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Calcite from
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Raman Spectroscopy
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Dioptase55 photos of Calcite associated with Dioptase at this locality.
Shattuckite42 photos of Calcite associated with Shattuckite at this locality.
Malachite18 photos of Calcite associated with Malachite at this locality.
Plancheite16 photos of Calcite associated with Plancheite at this locality.
Quartz14 photos of Calcite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Chrysocolla6 photos of Calcite associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Cuprite6 photos of Calcite associated with Cuprite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:195546
Long-form Identifier:1:3:195546:0
GUID (UUID V4):d32dc75e-a529-4d45-b3af-885d2f653b66
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.7km (0.5 miles) Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
19.0km (11.8 miles) Kamoya prospect, Kamoya, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
19.5km (12.1 miles) Kambove West Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
20.0km (12.4 miles) Kambove Principal Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
20.5km (12.7 miles) Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
24.2km (15.0 miles) Kabolela Mine, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
26.9km (16.7 miles) Kamfundwa Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
27.5km (17.1 miles) Shangulowé Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
38.4km (23.8 miles) Kakanda South Mine, Kakanda deposit, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
40.4km (25.1 miles) Kakanda deposit, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (volume)
., ..J ATLAS DU KATANGA PUBLIE PAR LE ,,, COMITE SPECIAL nu KATANGA / d 'ap�è5 les tr>avaux ·de...remonte à l'âge triasique. rhétien. ATLAS nu KATANGA FASCICULE 2 TABLE DES MATIÈRES GÉNÉRALITÉS...LXXXIII LXXXVII Introduction . La géologie du Katanga Méridional Carte d'ensemble des Feuilles « I...Tenke » Carte géologique du Katanga Méridional LXXXV LXXXIX FEUILLE KAMBOVE Texte. Planches, plans et...de mine Planche géodésique. Planche des minéraux Plan et coupe schématique de la mine de Kambove Planche
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1994). Similarly, it is reported from the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922)....planchtite is described in ore from the Algomah mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan (Williams 1962). In...heterogenite and malachite occurs in the Blue Jay mine, Goodsprings district, Clark County, Nevada. Dioptase...the Black Pine mine, Granite County, Montana. In California it occurs at the Blue Bell mine and with linarite...identified filling vugs in malachite at the Cornucopia mine, Blind Springs district, Mono County (Murdoch and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
resource. Cobalt forms spherocobaltite (CoCO3, calcite group), whose complete solid solution with isostructural...Cobalt-rich dolomite, Ca(Mg,Co)(CO3)2, and Co-rich calcite, (Ca,Co)CO3, can accommodate up to 20 mol.% Co...been reported as a minor substituent of other calcite-group carbonates and as a major constituent of...octahedral sites at random. This is the disordered or calcite structure, in which any cation present can occur...Tenke-Fungurume, D.R. Congo Przibram, Bohemia Peramea, Spain Durango, Colorado Kakanda, D.R. Congo Mashamba West
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)
Université de Lubumbashi, B.P.1825, Lubumbashi, Congo Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, ARC...belt is bordered to the northwest by the Archean Congo Craton and the Mesoproterozoic Kibaride belt, to...in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (hereafter Congo) and northwestern Zambia (Fig. 1). A basal...and by logging of borehole cores from the Kipushi mine. A total of 115 samples (30 from Bunkeya, 50 from...Lithostratigraphy of the Katangan Supergroup in Katanga (modified from François, 1973b, 1987, 1995; Kampunzu
Journal (issue)
(a variety of zoisite), 9 cm, from the Merelani mine, located on the slopes of the Lelatema Mountains...Democratic Republic of Congo Back cover: Top left: Euclase, 2.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Colombia. Top right:...left: Phosphophyllite, 2 cm, from the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Bottom right: Grossular, 3.5 cm...Worldwide Collection Private Worldwide Collections Congo Tourmalines  My Life in Minerals by Will Johnson...Fluorapatite on elbaite, 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
