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Malachite from
Kasompi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Schuilingite-(Nd)ⓘ2 photos of Malachite associated with Schuilingite-(Nd) at this locality.
Heterogeniteⓘ2 photos of Malachite associated with Heterogenite at this locality.
Glaukosphaeriteⓘ1 photo of Malachite associated with Glaukosphaerite at this locality.
Dolomiteⓘ1 photo of Malachite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Crocoiteⓘ1 photo of Malachite associated with Crocoite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kasompi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (14 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:195747
Long-form Identifier:1:3:195747:1
GUID (UUID V4):6a4a050d-221e-4f99-b2c3-19ef6023e718
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
23.1km (14.4 miles) ⓘMutanda Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
27.0km (16.8 miles) ⓘKansuki Cu-Co deposit, Kisamfu, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
30.0km (18.6 miles) ⓘTilwezembe mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
33.2km (20.6 miles) ⓘMindingi Mine, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
37.7km (23.4 miles) ⓘSwambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
48.7km (30.3 miles) ⓘTenke Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
51.8km (32.2 miles) ⓘMutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
52.4km (32.6 miles) ⓘKansalawile Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
53.7km (33.4 miles) ⓘMambilima Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
55.8km (34.7 miles) ⓘKolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Optical Properties: Semitransparent. Color: Deep malachite-green to apple-green. Streak: Pale green. Luster:...Optical Class: Biaxial (–). Pleochroism: X = deep malachite-green; Y = Z = apple-green. Orientation: X ∧ c...70 Mg0.06 )Σ=1.84 (CO3 )1.02 (OH)1.94 . (2) Kasompi, Congo; neglecting impurities, corresponds to (Cu1...Cu–Ni sulfide deposits. Association: Nickeloan malachite, azurite, paratacamite, brochantite, chalconatronite...Dordie North nickel prospect, in the 132 North nickel mine, four km southwest of Widgiemooltha, and in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cobalt and manganese ores in the Katanga province, DR Congo Sophie DecrĂ©e & Étienne Deloule & Gilles Ruffet...Abstract The Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, hosts world-class cobalt deposits accounting for...Katanga Copperbelt . Lateritic ore . Supergene . Congo Geological setting and the secondary Co and Mn...Copperbelt in the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which is part of the Lufilian fold-andthrust belt...laterites (formed on Kundelungu deposits) in the Kawama mine The Cu–Co deposits of the Katanga Copperbelt are
Report (issue)
= 6.395(1) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: [Kasompi mine,] Congo. 3.827 (100), 2.928 (100), 4.46 (90), 3...Total 99.33 [99.39] Tb2 O3 trace 0.66 (1) [Kasompi mine,] Congo; by electron microprobe, CO2 by chromatography...hydrothermal base metal Association: Gysinite-(Nd), malachite, cerussite, wulfenite, kasolite, schoepite, uranophane...Distribution: From the Kasompi, Menda, and Kamoto East mines, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire)...Chief Geologist, Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, Congo. Type Material: Royal Museum of Central Africa
Report (issue)
2392(8) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: [Shinkolobwe,] Congo. 4.326 (100), 3.676 (100), 2.074 (60), 5.54 (50)...49 1.93 31.69 Total [100.0] (1) [Shinkolobwe,] Congo; by electron microprobe, averages of 21 analyses...19 (CO3 )2.05 (OH)0.63 ‱ 1.2H2 O. (2) Sa Duchessa mine, Sardinia, Italy; by electron microprobe, average...altered uraninite. Association: Schuilingite-(Nd), malachite, cerussite, wulfenite, kasolite, gold, bornite...(Shinkolobwe, Congo); chrysocolla, agardite-(Y), philipsburgite, theisite (Sa Duchessa mine, Sardinia, Italy)
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...3 mines, Elk Ridge district; and the Happy Jack mine. Cuprosklodowskite is apparently widespread throughout
Journal (issue)
crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection...outside the Shaba Crescent, as does the large Kipushi mine, which has yielded lead, zinc, silver, copper, cadmium...to Shaba about 20 years ago, after the Belgian Congo became Zaire in 1960. “ Shaba” means “copper” in...1880’s, Leopold II conceived of establishing a Congo Free State which would come under his sole sovereignty...determined that Katanga would remain part of the Congo Free State. In 1885, Leopold II was finally able
Journal (issue)
encouraged. Calcite Remember that the NVMC gets 15% of Malachite the sale price of all items and 100% of the sale...referring to her article in this month's newsletter. Dr. Lance Kearns, James Madison University would provide...Cu2CO3(OH)2 A/K/A MALACHITE By Sheryl E. Sims Resembling the leaves of a mallow plant, malachite was given the...green paints dating as far back at the 1800s. Malachite can be found in Egyptian tomb paintings and also...when it is discovered in large pieces, banded malachite is used to make precious ornamental objects such
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tokyo169,Japan Gaspeite, glaukosphaerite, Nakauri mine, a quarry at and ‱` 0.49 Cu) Pass pink and...glaukosphaerite and mcguinessite from the Nakauri mine, Shinshiro City, and on (Manuscript cutting heazlewoodite... tial requires .42 Mg/(Mg+ originally Ni2+ mine. components of their principal minerals includ... to cobaltpentlandite, to jamborite central mine. Kamewari Fe-rich genetically seem the Cobaltian...August 10, 1993) and Station, chalcocite. and mine in zone, Tokai iron Nakauri developed within
