 | | 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) | | BECQUERELITE crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire...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...Associated minerals are becquerelite, brochantite, uranophane, kasolite, vandenbrandeite, liebigite, uranophanebeta |  | | Report (issue) | | c = 7.084(1) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Musonoi mine, Congo. 8.39 (F), 7.29 (F), 3.55 (mF), 6.68 (m)... (3) 17.24 66.65 11.91 4.20 100.00 (1) Musonoi mine, Congo; H2 O by the Penfield method. (2) Do.; by...oxidized portions of a Cu–Co sulfide deposit (Musonoi mine, Congo). Association: Malachite, cuprosklodowskite...derriksite, uranophane, wulfenite (Musonoi mine, Congo). Distribution: From the Musonoi Cu–Co mine, near Kolwezi...Kolwezi, and at Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). Name: Honors Dr. Claude |  | | 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...Province, the Lualaba Province and the Haut-Loma mi Province. What formerly was called the Bas-Congo Province...abbreviated (B = Belgium; D.R. Congo = Democratic Republic of the Congo; F = France). 4. The biographical...ttgenbach, H. (1 947) Les mineraux de Belgique et du Congo Beige. 573 p., Paris: Dunod. Blondieau, M. & Poirot |  | | Report (issue) | | Uranophane Ca(UO2 )2 (SiO3OH)2 ² 5H2 O ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data:...5H2 O: Polymorphism & Series: Dimorphous with uranophane-beta. Occurrence: A common secondary mineral...deposition from meteoric waters. Association: Uranophane-beta, kasolite, meta-autunite, phosphuranylite...USA, at the Monument No. 2 mine, Apache Co., Arizona; from the Happy Jack mine, White Canyon, San Juan Co...in the Hanosh mine, Grants district, McKinley Co., New Mexico. In the Silver Cli® mine, Lusk, Niobrara |  | | Report (issue) | | Total 100.2 99.07 100.00 (1) Shaba Province, Congo; Fe2 O3 trace. (2) J¶achymov, Czech Republic; Fe2...Becquerelite, brochantite, uranophane, kasolite, vandenbrandeite, liebigite, uranophane-beta, compreignacite...compreignacite. Distribution: In Congo (Zaire), from Katanga (Shaba) Province, at Kambove and Kalongwe, with exceptional...exceptional specimens from Shinkolobwe and the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi. From J¶achymov (Joachimsthal), Czech Republic...Saxony, Germany. From West Wheal Owles and the Geevor mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England. In the Rab¶ejac uranium |  | | 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...becquerelite, cuprosklodowskite, uranophane, heterogenite, uraninite (Shinkolobwe, Congo). Distribution: From Shinkolobwe...Shinkolobwe, near Kolwezi, at the Musonoi mine, and in the Kamoto mine, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province |  | | Report (issue) | | c = 6.089(4) X-ray Powder Pattern: Kalongwe, Congo. 4.29 (10), 2.92 (8), 5.06 (4), 2.56 (4), 2.09 (3)...8.97 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo; recalculated to 100% after deduction of SiO2 0...(Kalongwe, Congo); curite, uranophane, sharpite (Shinkolobwe, Congo). Distribution: In Congo (Zaire), in...Luiswishi mine; at Kalongwe; from Shinkolobwe; at Kambove; from Swambo; and in the Musonoi mine, near Kolwezi...who discovered the uranium deposit at Kalongwe, Congo. Type Material: Natural History Museum, Paris, France |  | | 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...alteration product of uraninite. Association: Uranophane, fourmarierite, metatorbernite, rutherfordine...From Shinkolobwe and in the Musonoi mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire).... From the La Crouzille mine, and the Margnac mine, Compreignac, HauteVienne, and in the Rabéjac uranium |  | | Report (issue) | | = 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...sklodowskite, uranophane, torbernite, curite. Distribution: From Kasolo, Swambo, and in the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi...Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). At the Norrabees pegmatite, Namaqualand, Cape...Cape Province, South Africa. In the Krunkelbachtal mine, near Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Germany. In the |  | | Report (issue) | | kasolite and uranophane, and remaining FeO and CaO as impurities. (2) Katanga Province, Congo. (3) UO2 (CO3...from Kalongwe, and in the Musonoi mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire)....Mountain, Acworth, Sullivan Co., and in the Palermo mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire;...Utah, from the Delta mine, Emery Co., and in the “C” group of claims and the Jomac mine, White Canyon district...district, San Juan Co.; from