few millimeters in length. It is orthorhombic (2/ 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...the type locality, the Shattuck or Shattuck-Denn mine at Bisbee, Warren district, Cochise County, after...which the mineral in named (Schaller 1915). The mine itself was developed by one of the Bisbee copper...Shattuckite occurs at the New Cornelia open-pit mine in the Ajo district, Pima County, occasionally in
Journal (issue)
dioptase-planchéite pseudomorphs after calcite from the Tantara copper deposit, Republique du Congo . . . . . . . . . ....Toronto Technical College. He learned that the Tsumeb mine in South-West Africa was producing some very beautiful...the miners was nothing new at Tsumeb; they would mine around crystal pockets until lunchtime, then go...fill their oversized lunch boxes with specimens. Mine management looked the other way as long as operations...website: Abstracts of New Mineral Species prepared by Dr. Joseph A. Mandarino, former Chairman of the International
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
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
contain phosphate, and pearls contain aragonite and calcite. Yet all the splendidly crystallized collector's...are rare in such deposits, though crystals of calcite, celestite, etc. can be found in them from time...faces, all the sides of which are equal (dolomite, calcite). This type gives the most varied shapes, particularly...Minerals from sedimen­ tary rocks and gangues Calcite Fluorite Barite Dolomite Aragonite Rhodochrosite...Billietite 112 Brazilianite 42 Brochantite 98 Calcite . 48 Caledonite 94 Chalcopyrite 90 Chervetite 84
Journal (issue)
(M-F). KASSEL. Bürgerhaus JÜCKELHOFEN. Gymnasium, Dr.-Ruben-Straße. Beurs (M-mijnbouw) MELK. Hotel-Restaurant...dessauite-(Y) en France 48-49 Une découverte de calcite à Bagard, Gard  LE CAILLOUTEUX # 253, 11.11 ...tourmaline 192 530-534 Alabandite, Uchucchacua mine, Oyon Prov., Lima Dept., Peru 536-537 Tasmanian...(Ontario-Québec-New York)  ELEMENTS 7(6), 12.11 Themanummer : "Mine wastes  LE CAILLOUTEUX # 255, 01.12 3-4 Musée...voor zijn mineralen... op zoek naar mineralen in Haut-le-Wastia, Anhée, Namur, België, in 1985 Foto ©
Journal (issue)
Front cover: Sulfur on Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto...mutual exchange of knowledge. We are grateful to Dr. Federico Pezzotta, curator of mineralogy at the...place in the Sardinian mines and the Traversella mine (Piedmont). The second edition of the Catalogue...chalcopyrite and various rare sulfosalts from the Bottino mine in Tuscany. MINERAL COLLECTING FROM THE POST-WAR...exploring the underground workings of an historic gold mine in the Brusson area, Val d' Ayas, western Alps.
Catalog/List
lustrous showy xl 5. .. > BARITE ON WITHERITE. Raggs Mine,;Alson Moor, Cumberland. Nice intergrown group of...25x20x25mm. £30. 8. CALCITE. Cambokeels Mine, Weardale, Co Durham. A 70x30mm area of calcite matrix covered...individual thin hexagonal white calcite xls to 10mm. 80x50x30mm. £8. 9. CALCITE (TWIN). Egremont, Cumberland...Label. 45x45x15mm .£60. •-* 10. Penbertriy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Areas of red to brown CARMINITE...matrix. 50x50x20mm. £22. 12 CASSITERITE. Poldory Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Lovely group of about 50 jet
Catalog/List
Mall. Prehnite spheres to 28mm. 70x39x29mm. 2 CALCITE (twinned xtls), Sokolovkaya, Kazakhstan. Honey...34x30x28mm. £125 7 CERUSSITE and barite, Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Ireland.Heavy barite matrix riddled...DIOPTASE, Tantara Mine, Congo. Display druse with xtls to 5mm. 71x27x42mm. £58 9 MIMETITE and Calcite, San...San Antonia Mine, Santa Eulalia, Mexico.Very pretty colourful vugh. 78x45x30mm. £32 DIOPTASE, with minor...Mutercard. Rennevile,Brazzavile,Republcof the Congo Standing un...ided with ayatala to 9mm. Clrca eerty
Journal (issue)
