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Chrysocolla from
Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Malachiteⓘ131 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Malachite at this locality.
Cupriteⓘ124 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Cuprite at this locality.
Calciteⓘ31 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Calcite at this locality.
Baryteⓘ18 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Baryte at this locality.
Carnotiteⓘ12 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Carnotite at this locality.
Kolweziteⓘ4 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Kolwezite at this locality.
Metatyuyamuniteⓘ3 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Metatyuyamunite at this locality.
Cobalt-bearing Dolomiteⓘ3 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Cobalt-bearing Dolomite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ3 photos of Chrysocolla associated with Quartz at this locality.
Heterogeniteⓘ1 photo of Chrysocolla associated with Heterogenite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (21 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:3665
Long-form Identifier:1:3:3665:8
GUID (UUID V4):7e107ffb-583e-460c-aad9-e86215b5581f
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘDikuluwe Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘKOV Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘMusonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘKolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘMutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
47.7km (29.6 miles) ⓘMutanda Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
48.4km (30.1 miles) ⓘKengere Mine, Kengere, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
92.2km (57.3 miles) ⓘKansalawile Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
94.9km (59.0 miles) ⓘMambilima Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
96.0km (59.7 miles) ⓘTenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
. Sinds 1985 duikt geregeld de naam "Mashamba-West" op in mine ralogische vakliteratuur . De laatste...metaalfabrieken i n het gebied van KOLWEZI . Mashamba-West is gelegen in het uiterste westen van het gebied...gewoon niet te koop . De mijnen va n Dikuluwe en Mashamba (DIMA) liggen in de buurt van de woongemeente...ontwikkeling evolueerden in de regel van oost naa r west . De belangrijkste mijnen in de westelijke sektor...damme n met bijbehorende centrales gebouwd op de Lualaba rivier . Me n had meer energie nodig omwille van
Journal (issue)
The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo ...............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 (article/letter/editorial)
that is popular with collectors is that of the copper minerals. This attractive and challengingly large...wellformed crystals, and exciting localities. Among the copper silicates are such aesthetic minerals as dioptase...stringhamite as well as chrysocolla, an excellent lapidary material. Shattuckite, a copper silicate that represents...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
Journal (issue)
gressman@minrec.org, Tel: 303-246-3194) LEGACY PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS Walt Donovan, Marilyn Lang & Alyssa...SENIOR FELLOWS Salim Eddé Lyda Hill Daniel J. Record Dr. Rob Lavinsky Wilbert A. Danner (bequeathed) Drs... Hickox, Jr. Wally Mann Keith and Diane Brownlee Dr. Nikolas Golosow William B. (Bill) Wray Herb & Monika...of Guerrero and is not known for a single, large mine but several small regional deposits. The cause...carefully mine and preserve them. None of these conditions are at all common! THE GUERRERO MINE The specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which time they were correctly identified as a copper silicate and described as a new mineral by several...finely crystalline massive aggregates. Dioptase is a copper silicate hydroxide with a formula of Cu6(Si60,...zones of copper-bearing deposits in arid climates. Associated secondary minerals include chrysocolla, malachite...1994). Similarly, it is reported from the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922)....atacamite, cuprite, chrysocolla, and planchtite is described in ore from the Algomah mine, Ontonagon County
Journal (issue)
D. Grice Famous mineral localities: the Mashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire .............................Lhoest, G. J. Gauthier & V. T. King The Fat Jack mine, Yavapai County, Arizona .........................the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates ......................................COVER: CUPRITE with malachite on chrysocolla, from the M ashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire. Sorbonne collection...Glossary o f Mineral Species. For the 1991 edition, Dr. Joseph A. M andarino (Chairman o f the I.M .A .’s
