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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Brochantite
Formula:Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Brochantite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:363055
Long-form Identifier:1:3:363055:6
GUID (UUID V4):e74c72e6-5b13-4015-bf6e-5d9179fb09d5
Nearest other occurrences of Brochantite
19.4km (12.0 miles) Kambove Principal Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
21.5km (13.4 miles) Likasi Mine, Likasi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
22.9km (14.2 miles) M'sesa Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
23.8km (14.8 miles) Kabolela Mine, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
26.9km (16.7 miles) Shangulowé Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
38.4km (23.9 miles) Kakanda North Mine, Kakanda deposit, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
40.1km (24.9 miles) Kakanda deposit, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
41.2km (25.6 miles) Mindingi Mine, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
67.3km (41.8 miles) Tenke Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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
Report (issue)
Total 100.2 99.07 100.00 (1) Shaba Province, Congo; Fe2 O3 trace. (2) J¶achymov, Czech Republic; Fe2...transport of solutions. Association: Becquerelite, brochantite, uranophane, kasolite, vandenbrandeite, liebigite...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...Saxony, Germany. From West Wheal Owles and the Geevor mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England. In the Rab¶ejac uranium
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)
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...solution. Associated minerals are becquerelite, brochantite, uranophane, kasolite, vandenbrandeite, liebigite
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
Caledonite .... Malachite 96 96 Azurite Cyanotrichite Brochantite - Cale­ donite 98 Copper Arsenates ... 100 Plancheite...112 Beryl 22 Billietite 112 Brazilianite 42 Brochantite 98 Calcite . 48 Caledonite 94 Chalcopyrite 90...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
Report (issue)
16(5) c = 14.88(5) X-ray Powder Pattern: Margnac mine, France. 7.40 (FFF), 3.53 (FF), 3.19 (FF), 3.70...85.44 4.69 9.87 Total [104.1] 100.00 (1) Margnac mine, France; by electron microprobe, original analysis... zeunerite, schoepite, brochantite, connellite, cerian agardite (Margnac mine, France); cuprosklodowskite...cuprosklodowskite, uranophane, brochantite, connellite, calcite, chalcopyrite, siderite, uraninite, potassian feldspar...England). Distribution: In France, from the Margnac mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne. From Wheal Owles and
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)
Tenke-Fungurume, D.R. Congo Przibram, Bohemia Peramea, Spain Durango, Colorado Kakanda, D.R. Congo Mashamba West...R. Congo Tantara, D.R. Congo Kamoto, Musonoi, and Kabolela, D.R. Congo Mupine, D.R. Congo Kambove, D...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...heterogenite, pseudomalachite, and rare cornetite, brochantite, and libethenite are also present among the supergene
Report (issue)
........ . . . . • . . .• 3- 4 4 4,- 6 Shinkolobwe mine, Belgian Cangp . , . . . • Vein deposits in...silicification. Shinkolobwe mine, Belgian Congo. The primary vein deposits in the Shinkolobwe mine of the Belgian...Belgian Congo are by far the largest and richest known O. present, and a brief description (2) of their...deposits. The rocks of the area surrounding Shinkolobwe have been divided into three stratigraphic groups:...groups: the basement complex, the Katanga system of pre-Cambrian age, and the overlying Karroo system
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
Book (edition)
Germany Dr. Salah Al-Khirbash Prof. Dr. Rainer Altherr & Dr. rer. nat. Michael Hanel Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter...Joachim Lorenz Prof. Dr. Robert Marschik Dr. Frank Melcher☆ & Dr. Simon Goldmann & Dr. Thomas Oberthür Dipl...-Min. Sebastian Möller Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Peter Röper☆ Prof. Dr. Supriya Roy✝ Dr. Thomas Seifert Dipl...-Geol. Jana Wazeck & Prof. Klaus Thalheim Dr. Thomas Witzke Prof. Dr. Fathi Zereini Mitteljörn 14a, D-24536... 34 Polycrase-(Y) Henritermierite Hulsite Brochantite Gadolinite-(Y) Hemimorphite Benitoite Reflection
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fxrnonucrroN Boltwoodite was describedfrom the Delta mine, Emery County, Utah, by Frondel and Ito (1956)....than the latter. At the Delta mine, Utah, and the Lookout No. 22 mine, Colorado,the mineral occurs as...aggregatesfrom Alto Boqueirao, Brazil, and the Little Indian mine, Colorado, are dense mit2 BOLTWOODITD, AN ALKALI...12.08 6.43 100.00 100.00 A. Boltwoodite, Delta mine, Emery County, Utah. Remainder includes AlzO:, CaO...1956. B. Analysis recalculated after deducting brochantite, Cu4SO4(OH)6,insoluble, and undetermined portions
Journal (issue)
cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...University of Arizona, I quickly discovered that Dr. John Anthony’s mineralogy and crystallography classes...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn...photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected...pseudomorph after azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken
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...Låszl6 Horvåth, 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
Book
the description of the species nominates Socrates mine, Sonoma County, California, as the type locality... Aerugite (Neotype) BM 1963,00481 South Terras mine, St-Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England R.J. Davis...34. Afwillite (Cotype) BM 1925,00080 Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa J. Parry and F. E. Wright...277. Agardite (Cotype) BM 1978,00024 Bou Skour mine, Bou Azzer, Jbel Sarho, Morocco J.E. Dietrich, M...199. Apachite (Cotype) BM 1980, 00532 Christmas Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA F.P. Cesbron & S.A. Williams
Journal (issue)
stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had only three specimens...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite...find of calcite in complete "balls" from the Herja Mine near Baia Mare. Evidently a large vug, or series...recent find is certainly notable. From the Boldul Mine in Cavnic there was a find of attractive calcit
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Possible Source for Critical Elements: The Eureka Mine Case, Castell-Estaó, Catalonia Montgarri Castillo-Oliver...Castell-estaó village (Catalonia). However, the mine was never productive and exploration was finally...[2]) have since then been described and the Eureka mine even became a type locality of new minerals (i.e...uranium deposit. Moreover, the access to all the mine tunnels and outcrops not only allowed good 3D sampling...Image Image of of the the main main Eureka Eureka mine mine outcrops, outcrops, with with Castell-estaó Castell-estaó
Book
distiict, Colo. (Sims, 1955). Noted in Belgian Congo pitchblende are Pb, Fe, Co, Ni, 1'1o, and Se. Uraninite...and quartz (black) which also replaces core. Bigay mine, Lachaux, Auvergne, France ( X 100) ( Geffroy and...weighing 20 tons have been found in the Katanga, Belgian Congo,· deposits. Single euhedral to subhedral...deposits; cubes in vugs at Shinko]obvve, Belgian Congo, and partial cubes in veins of some deposits in...Lake, Canada; Joachimsthal, Bohemia; Shinkolobwe, Belgian Congo. Somevvhat siinilarly in the Sn deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as Laurium that I have seen associated with brochantite, anglesite and zincian dolomite. Single, untwinned...Schneeberg and Joachimstal; Shinkolobwe; Broken Hill, Rhodesia and N.S.W.: Mammoth mine, Tiger; and Bisbee are...mineralogical accomplishment. "From the Mineral Hill mine south of Tucson he has identified the following:...gerhardtite, pseudoboleite, connellite, linarite and brochantite! Only the first and last two occur in crystals...bright green brochantite. "Another spectacular find is iodyrite with natrochalcite from a mine near Wagoner
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
Book
COLORADO-I] [ 289-352 385-448 [ AUSTRALlA] 353-504 KATANGA] 257-320 321--416 M-S--HlLAlRE ] CARNEGlE]...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G
 
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