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


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Soddyite
Formula:(UO2)2SiO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cuprosklodowskite27 photos of Soddyite associated with Cuprosklodowskite at this locality.
Rutherfordine23 photos of Soddyite associated with Rutherfordine at this locality.
Sklodowskite15 photos of Soddyite associated with Sklodowskite at this locality.
Digenite12 photos of Soddyite associated with Digenite at this locality.
Malachite6 photos of Soddyite associated with Malachite at this locality.
Goethite5 photos of Soddyite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Chrysocolla3 photos of Soddyite associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Baryte3 photos of Soddyite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Schoepite2 photos of Soddyite associated with Schoepite at this locality.
Heterogenite2 photos of Soddyite associated with Heterogenite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Soddyite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (27 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20308
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20308:7
GUID (UUID V4):06f263f6-f36f-4753-ae65-aef367ecb973
Nearest other occurrences of Soddyite
2.9km (1.8 miles) KOV Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
4.7km (2.9 miles) Kamoto Principal Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
4.9km (3.0 miles) Kamoto Principal Mine, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
41.3km (25.7 miles) Kalongwe deposit, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
95.0km (59.0 miles) Swambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
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 (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)
Library] at 18:27 10 November 2014 Musonoi, Democratic Republic of Congo T he current emphasis on nonpetroleum...The specimen selected comes from the famous Musonoi mine, a locality that produces the world’s finest...sklodowskite. Some analyses show traces of Pb, Fe, and Ca. Dr. Rob Bowell, a consultant geochemist in the mining...minerals formed in the oxide zone of mineral deposits. Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor of Rocks & Minerals...3 mines, Elk Ridge district; and the Happy Jack mine. Cuprosklodowskite is apparently widespread throughout
Report (issue)
Soddyite (UO2 )2 SiO4 ² 2H2 O ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...= 18.71 Z = [8] X-ray Powder Pattern: Ruggles mine, New Hampshire, USA. 3.32 (100), 4.48 (90), 6.14... Total 99.56 100.00 Chemistry: (1) Kasolo, Congo. (2) (UO2 )2 SiO 4 ² 2H2 O: Occurrence: A secondary...Kasolo, Swambo, and in the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). At...Cape Province, South Africa. In the Krunkelbachtal mine, near Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Germany. In the
Catalog/List
and masses. 3x4½x2½" $125. 00. 2. SILVER Amethyst mine, Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado. Dull silvery metallic...locality. 1¾x2x¾11 $600. 00. 14. DIAMOND Roko, Congo Republic. Superb lustrous olive-gray macle type...or display. 8x7x4 mm. $75.00. 15. DIAMOND Itoko, Congo Republlc. Superb ollve-gray twinned cube. 8x8x7...terminations. 3x3½x2" $35.00. 30. ANHYDRITE Eagle Picher mine, Niaca, Chihuahua, Mexico. radiating elongated etched...minor muscovite. 2½x3½xh" $150. 00. 33. AZURITE Czar mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona. Choice dee~ blue
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and masses. 3x4½x2½" $125. 00. 2. SILVER Amethyst mine, Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado. Dull silvery metallic...locality. 1¾x2x¾11 $600. 00. 14. DIAMOND Roko, Congo Republic. Superb lustrous olive-gray macle type...or display. 8x7x4 mm. $75.00. 15. DIAMOND Itoko, Congo Republlc. Superb ollve-gray twinned cube. 8x8x7...terminations. 3x3½x2" $35.00. 30. ANHYDRITE Eagle Picher mine, Niaca, Chihuahua, Mexico. radiating elongated etched...minor muscovite. 2½x3½xh" $150. 00. 33. AZURITE Czar mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona. Choice dee~ blue
Report (issue)