clubs plus importants, dont nous par­ lions plus haut, au sein d'une Fédération Belge des Cercles Géologi­...tels les minéraux cup rifères, les phosphates, la calcite, e t c... Dep uis plusieurs années, par des conférences...c h a u x , les cristaux si remarq uables d e calcite ? Y -a-t-il pe rte évid e n t e q u and l'amateur...""' 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CRYSTAL GROWTH OF SCHOEPITE ON THE (104) SURFACE OF CALCITE MICHAEL SCHINDLER§ AND ANDREW PUTNIS Institut für...interaction of acidic and basic uranyl solutions with calcite. The uranyl solutions have (UO2)2+ concentrations...schoepite crystals grown on the (104) surface of calcite. Crystals grown during in situ experiments with...defined rectangular (001) faces. Examinations of calcite surfaces after interaction with a slightly acidic...and the pH of the solution. Keywords: schoepite, calcite, crystal growth, morphology, pH value, uranyl mineral
Book
Cette Exposition est placee sous le Haut Patron de Monsieur Hubert Curien, Ministre de la Recherche...quelques uns des premiers cristaux sur roche de la Mine Premier en Afrique du Sud (sur kimberlite alteree...Une nagyagite {mine d'or arsenicale de Nagyag) s'est payee 122 livres ; une proustite {mine d'argent rouge...a 72 livres a !'exception d'un "grand plateau de mine de plomb verte de Fribourg" paye 300 livres ! Le... Crocoite, Dundas, Tasmanle. Museum. Cliche Larousse Calcite, Egremont, Cumberland. Museum. Cliche Labo Photo
Catalog/List
collection, a lot of it collected when the Tsumeb Mine (as well as other mines of the region) were still...engineering work took him to the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia. This mine is renowned for producing what are arguably... SESSION ONE MINERALS 57001 Azurite Level 8, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia If the attachment...Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia Some of the best things to come from the Tsumeb Mine were...com/5236 57004 Mimetite Epimorph on Cerussite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia The multiple stages
Journal (issue)
(Perthshire) and as a biproduct at the Glebe fluorspar mine (Derbyshire). It’s main use is as a heavy drilling...dolomite, Plate 2. Pale blue, gemmy baryte on calcite, showing the tapered habit. showing the flattened...Prize Winner Madagascan ammonites Malachite from Congo Azurite from Tsumeb Spanish pyrite cube Charlie...mostly have a sedimentary provenance. They include calcite, quartz, baryte, gypsum, pyrite and marcasite,...Fullers Earth Quarry at Redhill and a columnar calcite from Plumpton Plain on the South Downs. Two marcasite
Journal (issue)
Jmarch06@comcast.net SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER: Dr. Don Buchanan; dbuch7326@aol.com MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...Pegmatite Mine The early-day history (1896-1913) of gem tourmaline mining at the Himalaya mine, San Diego...“The Early Mining History of the Himalaya Pegmatite Mine,” as described above was serialized in the January...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caracolite from Challacollo mine, Iquique, Tarapaca Prov., Chile, Compliments of...Dakota Matrix. Carrollite from Kamoya South mine, Katanga, Congo, Compliments of Miner- alpedia, Dakota
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...opaque mineral to reflect the light gypsum. 3 - calcite, 4 - fluorite, 5 - apatite, 6 - ortho- beam on...arisen with localities in Congo-Zaire: the country, named Democratic Republic of Congo since 1960, was changed
Journal (issue)
279; Azurite-Bob Howard collection, page 138; Calcite- Kevin Schofield collection, page 228; Pezzottaite-Jim...collection, page 135. Backcover: (lefl column) Calcite-Kevin & Mark Brown collection, page 52; Smoky quartz...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurs with calcite in small veins traversing limonite; the color of the mixture with calcite ranges from...weathering of magnetite ores containing pyrite and calcite at Dashkesan, Middle Caucasus, Azerbaidjan. Associated...given) gave 3.95*0.02. Optical study from Tantara, Katanga, gave biaxial, positive, 2V 80+5", a 1.743+0...states that his material was type material from the Congo procured by W. T. Schaller from Prof. Lacroix. Further
Journal (issue)
localities like the Sweet Horne mine, Breckenridge, Mount Antero, the Sunnyside mine, Creede, Cripple Creek,...Collection" labels list the name of the lade or mine, the mining district and county, and the assay results...thread, some taken from the surface of the American mine and some from its deepest workings indicating that...that depth does not change the character of the mine. One is impressed by the money as well as the scientific...quartz, interspersed with gold, but the owner of the mine, Mr. Walker, seeing the cabinet, said that the piece
 
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