 | | Journal (issue) | | n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo ........... 6.6 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)...and on the best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection...great mineralized areas. Locality names such as Musonoi and Shinkolobwe are today famous fo r some o f...nearly 50 km in width. It extends from the town of Kolwezi in the west to the city of Lubumbashi in the east...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 18:27 10 November 2014 Musonoi, Democratic Republic of Congo T he current emphasis on nonpetroleum...The specimen selected comes from the famous Musonoi mine, a locality that produces the world’s finest...magnesium analogue, sklodowskite. Some analyses show traces of Pb, Fe, and Ca. Dr. Rob Bowell, a consultant...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | c = 6.089(4) X-ray Powder Pattern: Kalongwe, Congo. 4.29 (10), 2.92 (8), 5.06 (4), 2.56 (4), 2.09 (3)...8.97 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo; recalculated to 100% after deduction of SiO2 0...kasolite, sklodowskite, malachite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, uraninite, goethite (Kalongwe, Congo); curite...(Shinkolobwe, Congo). Distribution: In Congo (Zaire), in Katanga (Shaba) Province, from the Luiswishi mine; at...Shinkolobwe; at Kambove; from Swambo; and in the Musonoi mine, near Kolwezi. In the Rabéjac uranium deposit, seven |  | | Report (issue) | | = 104± 200 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kasolo, Congo. 3.26 (10), 2.93 (9), 4.19 (8b), 3.53 (7), 6.61...38.00 Total 99.84 100.00 3.07 (1) Kasolo, Congo. (2) Pb(UO2 )SiO4 ² H2 O: Occurrence: An oxidization...torbernite, curite, dewindtite (Kasolo, Congo); rutherfordine, sklodowskite, curite (Nabarlek, Australia). Distribution:...Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, and the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). At...from the Green Monster mine, Goodsprings district, Clark Co., and the 4-D mine, Marietta district, Mineral |  | | Report (issue) | | = 18.71 Z = [8] X-ray Powder Pattern: Ruggles mine, New Hampshire, USA. 3.32 (100), 4.48 (90), 6.14... Total 99.56 100.00 Chemistry: (1) Kasolo, Congo. (2) (UO2 )2 SiO 4 ² 2H2 O: Occurrence: A secondary...oxidation of uraninite. Association: Kasolite, sklodowskite, uranophane, torbernite, curite. Distribution:...Kasolo, Swambo, and in the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). At...Cape Province, South Africa. In the Krunkelbachtal mine, near Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Germany. In the |  | | Catalog/List | | and masses. 3x4½x2½" $125. 00. 2. SILVER Amethyst mine, Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado. Dull silvery metallic...locality. 1¾x2x¾11 $600. 00. 14. DIAMOND Roko, Congo Republic. Superb lustrous olive-gray macle type...or display. 8x7x4 mm. $75.00. 15. DIAMOND Itoko, Congo Republlc. Superb ollve-gray twinned cube. 8x8x7...terminations. 3x3½x2" $35.00. 30. ANHYDRITE Eagle Picher mine, Niaca, Chihuahua, Mexico. radiating elongated etched...minor muscovite. 2½x3½xh" $150. 00. 33. AZURITE Czar mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona. Choice dee~ blue | | | Catalog/List | | and masses. 3x4½x2½" $125. 00. 2. SILVER Amethyst mine, Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado. Dull silvery metallic...locality. 1¾x2x¾11 $600. 00. 14. DIAMOND Roko, Congo Republic. Superb lustrous olive-gray macle type...or display. 8x7x4 mm. $75.00. 15. DIAMOND Itoko, Congo Republlc. Superb ollve-gray twinned cube. 8x8x7...terminations. 3x3½x2" $35.00. 30. ANHYDRITE Eagle Picher mine, Niaca, Chihuahua, Mexico. radiating elongated etched...minor muscovite. 2½x3½xh" $150. 00. 