Journal (issue)
cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical choice for... And in fact, a group of fourth graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded...difference between native copper and copper ore composed of many different copper-containing minerals (e...(e.g., chalcopyrite, azurite, malachite, chrysocolla, linarite, etc.). Consequently it was deemed more
Journal (issue)
row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalå mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacå 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...Carol & Karl Warning James & Charelle Webb Scott West & Laurence Dempsey Jonathan & Kathleen Woolley
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
01 June 2016 Mashamba West Mine, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Red Dome Mine, Queensland,...deposits, especially those of copper. At relatively shallow depths, copper is concentrated as the native...well known to collectors familiar with porphyry copper deposits of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Many...Many of the world’s finest specimens of native copper, azurite, malachite, atacamite, and a host of other...impurities. Its position in the oxidation cycle of copper deposits suggests that it can replace a variety
Report (issue)
In the oxidized zone of some copper deposits. Association: Chrysocolla, malachite, mimetite, wulfenite...the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, at Ray, and in the Table Mountain mine, Galiuro Mountains, Pinal...Pinal Co., and from the Harquehala mine, Harquehala Mountains, La Paz Co. (formerly Yuma Co.); in California...Pimbi, Congo Republic. At Tantara and the Mashamba West mine, Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba...Lomagundi district, the Inez mine, Hartley district, and the Midway mine, Fort Victoria. Many other minor
Report (issue)
in the oxidized portions of many copper deposits. Association: Copper, tenorite, malachite, azurite, calcite...calcite, brochantite, antlerite, atacamite, chrysocolla, iron oxides, clay minerals. Distribution: A...Onganja mine, 60 km northeast of Windhoek, and at Tsumeb. At Likasi, Ruwe, and the Mashamba West mine, Kolwezi...Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). In the USA, in Arizona, large crystals from Bisbee...the Red Dome mine, Chilliago, Queensland. Name: From the Latin cuprum, for its copper content. References:
Report (issue)
formed in the oxidation zone of copper deposits; locally may be an ore of copper. Association: Azurite, cuprite...cuprite, cerussite, chrysocolla, calcite. “limonite”. Distribution: Many localities; some for abundant...Mountains. In Congo, in Katanga Province (Shaba Province, Zaire), from Lubumbashi, at the Musonoi mine, near...from the Mashamba West mine. In Namibia, from Tsumeb, and as large crystals at the Onganja mine, 60 km...and Burra, South Australia. In the USA, from the Copper Queen, Czar, and other mines in the Warren district
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VIRGINIA MINERAL PROJECT I would like to bring readers’ attention to an exciting project to preserve and...Adamite, field of view 2 mm, from the Christiana mine, Lavria, Greece, by Laszlo Toth, won in the micro-sized...Cuprite on chrysocolla, 4 cm high, from the Mashamba West mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, by Yasuichi...only black-and-white images. The Virginia Mineral Project (VMP) is working to develop a new book on fifty
Report (issue)
pocket in the McEarl Ridge mine near Jessieville, also called the James Zigras mine, because that worthy collector...Quartz, 14.7 cm, from the Zigras (McEarl Ridge) mine, Jessieville, Arkansas. The Arkenstone specimen...specimens are attributed to a mine named, aptly enough, the Green Fluorite mine, Manaoshan Mountain, Suxian...matrix. Fluorite, 11.6 cm, from the Green Fluorite mine, Manaoshan Mountain, Suxian district, Chenzhou Prefecture...handler, to a discovery in summer 2015 in the “Dongpo mine,” Chenzhou, Hunan: see the photo on page 84 of the
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JanuaryFebruary: Ferro-axinite on calcite, Dodo mine, Puiva Mountain, KhantyMansi Avt. Okrug, Tyumen’...MarcNApril: Pyromorphite on quartz, Manhan River mine, Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Marvin...specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. May/June: Calcite with copper inclusions on silver crystals, No. 11 shaft, South...South Hecla branch of the Calumet and Hecla mine, Houghton County, Michigan. A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum...JulyIAugust: Vanadinite and wulfenite, Old Yuma mine, Pima County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff
Other Paper
