1-Jx1^x1",, £20.00. 11. ANGLESITE. Bunker Hill Mine,Kellogg,Idaho,U.S.A....fragment. 1£x1x1", £12.00. 12. ANGLESITE. Touissit Mine,Nr.Oujda,Morocco. Two very different but equally
Journal (issue)
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
Journal (issue)
Belgian Congo (later called Zaire and currently known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo). He initially...of famous mines, including the Musonoi, Kamoto, Mutoshi, Mupine, Dikuluwe and Mashamba East and West mines...swim in the pools that formed. The Star of the Congo mine near Lubumbashi, in particular, (famous among...1-cm rosette of deep yellow shabaite from the Kamoto East mine. This beautiful matrix specimen was pictured...favorite locality, the mineralogically complex Kipushi mine. He wrote “La collection des . . . chantillons minéralogiques
Journal (issue)
the existence of an operation called the Hochfeld mine in 1537, and reference is also made to copper mines...along the Salzach. One mine in the Untersulzbachtal, called the Phillip and Jakob mine, produced a small amount...the ore zone was obscured and lost. The Brenntal mine was abandoned and forgot­ ten until 1710, when it...funds, Perger was unable to turn a profit at the mine and died penniless in 1725. His son maintained ownership...financially safer occupation. Interest in the Brenntal mine would not die, however, and when some shares in
Catalog/List
Pb Te minute silvery apots in lca matrix (HillTop Mine. OrganHountains DonaAnnaC-Ounty,NewMexico) u OSSBIMDHEIHITE...Rich ycllow to brownmasseswith Cerussite. (Terrible Mine, Isle Colorado, USA)2x2cmEl5 lCII(10 less rich lem...limonitic matrix. with Barytes Crystals • (BrandyBottle Mine, Yor~shire) quite rich assemblage lx2 ES 238 DESCLOIZITE...in one small area on blue Chrysocolla. (Eagle Eye Mine, La Paz County, lrrizona ,USA) lx2ins f.4.50 l'i6...ARSillIC JlTIVI As Black llilSSes vith Stibnlte (lnsa Mine,Bau, Sarawak,Borneo) I X I ina El.SO 1 x I E2.50
Report (issue)
• • • • • • • • • • • Congo Republic (former Belgian Congo) • Former French Equatorial African...Ltd.; Rhoanglo Mine Services Ltd.; Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa Ltd.; Dr. F. R. Morral,...A., Belgium; Dr. A. Gosseye of the former Direction du Service Geologique, Belgian Congo; Mr. R. A. Wells...the· most important being the Katanga area of the Congo, the United States, Northern Rhodesia and Canada...in sulphide veins in the Katanga deposit of the Congo and in the United States. Carrol/ite, CuCo 2S 4
Journal (issue)
Jr & J. S. White, Jr. Inesite from the Hale Creek mine, Trinity County, California.......................article “on the chondrodite from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Brewster, New York.” Two of the plates show 21...6-12 cm, Adamite with Hemimorphite from the Ojuela mine, pale green and purple Naica fluorites in small...Changma in Shandong Prov­ ince. Here the Victory No. 1 mine annually produces 1500 carats of gem quality diamonds...rooms devoted to a mineral gallery tunnel, a tin mine diorama, and a review of China’s mineral deposits
Journal (issue)
results in wells or tunnels. The Imine in Norway, for example, w~ cultivated to a depth...are essential parts of their chemical make-up. Cuprite, for example, is always red because of its copper...the Greek meaning 'many coloured' • . P leochroic mine~a(s a~d gemstones get their d1stmc~ve colours from...5-4 Aragonite, arsenic, chalcopyrite, copper, cuprite, dolomite, mimetite, pyromorphite, pyrrhotine,...cubic S)11m11et1y. Above: A cubic crystal of cuprite from Chessy, Rhone, France. l eft: A crystal of
Journal (issue)
by C. Turley & M. Koval Mineralogy of the Killie mine, Elko County, N ev a d a .........................pocket to an inside face of the hardcover binding. Dr. Offermann has been an enthusiastic practitioner...lished with stereo photos. Readers certainly owe Dr. Offermann a sincere vote of thanks for so kindly...For further information about REGISTRATION contact: Dr. Helen H. Chamberlain P. O. Box 336 Nedrow, New York...November-December, 1987 To submit a SHORT PAPER contact: Dr. Steven C. Chamberlain Department of Bioengineering