33. AZURITE Czar mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona. Choice dee~ blue |  | | Report (issue) | | FeO and CaO as impurities. (2) Katanga Province, Congo. (3) UO2 (CO3 ). Occurrence: A secondary mineral...billietite, metatorbernite, fourmarierite, studtite, sklodowskite. Distribution: From the Uluguru Mountains, Morogoro...from Kalongwe, and in the Musonoi mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire)....Mountain, Acworth, Sullivan Co., and in the Palermo mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire;...Utah, from the Delta mine, Emery Co., and in the “C” group of claims and the Jomac mine, White Canyon district |  | | Report (issue) | | Total 100.2 99.07 100.00 (1) Shaba Province, Congo; Fe2 O3 trace. (2) J¶achymov, Czech Republic; Fe2...uranophane-beta, compreignacite. Distribution: In Congo (Zaire), from Katanga (Shaba) Province, at Kambove...exceptional specimens from Shinkolobwe and the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi. From J¶achymov (Joachimsthal), Czech Republic...Saxony, Germany. From West Wheal Owles and the Geevor mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England. In the Rab¶ejac uranium...the Sanostee area, San Juan Co., in the Woodrow mine, Laguna district, Valencia Co., and in the Grants |  | Kanzundu, M, Loris, N, Numbi, B.B, Chabu, M, Kasongo-Numbi, K (1991) Contribution à l'étude de la distribution des minéraux uranifères au Sud-Shaba (Zaïre) Journal of African Earth Sciences (and the Middle East), 13 (3) 401-405 doi:10.1016/0899-5362(91)90104-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Uranylsilicates, namely: uranophlme, cuprosklodowskite, sklodowskite and soddyite are by far the most common species...(1977). Au Sud-Shaba, la billietite est observee Musonoi e t ~ Kalongwe o~ elle est souvent melangee ~ u...est u n mineral de couleur b r u n e Uraninite, Kolwezi 38 16 orange vff que r o n trouve habltuellement...ou de la Dik~uwe ~k]odow,k~ 140 59 kasolite, sklodowskite, soddy/te. Zalongwe, soddyi~. U r a n o p h...etudi~ par Buttgenbach ( 1924}. Au Sud-Shaba, Musonoi, r u r a n o p h a n e se developpe s u r la gummite |  | | 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 | | . ... .. ... .. .. ................ .. .... . 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Uraninite and its Secondan m Figure 1: Sklodowskite, Santa Eulaua, Chihuahua, Mex ico. Photo by Lou...processes. Figure 5 (above): Cuprosklodowskite, Musonoi mine, Zaire. Photo by Lou Perloff. Figure 6 (right):...weathering of the crystal surface. The Daybreak mine in Washington has produced the finest United States...crystals were mined from the nowabandoned Shinkolobwe mine in Zaire. A large amount of remarkable yellow-orange...yellow-orange transparent crystals were pro duced from this mine years ago. Unfortunately few are available on today's |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Belgian Congo. It was purchased at the Munich Show in the 352 ROCKS & MINERALS mid-1980s by Dr. Marvin...originated at Shinkolobwe,it is more likely from the Musonoi mine in the same district. The specimen is 12.5 cm...of the Katanga deposits in what was the Belgian Congo. The occurrence of either primary torbemite or metatorbernite...from the Markey No. 3 mine, White Canyon district, Utah, as well as the Skyline mine in the Monument Valley...Valley and the Grey Dawn mine in the Paradox Valley districts and the Mineral Ten claim in the Green River |  | | Catalog/List | | 9 cm - 9 x 12 cm ... $15.00 AgCI , Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill , New South Wales. 10 x 5 x 4 cm matrix...MALACHITE, . . . $120.00 AESCHYNITE-Y Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba , Zaire. •82834 (a) Excellent green...specimens set attractively for display.) Hillveit Mine , Setesdal District, Norway. (a) Large (4.2 x 1... . . . . . . . . . $750.00 MARTHOZITE Musonoi Mine , Kolwezi , Shaba , Zaire. Exceptional triangular...