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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Iriginite
Formula:(UO2)Mo2O7 · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Iriginite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:363048
Long-form Identifier:1:3:363048:8
GUID (UUID V4):1b6e6134-ba3e-46b4-975b-55db2bd9e85d
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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
Report (issue)
00] 100.00 (1) Marysvale, Utah, USA. (2) Shinkolobwe, Congo; by electron microprobe, average of two analyses;...Association: Uraninite, ilsemannite, jordisite, iriginite, schoepite, uranophane, rutherfordine, calcurmolite...the Freedom No. 2 mine, Marysvale, Ohio district, Piute Co., Utah; at the Lucky Mc mine, Gas Hills, Fremont...Tolino mine, Cameron district, Coconino Co., Arizona. At Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba...D.E. Appleman (1957) Umohoite from the Lucky Mc mine, Wyoming. Amer. Mineral., 42, 657–660. (4) Kamhi
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. ... .. ... .. .. ................ .. .... . 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
Report (issue)
• (UO2 )Mo6+ 2 O7 3H2 O Iriginite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...area, San Juan Co., Colorado. From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). In the...On the molybdates of uranium – moluranite and iriginite. Zap. Vses. Mineral. Obshch., 88, 564–570 (in...(in Russian). (5) Stephenson, D.A. (1964) Iriginite from South Dakota. Amer. Mineral., 49, 408–414. (6)...uranyl molybdates. II. The crystal structure of iriginite. Can. Mineral., 38, 847–851. All rights reserved
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)
and weathering of uranium deposits, as well as the mine and mill tailings that result from resource utilization...these: deloryite (Pushcharovsky et al. 1996), iriginite (Serezhkin et al. 1973) and umohoite (Makarov...replaced by transparent greenish yellow crystals of iriginite. Zhigach (1974) and later Deliens (1975), Piret...described by Brophy & Kerr (1953) from the Freedom No. 2 mine in Marysvale, Utah, with the formula UO2MoO4•4H2O...Appleman (1957) examined samples from the Lucky Mc mine, Wyoming, and reported a monoclinic unit-cell with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vrchoslavi v Krušných horách (Česká republika) Iriginite, chistyakovaite and metazeunerite from the 5.... Abstract A rare uranium supergenne minerals iriginite and chystiakovaite were found in the abandoned...gypsum, nearby the veins that contain molybdenite. Iriginite forms yellow to green-yellow spherical aggregates...518(4) Å and V 982.5(6) A3. Chemical analyses of iriginite correspond to the empirical formula (UO2)(Mo6+1...89[(AsO4)1.97(PO4)0.03]Σ2.00·8H2O. Key words: iriginite, chistyakovaite, metazeunerite, X-ray powder data
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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 (issue)
clubs plus importants, dont nous par­ lions plus haut, au sein d'une Fédération Belge des Cercles Géologi­...""' d + r cos z l'angle p. nüus l'avons vu plt.Js haut, etant toujou rs tr'ës petit. En effet, traçons...celle s u Soleil, d'après ce que nous avons vu plus haut. La planète exerçant la force de marée la plus forte...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...redressés et faillés ; dans la région centrale (Kambove), les anticli­ naux se rejoignent ou se dédou blent
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
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...(OH/[(H,0}1 P2,2,2 1 I l.2706 7.1055 20.807 " iriginite [( UO,)(MoO,OHJ,{H,O} ](H,O) Pca2 1 12.77 ...structure of iriginite (Serezhkin et al. 1973) contains sh~ets that are based upon the iriginite anion topology
Book
K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 •nH20, ® Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4=...*21120, Mon. Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D(
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1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...including amateur col- lectors, company executives, mine owners, and vari- in the appropriate position.