= 92.16(4)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Shinkolobwe, Congo. 5.55 (10), 7.74 (9), 6.88 (8), 3.448 (8), 3.226...71.79 7.36 13.31 7.54 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo; by electron microprobe, H2 O determined on a separate...alteration of uraninite. Association: Vandenbrandeite, soddyite, becquerelite, cuprosklodowskite, uranophane,...(Shinkolobwe, Congo). Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, near Kolwezi, at the Musonoi mine, and in the Kamoto...Kamoto mine, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). In the Komsomol ore field, eastern Siberia
Report (issue)
1563(5) Z = 4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Shinkolobwe, Congo. 7.53 (10), 3.77 (9), 3.17 (8), 2.03 (6), 3.54 (5)...9.58 99.67 100.48 100.00 (1-2) Shaba Province, Congo. (3) Ba(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O. Occurrence: An uncommon... studtite, soddyite. Distribution: From Shinkolobwe and in the Musonoi mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province...Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). From the La Crouzille mine, and the Margnac mine, Compreignac...Thorpe, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, and in the Delta mine, Emery Co., Utah, USA. Name: Honors Valère Louis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
uranophlme, cuprosklodowskite, sklodowskite and soddyite are by far the most common species representing...(1977). Au Sud-Shaba, la billietite est observee Musonoi e t ~ Kalongwe o~ elle est souvent melangee ~ u...est u n mineral de couleur b r u n e Uraninite, Kolwezi 38 16 orange vff que r o n trouve habltuellement...etudi~ par Buttgenbach ( 1924}. Au Sud-Shaba, Musonoi, r u r a n o p h a n e se developpe s u r la gummite...cryptocritallins. A Kalongwe, 3.Uranopho=~=te Dmnontite, Musonoi et Shinkolobwe, elle est assez souvent Kalollgwe
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...cm) in matrix (7 .5 x 6 cm) with bright yellow soddyite rim . Several small crystals in the vug coated...CURITE and SODDYITE, Swambo, Shaba, Zaire Orange acicular cu rite needles (1 mm) on yellow soddyite crystals
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lxl-3/4" to 1-1/2x2-3/4" $ 10.00 BOLEITE Amelia mine, Boleo, Baja California, Choice bright blue single...to lxl-1/2" 5 Specimens $ 10.00 CROCOITE Red Lead mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia Bright orange-red crystalline...2x10 mm 10 Specimens $ 7.50 KALIBORITE Enrique mine, Sallent, Spain Choice pure white granular micro...inclusions. l-l/4x2" and 2x2-l/2" MALACHITE Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Zaire Choice pure green single elongated...3/4x3/4" 8 Specimens $ 5.00 METAVAUXITE Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bolivia Choice pale green to silky white
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
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...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)
turn, alter further to kasolite, uranophane, and soddyite because of meteoric waters rich in silicates....processes. Figure 5 (above): Cuprosklodowskite, Musonoi mine, Zaire. Photo by Lou Perloff. Figure 6 (right):...weathering of the crystal surface. The Daybreak mine in Washington has produced the finest United States...crystals were mined from the nowabandoned Shinkolobwe mine in Zaire. A large amount of remarkable yellow-orange...yellow-orange transparent crystals were pro­ duced from this mine years ago. Unfortunately few are available on today's
Catalog/List
10-12 cm sprays I1it11our matrix from Eagle Picl1er Mine, Naica, Cl1i1111alllla, Mexico. Nice SI lky l11stre...brown crystals with dull lustre from Silver Crater Mine in Bancroft, Ontario, CND Bindheimlte 45.00 Rich...Trevinnick Mine near Port Isaac, Cornwall, GB Bolette 30.00 3-LJnm single x; blue cube from Alnelia Mine, Boleo...1-3 nm glassy xx on LJ-7cm matrix from Wllitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland, GB. Good for...3 lllll Or \1e l I Ol·/ Gu1-1len.linLL.f. From Musonoi, Sl1aba, Zaire. DiOPSide 30.00 A 2 011 aoole-green
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...x 5 cm) surface. Associated with yellow opaque soddyite crystals and orange kasolite crystals. •82B52... . . . . . . . . . $750.00 MARTHOZITE Musonoi Mine , Kolwezi , Shaba , Zaire. Exceptional triangular