Journal (issue)
Fairview Dr., Suite C Carson City, NV 89701 702-883-2598 Bookstore Marilee Chirila 1601 Fairview Dr., Suite...Articles Mineralogy and paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California...plus an interesting range o f rare species. The mine, first opened in 1903, continues to produce fine...fine specimens. T INTRODUCTION The Little Three mine is one of several mines located on the Little Three...Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed in the Little Three
Journal (volume)
Mexico. Eight-sided crystals from the Traversella mine, Piedmont, Italy. .&. crystals. It can also be...available. The main source was once the Kongsberg Mine in Norway, but this closed in 1956. Man has, however...© 2007 De Agostini Editore SpA Find out about cuprite, chrysoberyl and aurichalcite, and learn about...Clear crystals of anglesite on galena found in a mine near Cagliari, Sardinia. ► Anglesite crystals on...finest autunite crystals come from the Daybreak Mine, near Spokane in Washington State. In addition,
Journal (issue)
Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 Articles The Iron Cap mine, Graham County, A rizona..........................promotions and Book Saies Gale Thomssen 1601 Fairview Dr., Suite C Carson City, NV 89701 702-883-2598 Historical...discoveries. Finds made in Arizona (the Iron Cap mine) and in Ouray County, Colorado, are described in.... . . . To Mineralogical Record Associate Editor Dr. Pete J. Dunn, ♦vho has been honored with the naming...catalog of 300 mineral spectra ias been compiled by Dr. Berthold Suhner and is being published by Christian
Journal (issue)
602-299-5274 Promotions Manager Gale Thomssen 1601 Fairview Dr., Suite C Carson City, NV 89701 702-883-2598 Bookstore...Chirila, Manager Sue Ann Jones, Shipping 1601 Fairview Dr., Suite C Carson City, NV 89701 702-883-2598 Subscriptions...Sabelli & G. Brizzi Osarizawaite from the Silver Hill mine, Arizona ........................ 311 by C. S. Stolberg...tungsten mine, central Kazakhstan, U.S.S.R. The specimen was collected in 1982. The Aktschatau mine is among...of Golden State Mint, Mira Loma, Cali- RED CLOUD MINE SITE, YU M A COUNTY. ARIZONA WULFENITE, Red Ckud
Journal (issue)
Peter Richards & D. G. Howard The Pezinok antimony mine, Male Karpaty Mountains, Slovakia.................Inc Wilde Design XTAL—Dennis Beals Zeolites India—Dr. Jay Zaveri See us also in * Las Vegas at the Tropicana...current resume and the names of three references to Dr. James E. King, Director, The Cleveland Museum of...for research assistance with the litera­ ture, and Dr. Carl A. Francis (Harvard) for the loan of specimens...Senkvicka 5, 902 01 Pezinok, Slovakia T h e P ezin o k mine, an antim ony deposit m ined since 1 9 4 0 , has
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Crocoite Cryolite Cryptomelane Cubanite Cummingtonite Cuprite Cylindrite Danburite Daqingshanite-(Ce) Datolite...hanging wall. During a subsequent mining period, the mine was re-opened to recover sideritic parts of the...you look for a mine look near a mine”. This includes the imperative “if you look for a mine look for smelting...also for the chrome diopside found at Outukumpu mine, a mineral that is first and foremost recognized...According to the Raw Materials Group (Sweden), the world mine production in 2005 stood at 19.3 m t metal content
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Crocoite Cryolite Cryptomelane Cubanite Cummingtonite Cuprite Cylindrite Danburite Daqingshanite-(Ce) Datolite...hanging wall. During a subsequent mining period, the mine was re-opened to recover sideritic parts of the...you look for a mine look near a mine”. This includes the imperative “if you look for a mine look for smelting...also for the chrome diopside found at Outukumpu mine, a mineral that is first and foremost recognized...According to the Raw Materials Group (Sweden), the world mine production in 2005 stood at 19.3 m t metal content
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 ® “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
 
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