 | | Book | | MINERAUX D'URANIUM I t DU HA UT KATANGA iI •! "LES AMIS DU MUSEE ROYAL DU CONGO BELGE", TERVUREN (Belgique)...Notices par C. GUILLEMIN "LES AMIS DU MUSEE ROYAL DU CONGO BELGE", TERVUREN (Belg ique) QUELQUES REMARQUES...SECONDAIRES D'URANIUM DU HAUT KATANGA par J. F. V AE S E differents points du Haut Katanga ont ete rencontres...mineraux d'uraoium mais c'est le gisement de Shinkolobwe (anciennement denomme Kasolo) qui en a livre...consignees ci-dessous. Le mineral primaire d'uranium au Katanga est l'uraninite. Nulle part dans cette region on |  | | 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 |  | | 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)...grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's specialties |  | | Report (issue) | | Vandenbrandeite Cu(UO2 )(OH)4 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Triclinic... 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)...19.81 8.97 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo; recalculated to 100% after deduction of...(Kalongwe, Congo); curite, uranophane, sharpite (Shinkolobwe, Congo). Distribution: In Congo (Zaire), in...in Katanga (Shaba) Province, from the Luiswishi mine; at Kalongwe; from Shinkolobwe; at Kambove; from |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | mining organizations, such as Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga, should not be forgotten. It is evident that...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...concern the former Katanga Province. According to the new subdivision, the former Katanga Province is now...three new provinces: the Haut-Katanga Province, the Lualaba Province and the Haut-Loma mi Province. What |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | c = 4.487(4) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Shinkolobwe, Congo. 4.497 (100), 3.910 (48), 7.82 (40), 5.34...30 2.62 6.75 Total 100.85 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo; contained insoluble cobalt oxide 1.6%; (CO3...masuyite, vandenbrandeite, ianthinite, uraninite. Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo...Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). In France, at Kruth, Haut-Rhin, and in the Brugeaud mine, near Bessines...engineer and prospector who discovered the Shinkolobwe deposit, Congo. Type Material: University of Liège |  | | Report (issue) | | Total 100.2 99.07 100.00 (1) Shaba Province, Congo; Fe2 O3 trace. (2) J¶achymov, Czech Republic; Fe2...kasolite, vandenbrandeite, liebigite, uranophane-beta, compreignacite. Distribution: In Congo (Zaire),...from Katanga (Shaba) Province, at Kambove and Kalongwe, with exceptional specimens from Shinkolobwe and...and the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi. From J¶achymov (Joachimsthal), Czech Republic. At Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony...Saxony, Germany. From West Wheal Owles and the Geevor mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England. In the Rab¶ejac uranium |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | November 2014 Musonoi, Democratic Republic of Congo T he current emphasis on nonpetroleum energy resources...specimen selected comes from the famous Musonoi mine, a locality that produces the world’s finest examples...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...becquerelite, brochantite, uranophane, kasolite, vandenbrandeite, liebigite, uranophanebeta, and many others |  | | Report (issue) | | = 10.085(9) X-ray Powder Pattern: Luiswishi mine, Congo. 9.82 (vvs), 4.91 (vs), 3.735 (s), 3.197 (s)...31 12.14 Total 95.43 100.00 • (1) Luiswishi mine, Congo. (2) Cu2 (UO2 )2 (V2 O8 )(OH)2 6H2 O. Occurrence:...Volborthite, vandenbrandeite, malachite, chrysocolla, cobalt oxides (Luiswishi mine, Congo); chalcocite...copper mine, Lubumbashi; at Shinkolobwe and in the Ruiwe, Musonoi, and Mutoshi mines, Katanga Province...Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). From the Cole shaft, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, and the Section |  | | Report (issue) | | 850(3) α = 92.16(4)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Shinkolobwe, Congo. 5.55 (10), 7.74 (9), 6.88 (8), 3.448 (8)...2 (2) 71.79 7.36 13.31 7.54 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo; by electron microprobe, H2 O determined...formed by alteration of uraninite. Association: Vandenbrandeite, soddyite, becquerelite, cuprosklodowskite...uraninite (Shinkolobwe, Congo). Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, near Kolwezi, at the Musonoi mine, and in...in the Kamoto mine, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). In the Komsomol ore field, eastern |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pb2þ or Ca2þ. The simplest UOH mineral is vandenbrandeite, triclinic, Cu(UO2)(OH)4, with 86 bits/cell...Sayrite Schoepite Spriggite Uranosphaerite Vandenbrandeite Vandendriesscheite Wölsendorfite K2(Ca0.65Sr0...8:14 Curite Curite (UD)6(Um)6 Vandenbrandeite [URDRRR] 1:4 Vandenbrandeite a-U3O8/protasite [PD] 3:5...Rameauite Curite Sayrite Wölsendorfite Spriggite Vandenbrandeite Ianthinite Uranosphaerite Structural unit...Agrinierite Rameauite Gauthierite Spriggite Vandenbrandeite Ianthinite Wyartite Uranosphaerite [(UO2)8O2(OH)12](H2O)12 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Of the 322 entries*, the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) comes out on top with 88; Namibia...indebted to Dr.Joseph Mandarino of Toronto, Canada, and Dr. Werner Krause of Hiirth, Germany, who supplied dates...briartite shares with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Namibia, and both djerfisherite and niningerite...Localities (1) Kanemite: Kanem region, Lake Chad. CONGO(3) People (2) Fornacite: Lucien Louis Fourneau (18671930)...