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RICHARD W. ARSTOW Dr akewa lls HOUSR, Dr akewalls , Gunni slake , Cornwa ll , Engl and. TEL. I\().... 3tx<$<2 " , f.11 . oo 4. NATIVE ARSENIC. Kusa Mine . Oau , Sar awak. SpeCi me n A: Gr eyish- bl ack...ndstone. C7x2", £4 . 7Sp 19. CASSI TERI TE. Dolcooth Mine CambornB, Cor nwo ll . Lus t rOUs dar1 br own s...with Ll little YGllow SODDYITE . 1-txlt" , £.12. 00 34. CUPROSKLODOWSKITC Musonoi , KLltL\ngo, ZQi rG....26.00 35. DIOPTASE . t"d.ndouli , Ni ari, River, Congo. Ori ght emera ld- green sharp crystals to til in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
siegenite, parkerite, and bravoite from the Langis mine, Cobalt-Gowganda area, Ontario' Can' M'ineral' 9...siegenite, in the Langis mine, Casey Township, Ontario. The narne is for the mine. The mineral and name...associatedwith becquerelite, vandenbrandeite, soddyite, and cuprosklodowskite. The name is for Marcel...in the oxidation zone of the Cu-Co deposit of Musonoi, Katanga, as microcrystalline crusts on selenian
Catalog/List
matrix.~xltxlt". £2.50. 6. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Nr. Callington, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich lime...display. 7~x4x2" .£22.00. 10. AZURITE. Ting Tar.g Mine, Gwannap, Cornwall. Rich, Bright blue small sparkling... 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 16. Hilto Mine Scordale was moreland. Sp i en A - Select, creamy... 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. CALCITE. Levant Mine, pendeen, Corrwall. Choice, Qustrous creamy coloured...altered Granite. 3x2tx2". £4.75. CASSITERITE. Poldice Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Small, bright black, sharp twinned
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attractivli r or display. 11. BARYTES. Hilton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. Lustrous, transparent to...matrix. 3x3x2". £6.50. 12. BARYTES. Ale & Cakes Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. unusual, lustrous, translucent...veinstuff. 2tx2xl". £6.50. 13. BARYTOCALCITE. Blagill Mine, Nr. Alston, Cumberland. Choice, transparent, slightly...century. ltxltxlt". £6.50. 16. BORNITE. DolcCQth Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. unusual, 'arnished, bot ryoidal...association. 4x2b<1-t" •. £B.OO. . 20. CALCITE. Dimple Mine, Nr. Matlock,·Derbyshire. Sharp, transparent, creamy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
203(1) 9.631(1) 111.624(7) 1805.3(4) Anderson mine Fejfarová et al. (2012) 14.1957(4) 14.2291(5)...Fejfarová et al. (2013) 6.7048(2) 6.9400(2) 13.2402(3) Musonoi Fejfarová et al. (2013) 6.7071(2) 6.9351(2) 13...spectroscopic study of the uranyl silicates - weeksite, soddyite and haiweeite. Spectrochim. Acta A 64, 308-315
Journal (issue)
gisement a cessé en 1 9 6 0 , après l'inondatio n de la mine. L'objet de notre exposé n'est pas de dresser un...formation de chevauche­ men ts ; à l'ouest enfin (Kolwezi), on observe des charriages impor­ tants qui font...pou r la l ocalisation d es gîtes c ités. 1 . - Mine de l'Etoile (Lubumbashi) I l s ' a g i t d ' u n...enfin une minéralisation uranifère assez riche à SODDYITE, URAN OPHANE, CUPROSKLODOWSKITE, VANDENBRANDEITE...carrière de M sesa est située à proximité de la mine de Kambove. On y a recueilli pri ncipalement des
Journal (issue)
than usual and available with more dealers. The Gem Mine in San Benito Co. (California) also produced a few...NJ 1.16 Guadalcazar, Mexico 5.00 First Soviet mine, Russia 0 MnO 1.60 I 13.69 I : 1.73 ! ...Quartzite-Parker area, including the Planet Mine, the BBC Mine, the Bouse hematite locality, plus spots...is the most fun I've had with Harrington-Hinkley Mine (Milford, Beaver Co .. rhodonite for years! I saw...want one labelled "Julcani" by some and "Paloma Mine, Huancavelica" by others. I am certain it is the
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...with framework structures, soddyite is the most common. The structure of soddyite (Demartin et al. 1992)...pentagonal bipyramids are H20 groups , making soddyite one of the few uranyl minerals that involves a
 
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