(c) 4.5 - 5 mm . . . $20.00. PENROSEITE, Pacajake Mine, near Hiaco , Bolivia. Pure mass of penroseite with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DRC; (b) chervetite on francevillite from Mounana mine, Gabon. Field of view ∼2.5 mm across. Collection...M22186 M33949 M37121 M52840 M52841 M52686 M52840 sklodowskite parsonsite saléeite dewindtite francevillite...Eva mine, Northern Territory, Australia Ranger U mine, Northern Territory, Australia Ranger U mine, Northern...Ranger U mine, Northern Territory, Australia Sleisbeck U mine, Northen Territory, Australia Musonoi mine...Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba, DRC Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba, DRC Mounana mine, Gabon Mounana mine, Gabon Moctezuma |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralswas recognizedby both Novacek(1935b) sklodowskite, MgO.2UOs.2SiOr.6HrO (Mokeeva, and Billet(1936)...this study was from the a 89.84(5)' 90.00" Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga,Zaire (formerly 110.01(7) L08.37...o n f i r m a t i o n d e la structure de la sklodowskite. Acad. Roy Belg. Butl. Cl Sci 48, 742-750....structure of sklodowskite' Sou. Phys Dokl 4,27-29. (1964) The structure of sklodowskite' Kristallografiya...d u H a u t Katanga. Les Amis du Musee Royal du Congo Belge, Tervueren. Z e c H e n l r s r N , W H . |  | | Book | | .. 120 122 124 Uranotile (Uranophane) 124 Sklodowskite and Cuprosklodowskite. . . 126 Apatite 40...114 Smithsonite 72 Sphalrite 70 Stibnite 68 Sklodowskite 126 Spodumene 34 Tetrahedrite 90 Topaz 24 Tourmaline...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 |  | | Catalog/List | | Gabon and Shaba, Zaire (then Katanga, Belgian Congo). Mr. Gilbert Gauthier, a noted mining engineer...of the Mine" collection, assembled as a museum display in the offices of the Shinkolobwe mine, was ordered... CUPROSKLODOWSKITE, META-VANURALITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Zaire Very attractive emerald-green................. $200.00 GUILLEMINITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba , Zaire Yellow to yellow-green crystalline......... . ....... $100.00 CARROLLITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi , Shaba , Zaire Attractive, 1.2 cm on an |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | £13;50. 6. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, TYwardreath, Covnwall. Small, bright, creamy hexagonal...white Quartz. 2i" x 3". £10. BARYTES. Force Crag Mine, Nr. Keswick, Cumberland. An attractive intergro~n...2" on edge. 3x3~_ll.£6. 50. BARYTES. Ale & Cakes Mine, Gwennap, ~ornwall. Unusual, greyish green ~lusters...£6.50. BARYTI)~~ITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Mine, Nr. Alston, Cumberland. Large, spear-shaped crystals...intergrown group. 3x2~". £4.50. CASSITERITE. Poldice Mine, G"ennap, Cornwall. Bright, sharp, black crystals |  | | Catalog/List | | matrix.~xltxlt". £2.50. 6. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Nr. Callington, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich lime...display. 7~x4x2" .£22.00. 10. AZURITE. Ting Tar.g Mine, Gwannap, Cornwall. Rich, Bright blue small sparkling... 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 16. Hilto Mine Scordale was moreland. Sp i en A - Select, creamy... 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. CALCITE. Levant Mine, pendeen, Corrwall. Choice, Qustrous creamy coloured...altered Granite. 3x2tx2". £4.75. CASSITERITE. Poldice Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Small, bright black, sharp twinned |  | | Catalog/List | | attractivli r or display. 11. BARYTES. Hilton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. Lustrous, transparent to...matrix. 3x3x2". £6.50. 12. BARYTES. Ale & Cakes Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. unusual, lustrous, translucent...veinstuff. 2tx2xl". £6.50. 13. BARYTOCALCITE. Blagill Mine, Nr. Alston, Cumberland. Choice, transparent, slightly...century. ltxltxlt". £6.50. 16. BORNITE. DolcCQth Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. unusual, 'arnished, bot ryoidal...association. 4x2b<1-t" •. £B.OO. . 20. CALCITE. Dimple Mine, Nr. Matlock,·Derbyshire. Sharp, transparent, creamy |
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