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The first discoveries of uranium minerals in Katanga go back to 1915 and in 1921 exploitation was begun...Quartz-pebble conglomerate deposits are a major exception. *©Dr. C. E. Nichols 1984. Sedimentary host rocks Sandstones...temperatures that arc associated with hydrothermal systems. Dr. Scott noted that spring waters with temperatures...drape around permeability barriers in a uranium mine, so the colour bands follow the same 28 Medium...Fast Alligator Rivers district in the Northern Territory of Australia the vein-like deposits were found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nb2O5(V) 83 2H2O(S) + Urφ5 + 2MoO3(VI) + H2O(H) 84 iriginite [(UO2)(MoO3OH)2(H2O)](H2O) CaO(VII) + Urφ5 + 4MoO3(VI)...occurs as extremely fined-grained efflorescences on mine walls, surface outcrops, and elsewhere where evaporation...Characterization and dissolution of a becquerelite from Shinkolobwe, Zaire. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61,...natural UO2 under oxidizing conditions from Shinkolobwe, Katanga, Zaire: A natural analogue for the corrosion...Trunov, V.K. (1973) The structure of synthetic iriginite. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 210, 873–876 (in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mines of the Lodève basin. However, the Rabejac mine contains in addition rare species, such as uranyl...uranyl arsenates and uranyl molybdates. The Rabejac mine is also the type locality for three uranyl mineral...1 Pn21 a Pn21 a Pn21 a Pn21 a Rabejac, Fr Shinkolobwe, DRC Shaba, DRC Synthetic This study [55] [56]...2602.2 2614.7 Pbn21 Pbn21 Pbn21 Rabejac, Fr Shinkolobwe, DRC Shaba, DRC This study [56] [54] 4.4. Liebigite-Ca2...mineral associations that were observed in the Rabejac mine are typical of the supergene alteration zone of
Book
03(30), 1.928(30) Ref: Newberry NG, Essene EJ, Peacor DR (1981) Am Miner 66: 1050-1053 AUuaudite Series (includes...Custer-Pringle area, Custer County, and at the Etta mine, Pennington County, South Dakota. Also found in...long and 4-8 feet in thickness at the Giant-Volney mine at Tinton, Lawrence County; and as masses 20-40...siderite, and other minerals at the West Phoenix mine, near Liskeard, Cornwall, England Optical Constants:...beryl, muscovite, and spodumene at the Nickel Plate mine, Keystone, Pennington County, South Dakota; also
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
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minerals were named when Zaire was called the Belgian Congo; this old term and similar ones are retained in...chemist and mineralogist; student of Torbern Bergman; mine owner and mineral analyst; trained J. J. Berzelius...political divisions are labradorite (Labrador Territory) and andalusite (Andalusia, a province of Spain)...naming new minerals is to incorporate the name of the mine or deposit in which the mineral was first found...antlerite, Antler mine, Mohave County, Arizona. bultfonteinite, Bultfontein diamond mine, Kimberley, South
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
Book (edition)
Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely... Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise n1ine, Dolores...Juab County, and with austinite at the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utal1; in Inyo, San Bernardino,...Simon mine, Mineral AENIGMATITE County , Nevada. Magnificent specimens occur at the Ojuela mine, Mapimi
Book
compiled (as were the following twenty Lists) by Dr L J Spencer, with the object of providing a convenient...arose from the collaboration of one of us (PGE) with Dr Hey in the preparation of recent Lists, and a recognition...Society of Great Britain and by their present compiler, Dr M H Hey. It should be noted in this connection that...1939), which attracted the comment in a review by Dr L J Spencer: ‘Much of the infor¬ mation has been...Magazine and Abstracts’ (M.A. 7, 313). We also thank Dr Hey for his encouragement and many helpful comments
Report (chapter)
Cu[(UO2)(PO4)]2.10H20 Uranyl molybdates Calcurmolite Iriginite Umohoite Ca(UO2)3(MoO4)3(OH)2(H20)11 U(MoO4)2(OH)2(H20)3...diffraction by Dr Evan D. Jensen (PNNL). Neptunium-bearingU(VI) phases were provided by Dr Judah I. Friese...benefited greatly from reviews by Dr Reto Gier& Dr David W. Shoesmith, and Dr Lawrence Johnson. References...Meta-studtite, UO2-2H20, a new mineral from Shinkolobwe, Zaire. American Mineralogist, 68, 456-458. DOUGLAS
Book (edition)
Yukon States, Australia New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver...Lake Co., Breckenridge(*), Summit Co., Ground Hog mine(*), Gilman Co., Silverton and Telluride, San Juan...Ledge mine, Nevada Co., Jamestown, Tuolumne Co., Colorado quartz mine, Mariposa Co., Bonanza mine, Trinity...Nelson, Westland, Otago, and Southland. Emperor mine, Vatukuola, Fiji. Mt. Kare, Papua New Guinea. In
 
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