ancienne colonie belge « La RĂ©publique DĂ©mocratique du Congo » avec une exposition intitulĂ©e : Na de mineralen...voormalige Belgische kolonie «De Democratische Republiek Congo» met een tentoonstelling getiteld: « Les merveilles...aarde). In de periode van de “Etat IndĂ©pendant du Congo” van Leopold II en later van de Belgische Kongo...XIIIde eeuw in Zuid Katanga. Geologie van DRC. La mine de Shinkolobwe De ondergrond van de DRC, en bijzonder...het N-O en het Z-O van het land (Kivu, Kasai, Bas-Congo en niet te vergeten Katanga). Daar zijn de meest
Catalog/List
of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagle’s Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized “Leaf” Gold...Science A large piece of historical Manhattan Project Glass fashioned into a work of art, weighing 10...famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized Silver with Copper from the famed...famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A “classic” Rhodochrosite with associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet...Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful, Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly
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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)
THE MINERALOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND METALLURGY OF COBALT IN THE RHOMBOHEDRAL CARBONATES ISABEL F. BARTON§...ores of cobalt are a significant but under-recognized fraction of the global Co resource. Cobalt forms...magnesite, MgCO3, is described here for the first time. Cobalt-rich dolomite, Ca(Mg,Co)(CO3)2, and Co-rich calcite...20 mol.% Co and up to 2 mol.% Co, respectively. Cobalt has also been reported as a minor substituent of...Co)2(CO3)(OH)2 (poorly understood, possibly rosasite group). Cobalt carbonates are most common in the supergene zones
Catalog/List
7Qx30x30,m. £25. APATITE (VAR IRANOXITE) , '.I?.!- _rs Mine, Gunn' . . "■nrnwall. An interesting cellular mass...antimony. 35x20x7mm. £28. 4. ATACAMITE. Mount Gunson Mine, South Australia. A nice hemispherical mass of intergrown...£18. c) 30x20x10mm. £6. 6. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. A dark chalcocite/chalcopyrite... 100x80x50itm. £45. 8. BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. A fine small museum, specimen...120x80x60nm. £1250. 9. BREWSTERITE. Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Scotland. A veinstone breccia cemented
Catalog/List
DECEMBER/JANUARY 1995 1. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine, Alston, Cumberland. About 30 greyish-white pyramidal...matrix. 60x35x30mm. ÂŁ58. 2. APATITE. Panasqueria Mine, Portugal. Nice lustrous double sided group of pale...ÂŁ40. 9. BINDHEIMITE AND CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall. A good solid mass of yellow bindheimite... CARBJNATE-FLUORAPATITE "FRANCOLITE". Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Chilsworthy, Cornwall. A 40x30mm area of granite...specimen. 60x40x20mm. ÂŁ12. CASSITERITE. Turnavore Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. Rich specimen showing a 60x30mm
Journal (issue)
Coordinators Eastern U.S. Charles &Marcelle Weber 1172 West Lake Ave. Guilford, CT 06437 Subscriptions ‱ Individuals...crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection...British Mineralogy, which includes 550 hand-colored copper-plate engravings of British mineral specimens....stratified upper Precambrian rocks containing copper and cobalt ores, with other metals associated locally...width. It extends from the town of Kolwezi in the west to the city of Lubumbashi in the east. We will refer
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Book
etc. T Tsumeb (vol. 8, no. 3) M y Michigan Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) Co. Company G Greenland...book-format issues (8/#3, Tsumeb; 23/#2, Michigan Copper Country; 23/#4, Yukon Phosphates; 24/#2, Greenland;...I 1991 337--424 273-336 [ 1-128 129-208 [ COPPER] [ 177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400...the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates (chairman: K. Wenrich) 22:65-69 [Abstracts...Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON, STIG G. Hrucopper and cobalt
Catalog/List
clinoclase xtls to 5mm with a little blue green chrysocolla on an iron stained matrix RF SPC. C. ÂŁ5 2. COBALTOSMITFISONITE...COPPER.Wolserine Mine,Keweenaugh Peninsula-Michigan-USA Pure flattish mass of native copper showing minimal...matrix. Attractive RF SPC. C ÂŁ5 26 PECTOL/TE,JefTrey Mine,Asbestos,Quebec.Canada. Exquisite milky white acicular... HEMATITE post MAGNETITE,Kota Tinisgi Waterfall Mine,Johore Malaysia. Submetallic black hematite occupying...Chile Beautifully banded example of sky blue chrysocolla associated with a sparry white evaporite mineral
 
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