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Eur. J. Mineral. 2006, 18, 787–792 The malachite-rosasite group: crystal structures of glaukosphaerite...Mg2(CO3)(OH)2, two carbonates belonging to the malachite-rosasite group, have been determined from powder...the structure of malachite: the relationships between the rosasite-like and the malachite-like structural...distortion of the two independent Me sites in the malachite-rosasite known structures is evaluated and attributed...pokrovskite, powder data, structural solution, malachite-rosasite group. Introduction Several phases,
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
Prof dr. hab. Witolda Ć»abit1Skiego This album is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Prof Dr. hab...mm, okaz 130x90x5 mm. Malachite, polished. Shaba (Katanga), Dem. Rep. of Congo. Photo SOx120 mm, sample...podziękowania pragniemy zƂoĆŒyć: Jego Magnificencji Prof. dr. hab. inĆŒ. Antoniemu Tajdusiowi Rektorowi Akademii...Geologii, Geofizyki i Ochrony ƚrodowiska AGH Prof. dr. hab. inĆŒ. Jackowi Matyszkiewiczowi za inicjatywę...się w temat, zapraszam w mury naszej Uczelni. Prof. dr hab. inĆŒ. Antoni Tajduƛ Rektor Akademii GĂłrniczo-Hutniczej
Journal (issue)
cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...copper-containing minerals (e.g., chalcopyrite, azurite, malachite, chrysocolla, linarite, etc.). Consequently it...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
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 (issue)
p. 258 COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to...fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals...and Other Minerals from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona Chapter authors: Les...Presmyk and Tony Potucek The Mammoth-St. Anthony mine at Tiger has produced not only large amounts of...Frank Schultz staked the first claims in 1879. The mine began as several separate workings that ultimately
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 .. ................. .............................uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical
Catalog/List
NUKUNDAMITE, ... . ...... . .. $10.00 CuS, Undu Mine, Nukundamu , Fiji ‱83A40 Tiny (1 mm) pure fragment...MARGARITASITE, Cesium Analog of Carnotite, Margaritas #3 Mine, Sierra Pena Blanca , Chihuahua , Mexico Large (5...SPECIMENS MALACHITE, Kambove, Shaba , Zaire Very nice thumbnail of crystallized botryoidal malachite. Looks...50 (b) 1 x 1 cm ... $35.00 XANTHOCONITE, La Rosa Mine, Cobalt , Ontario, Canada Very tiny golden xanthoconite...$17.50 SCHUILINGITE, PB,Ca.Cu,(CO,)a(OH).‱6H,O, Kasompi, Shaba, Zaire. Rich bright-blue schuilingite (pronounced
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: The Kipushi mine, Z a ir e ........................................the Angola-Congo craton, examples being M ’Passa in the People’s R e­ public of the Congo and Kipushi...is connected by a good road to the old Kansanshi mine and the neighboring Solwezi town, about 100 km S60°W...in the Shaba Crescent. X / m W Kakanda o X Kasompi { Kalongwe — Mindingi ^ ‱ Kalabi M’sesa Kabolela...of the first prospecting mission to the Zambezi Congo border organized by Robert W illiam s’ Tanganyika
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 OberthĂŒr 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...reflections of hematite (red), azurite (blue), and malachite (green). Common Habit Many minerals develop
Report (volume)
-----------------------------------Alexo Nickel mine ____________________________________ - ___ Kenora...after its discovery in the Kasompi Mine, in what is now the Republic of the Congo, in a disseminated deposit...and Yund (1962). Their data indicate that the Kasompi mine vaesite formed at 390°C; thus it is a hydrothermal...Canada British Columbia: Hope, Giant 1,025,000 Nickel mine. Manitoba: Lynn Lake district __________ 11,916...Thompson-Moak Lake district: Thompson mine _________ 25,000,000 Moak Lake mine ________ 50,000,000 0. 95 9
Journal (issue)
gisement a cessé en 1 9 6 0 , aprÚs l'inondatio n de la mine. L'objet de notre exposé n'est pas de dresser un...pou r la l ocalisation d es gßtes c ités. 1 . - Mine de l'Etoile (Lubumbashi) I l s ' a g i t d ' u n...cassures des roch e s . On y trouve aussi d e la MALACHITE e n rognons à surface lui sante et écailleuse...c l atu re). La g l a u ko s p ha e ri te d e Kasompi, d e q ua l i té nette­ m e n t s u pé ri e u re...l'imagine car de nom breuses aiguilles vertes de malachite sont reprises co m me ger· hardtite dans les collections
Book
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...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
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...vvastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...Saskatchewan, is the world's largest high-grade uraniu1n mine. The ore from that ,nine is crushed and treated
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...There is also a country called Republic of Congo or simply Congo (capital Brazzaville). Information about
Book
Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous...ilmenite crystals as described here for the Dodo mine. In general, ilmenite crystals from the Subpolar
Report (issue)
(Germany) and Shinkolobwe (Democratic Republic of the Congo), to the stockworks and episyenite columns of Bernardan...activities include drilling and coring to complete final mine plans and establish final processing flowsheets...case of an underground mine or overburden stripping in the case of an open pit mine, mill construction,...direction and dips south at 15–30Âș. In the Main Mine Series the ore zone is up to 35m thick. Jabiluka...open to the south and east at depth. In the Main Mine Series the ore zones are up to 135m thick. The metasedimentary
 
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