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Zircon from
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1012206
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1012206:4
GUID (UUID V4):b46a9046-b696-4ff1-820f-41677e59fb29
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
72.3km (44.9 miles) Twangiza Mine, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
c = 10.60(3) X-ray Powder Pattern: Kobokobo pegmatite, Congo. 7.80 (100), 3.87 (80), 3.15 (70), 2.99...8.91 7.87 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Kobokobo pegmatite, Congo; by electron microprobe, average of seven...granite pegmatite. Association: Meta-autunite, furongite, phosphuranylite, ranunculite, beryl, zircon, columbite...(Zaire). Name: From the Kobokobo pegmatite, Lusungu River district, Kivu Province, Congo For the typical triangular...(1982) Les phosphates d’uranyle et d’aluminium de Kobokobo. VI. La triangulite, Al3 (UO2 .PO4 )4 (OH)5 .5H2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Al4[(UO2)4(PO4)6](OH)2(H2O)19.5, from the Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, was solved for the first...2:3. Key-words: furongite; crystal structure; Kobokobo; aluminium; uranyl phosphate; topology. co rre...end of the 1950's, the Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, was one of the largest...largest beryllium deposits in the world. This pegmatite has produced a huge amount of beryl, columbite, cassiterite...description of the different zones of the Kobokobo pegmatite has been provided by Safiannikoff & van Wambeke
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diopside and fassaitic pyroxene, wiluite, perovskite, zircon, baghdadite, magnetite, hematite, titanite, fluorapatite... a new mineral from the Kobokobo pegmatite, Democratic Republic of the Congo. European Journal of Mineralogy...mineral from the Kobokobo pegmatite, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Kobokobo...beryl-columbite/berylphosphate subtype. An upper branch of the pegmatite contained Th-rich uraninite, fluorapatite, and...interpreted as one of the latest forming minerals in the Kobokobo assemblage, as a result of supergene weathering
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatites of Central Africa: at Kobokobo in the Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) and at Kibingo, Kiluli...the Republic of Rwanda (L. Van Wambeke, 1969).At Kobokobo and at Buranga, mitridatite is formed after the...results for internal and external parts of the same Kobokobo sample, where appreciabledifferencesin composition...attributable to the sequenceof crystalization in the pegmatite and subsequent hydrothermal alteration and weathering...frondelite associatedwith the analysed mitridatites of Kobokobo occursin fibrous massesof olive-greencolor, often
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Delhayelite Delhayelite, anew silicate from the Belgian Congo. Tn. G. Serrtu.n,,txlK.ttHvronBN. M inu al,og.M...kalsilite-melilite-nephelinite lava, Mt. Shaheru, Belgian Congo (see gotzenite, combeite, kirschsteinite, Am. Mineral...geologist, "a pioneer in the exploration of North Kivu." M,F Angelellite Paur. R,luroun, F. Alrr,rrr.o...and limonite, minor fluorite, quartz, apatite, zircon, chlorite, piagioclase, rutile, and heamatite....de la mineralisation radioactive de Ia pegmatite de Kobokobo et description d'une nouvelle espbce min6rale
Book (edition)
This book is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Dr. John Sinkankas for his kind initiative and support...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...The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu, and Maniema...There is also a country called Republic of Congo or simply Congo (capital Brazzaville). Information about
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ancient workings of turquois were located on the south slopes of the Ali-Mirsa-Kuh mountains near Nishapur...phosphorus handbook. Wiley. New York Moore PB (1982) Pegmatite minerals ofP(V) and B(III). Mineral Assoc Can...brecciated metamorphosed rock phosphate at Moculta, South Australia Optical constants: Not certain; low birefringence...03(30), 1.928(30) Ref: Newberry NG, Essene EJ, Peacor DR (1981) Am Miner 66: 1050-1053 AUuaudite Series (includes...Mode of Occurrence: Occurs in large masses in pegmatite at several mines in the Custer-Pringle area, Custer
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England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne 3205 Victoria, Australia Nelson Canada...Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D(.= 2.646, VIIIA 10...orange-brown. Alcatore Creek, Eastern Otago, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. H= 6, Djj4= 3.48, D(,= 3.47...Pearly colorless. Moculta quarry, Angaston (near), South Australia, Australia. H= 2, Djn=?, 0^= 2.15, VHD...AlTh(U02)7(P04)402(0H)5 • I5H2O, E Trie. Transparent yellow. Kobokobo, Kivu, Zaire. H=?, Djjj= 3.9, D(;= 3.98, VHD 21.