(18671930), colonial governor, French Congo. Plunchkite: Mr. PlanchC, French explorer. Localities (1) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | better known to collectors historically as Katanga, Belgian Congo. It was purchased at the Munich Show in...in the 352 ROCKS & MINERALS mid-1980s by Dr. Marvin Rausch, in whose collection it remains. Although...as having originated at Shinkolobwe,it is more likely from the Musonoi mine in the same district. The...important in the upper parts of the Katanga deposits in what was the Belgian Congo. The occurrence of either primary...from the Markey No. 3 mine, White Canyon district, Utah, as well as the Skyline mine in the Monument Valley |  | | Report (volume) | | _____ ___ __ _____ ___ __ __ __ __ _____ ___ _ Vandenbrandeite ___________________________________________...(U0 3 ) from pitchblende from the Georg Wagsfort mine at J ohanngeorgenstadt in the Erzgebirge of Saxony...of the rich uranium ores of the Katanga district in the Belgian Congo. The uraninite ores of Great Bear...the mineralogically diverse ores of the Belgian Congo the list of known species was doubled largely through...urani urn minerals first discovered in the Belgian Congo. The work of the American mineralogist C. Palache |  | | Journal (issue) | | tranche unidescenda11te sous dalle de béton à la mine de Margnac (Haute-Vienne) - Photo: COGEMA (GST)... Auj ourd ' hui , il ne reste plu qu' une seule mine d' ura nium en acti vité, à Jouac dans le nord du...Victo r Lassall e décou vre la chalcolite dans la mine du Crôt Blanc près de Gru ry (Saône-etLoire). En...(Haute-Vienne). Pendant ce temps, la mine de radium de Shinkolobwe (Katanga) est réouverte pour l'uranium en...1956 et mis en exploitation en 1958. Au Niger, la mine d'Arlit est exploitée à partir de 1968. Des prospections |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Uniaersity oJ Toronto, Toronto, Conada Agstnacr Vandenbrandeite is triclinic with a 7.84, b 5.43, c 6.09 kX...c axis. vandenbrandeite is a hydrous copper uranate which has been found only in the Katanga district...district of the Belgian Congo. The mineral was first described and named by Schoep (1932), who studied material...Kalongwe. Thoreau (1933) later reported it from Shinkolobwe under the name uranolepidite. The published observations...men leave little doubt of the identity of vandenbrandeite and uranolepidite. we are indebted to them |  | Olds, Travis A., Plášil, Jakub, Kampf, Anthony R., Škoda, Radek, Burns, Peter C., Čejka, Jiří, Bourgoin, Vincent, Boulliard, Jean-Claude (2017) Gauthierite, KPb[(UO2)7O5(OH)7]·H2O, a new uranyl-oxide hydroxy-hydrate mineral from Shinkolobwe with a novel uranyl-anion sheet-topology. European Journal of Mineralogy, 29 (1) 129-141 doi:10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2586 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | new uranyl-oxide hydroxyhydrate mineral from Shinkolobwe with a novel uranyl-anion sheet-topology TRAVIS...hydroxy-hydrate mineral from the Shinkolobwe Mine, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa. It occurs on a matrix...crystal structure; topology; oxidation zone; Shinkolobwe. 38 1. Introduction 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46...description of a new mineral from the Shinkolobwe mine (Katanga, Congo, Africa), gauthierite (/go ti: 'ei...geologist, mineralogist, and a true connoisseur of Katanga minerals (King, 2006). The new mineral and its |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The lecture was illustrated with lantern slides. Dr. Ross was enthusiastically thanked by President Hawkins...which followed led from the blue quartz discussed by Dr. Ross to rose quartz and the probable cause of its...collection of the late Wallace Goold Levison. When Dr. Levison died in 1924, his family refused to part...needy mineralogists abroad, a motion was made by Dr. Paul F. Kerr and seconded by Mr. James F. Morton...Cuprosklodowskite J. P. V AES: Sur un Mineral de Kalongwe (Katanga), Ann. Soc. Geol. Belg., Bull. 10, vol. 56, pp |  | | Catalog/List | | ·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal...to 3 mm fragments. 3/ 4 11 capsule New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized...termination. ¼x¼xl½11 $12.50. BISMUTH IN ITE East Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2...intergrown brownish BENITO ITE The Dall es Gem mine, San Benito Co. ,California Select deep blue translucent | | | Catalog/List | | ·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal...to 3 mm fragments. 3/ 4 11 capsule New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized...termination. ¼x¼xl½11 $12.50. BISMUTH IN ITE East Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2...intergrown brownish BENITO ITE The Dall es Gem mine, San Benito Co. ,California Select deep blue translucent |  | | 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... 16. NICKEL-IRON METEORITE Henbury, Northern Territory, Australia. Select elongated irregular complete...17. NICKEL-IRON METEORITE Box Hole, Northern Territory, Australia. 11 Choice complete elongated oval | | | 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... 16. NICKEL-IRON METEORITE Henbury, Northern Territory, Australia. Select elongated irregular complete...17. NICKEL-IRON METEORITE Box Hole, Northern Territory, Australia. 11 Choice complete elongated oval |
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