the Lucky Mc No. 20 mine, Wind River Basin, Fremont Co., Wyoming; near McCoy |  | | 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 |  | | 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...gray-brown rutherfordine crystals and yellow uranophane associated on 1 x 3 cm surface. Dense massive................. $200.00 GUILLEMINITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba , Zaire Yellow to yellow-green crystalline |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | hydroxyl-apatite with large niobian perovFaraday Mine (now Madawaska Mine), crystal specimens, these two were worthy...quartz matrix (4 .5 x 4.1 cm); type locality . Moss Mine, Nordmark, Sweden . Nice miniature (8 x 5 cm) of...crystals ever collected in North Near Kamiaba River, Kolwezi District , America! The single vug discovered was...major crystals, excellent reference. Beta-Uranophane Rossing Mine, near Arandis, Republic of 84A45(a) 30...and beautiful bright golden yellow gemmy beta-uranophane crystals (1-2 mm) thickly coating large (9.5 |  | | 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 |  | | 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...influenced his life’s work. Toward the end of 1966, Dr. Arthur Montgomery, chairman of the geology department...retirement from the Cabot Corporation in 1987. In 1975 Dr. Gaines was invited to join the editorial board of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | oxides may, in turn, alter further to kasolite, uranophane, and soddyite because of meteoric waters rich...processes. Figure 5 (above): Cuprosklodowskite, Musonoi mine, Zaire. Photo by Lou Perloff. Figure 6 (right):...Meta-autunite, metatorbernite, becquerelite, uranophane, and others are also commonly present. I f vanadiferous...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 |  | | 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... . . . . . . . . . $750.00 MARTHOZITE Musonoi Mine , Kolwezi , Shaba , Zaire. Exceptional triangular...cm) of vandenbrandeite in cuprosklodowskite, uranophane, and very minor malachite. •82B54. . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occurrence at Joachimsthal was that found in uranophane, CuO .2UOs.2SiOr.6HrO, independentlydescribedby...this study was from the a 89.84(5)' 90.00" Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga,Zaire (formerly 110.01(7) L08.37...o l t s ( 1 9 5 7 )T h e crystal structure of uranophane. Am Minetal 42,594-618' -! AND F V. Sronr, (1972)...d u H a u t Katanga. Les Amis du Musee Royal du Congo Belge, Tervueren. Z e c H e n l r s r N , W H . |  | | Book | | Kasolite.................. 120 122 124 Uranotile (Uranophane) 124 Sklodowskite and Cuprosklodowskite. . ....Triphane 34 Torbenite (Chalcolite) . .118 Uranotile (Uranophane) .124 Vanadinite 82 Vanuralite 122 Wavellite...ornamental purposes since Roman times (Blue John Mine). It some times displays the phenomenon of dichroism:...of the crystals can be quite brilliant. In Morgan Mine, Carson Hill (Calaveras County, Colorado), in the...some remarkably beautiful specimens are the royal mine at Konsberg (Norway), which has now been abandoned |  | Gurzhiy, Vladislav V., Kuporev, Ivan V., Kovrugin, Vadim M., Murashko, Mikhail N., Kasatkin, Anatoly V., Plášil, Jakub (2019) Crystal Chemistry and Structural Complexity of Natural and Synthetic Uranyl Selenites. Crystals, 9 (12) 639 doi:10.3390/cryst9120639 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | localities. First, these are Musonoi and Shinkolobwe mines in DR Congo [6], two of the minerals were...were only found in the Repete mine (San Juan County, Utah, USA) [5], and a few more occurrences in Europe...originate from the Musonoi, DR Congo. The samples of haynesite originate from the Repete mine, Utah, UT, USA...zone of the copper-cobalt deposit of Musonoi (Katanga, DR Congo). The first mineral was named after the...crusts. It occurs in association with malachite, uranophane-α, wulfenite, etc. The second mineral was named |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | b 24.o7, c 14.13 A, Cmmm, D 5"7, occur with uranophane in cavities in gummite at Margnac, France. Composition...high-temperature modification of AsS occurs at the Alacr~in mine, Pampa Larga, Chile. It is very similar to realgar...stringers in carbonate vein material, at the Martin Lake mine, Uranium City, Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan, are...secondary mineral in tungsten ore from Nyamulilo mine, Kigezi, Uganda. [M.A. 72-3336; Zap. 100, 623.]...of Cretaceous salt drill core from Brazzaville, Congo. 6[(Fe~.6sMg0.24Mn0.0s) B7013C1]; R3 c or R~c, a~h |
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