Report (issue)
Cover: The De Wet Shaft, Tsumeb mine (photograph by Dr Gabi Schneider, Geological Survey of Namibia) MINISTRY...Brabantite was first described from the Van der Made pegmatite on the farm Brabant 86, west of Etiro in the Kari...Silesia, Poland (Kucha, 1979); Olympic Dam prospect, South Australia (Mumme et al., 1988); West Caradon mine...mine, Cornwall (Lawrence , 1990); Iron Monarch, South Australia (Pring et al., 1990) and Alaska mine, Zimbabwe...reported from the Mount Bonnie mine, North­ ern Territory (England and Robinson, 1 988); Ashburton Downs
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Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle. Courtesy...through Persian zarghun (gold-colored) to modern zircon. Egyptian ntr(j) (natron) via Semitic or Hittite...Consolidated Mines. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. Aheylite (Fe2*,Zn) Alg(PO,)4(OH)3®4H,0...discovery locality, at Akatore Creek, eastern Otago, South Island, New Zealand. H.H. Khoo In Read, P.B. & Reay...Adelaide, Australia. Moculta quarry, Angaston, South Australia, Australia. From Gk. allaktein, to change
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(Canada); Markku Lehtinen (Finland); Bob Smith (South Africa); and Jay Zaveri (India) gave help. Marcelle...marvelous green-fluorescing variety of fluorite, is a pegmatite at Amelia Courthouse, Virginia. In the vicinity...which fluoresces white or red. Middle States, South Excellent small crystals of the rare mineral leadhillite...green-fluorescing willemite from the Tres Hermanas Mountains south of Deming. Willemite fluorescing green and calcite...the Ambrosia Lake uranium district near Grants. South of Bingham are mines that contain fluorite, which
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(Canada); Markku Lehtinen (Finland); Bob Smith (South Africa); and Jay Zaveri (India) gave help. Marcelle...green-fluorescing vari- ety of fluorite, is a pegmatite at Amelia Courthouse, Virginia. In the vicinity...which fluoresces white or red. Middle States, South Excellent small crystals of the rare mineral leadhillite...green-fluorescing willemite from the Tres Hermanas Mountains south of Deming. Willemite fluorescing green and calcite...the Ambrosia Lake uranium district near Grants. South of Bingham are mines that contain fluorite, which
Report (volume)
mainly at Hanford, Washington, and Savannah River, South Carolina. The total activity of this waste exceeds...work on uranium-helium dating and by 1910 had used zircon in dating that produced ages of 321 million years...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...is apparent that coffinite is isostructural with zircon. Thus, coffinite is an orthosilicate with U4+ coordinated
Book (edition)
Pennsylvania, and from the Kobokobo quarry, near Kamituga, Dern. Rep. of Congo. EJM 23, 269-277, 2011. ...5.1(6) - 2.65(6) - 2.44(5). At Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. IMA 2010-029. Aleksandrovite KLi3CaSn...late-stage hydrothermal mineral in a syenite pegmatite at Tvedalen, Langesundsfjord, Vestfold, Norway...Intergrown in thaleniteM crystals from the NYF-pegmatite at Askagen quarry, Viirmland, Sweden, in tiny...and on mine dumps of the Lloyd mine, Burraga, New South Wales, Australia. AM 91, 261-269, 2006. Alum-K renamed
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magmatic or hydrothermal origins of elbaite in the pegmatite cavities; the mctamorphic or hydrothermal origins...information. This book is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Jaroslav "venek, who was of extraordinary influence...Mountains, Russia; from the Onvcrwacht mine, Bushveld, South Africa and Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Fine smaller...Canada. Fine specimens occurred in a Li-bearing pegmatite near Varutrask, Sweden. Stibarsen, 58 mm. Allin...minerals; also in pegmatites. As veinlcts in a pegmatite in Varutrask, Sweden. Cleavablc plates, up to
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Utah; (lower /eft) rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud...England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada...of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing...Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M. E., Ingram...Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It also occurs at various localities in Arizona, Idaho, South Dakota,
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England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada...of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing...Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M. E., Ingram...Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It also occurs at various localities in Arizona, Idaho, South Dakota,...California, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Jersey
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yegorovite Na4[Si2O4(OH)2]2·7H2O from the Palitra pegmatite, Lovozero massif, Kola peninsula hydrated proton)...Locality: Ampanodiana North pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely Pegmatite Field, Andrembesoa Commune...sodalite, phlogopite, a humite-group mineral and zircon. Identified by powder X-ray diffraction pattern... Locality: Ministerskaya Yama Pit, Sarapulka pegmatite field (near Sarapulka village), Murzinka district...Be2(BO3)(OH,F) Locality: Fantaziya (Fantasy) pegmatite, Kukurt river, Eastern Pamir, Tajikistan. Description:
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composition of the potassic rocks from Roccamonfina (South Italy). Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 47,1980,91-101...1981,85-92. 65. Cortini M. Aeolian island arc (South Tyrrhenian sea) magma heterogeneities in historical...intrusive Basic extrusive Ultrabasic Alkaline Silicic pegmatite Uranium, ppm 1-6 2-7 0,3-2 0,2-4 0,001-0.03 0...xenotime, for example, contain more uranium than zircon, apatite and sphene, Uraninite, the most abundant...Quartz-pebble conglomerate deposits are a major exception. *©Dr. C. E. Nichols 1984. Sedimentary host rocks Sandstones
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Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C. Alan Pring: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Gunnar...has been disrupted by ionizing radiation, (e.g., zircon) and (3) certain naturally occurring liquids (H...10. India 11. South east Asia 12. Middle East 13. African Countries, from north to south 14. Oceania 15...15. Australia 16. Antarctica 17. South America The localities section includes a description of the...Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Isand South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia
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Mineralogy, Museum of Geology South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Rapid City, South Dakota GEORGE ROBERT...of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing...Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Thompson, M. E., Ingram...(ferroactinolite), Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming (nephrite), South Dakota , Minnesota, Pennsylvania (byssolite), Vermont...Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; at Tsumeb , South West Africa; and at Laurium , Greece. Other occurrences
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA:...1997 COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA Scientific Editor R.D. Dixon Linguistic...the Council for Geoscience (Geological Survey of South Africa), 280 Pretoria Street, Silverton, Pretoria........................... 69 5.1 Overview of South African Occurrences ..............................LAYEREDSUITE,BUSHVELDCOMPLEX.... 111 MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA: TYPE-MINERAL SPECIES AND TYPE-MINERAL NAMES
 
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