 | | 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) | | A Cuprite Downloaded by [Temple University Libraries] at 20:14 01 June 2016 Mashamba West Mine, Shaba...Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Red Dome Mine, Queensland, Australia M any mineral species of...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 worldâs finest specimens of native copper, azurite, malachite, atacamite, and a host of other |  | | Journal (issue) | | row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the GachalĂĄ mine, GuaviĂł-GuatĂ©que mining district, BoyacĂĄ 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, GalilĂ©ia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler...Carol & Karl Warning James & Charelle Webb Scott West & Laurence Dempsey Jonathan & Kathleen Woolley |  | | 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...Glossary o f Mineral Species. For the 1991 edition, Dr. Joseph A. M andarino (Chairman o f the I.M .A .âs |  | | 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...mining industry support) to propose designating copper as the official State metal rather than mineral |  | | 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...an excellent lapidary material. Shattuckite, a copper silicate that represents all three of these attributes...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 (article/letter/editorial) | | JanuaryFebruary: Ferro-axinite on calcite, Dodo mine, Puiva Mountain, KhantyMansi Avt. Okrug, Tyumenâ...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | gressman@minrec.org, Tel: 303-246-3194) LEGACY PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS Walt Donovan, Marilyn Lang & Alyssa...SENIOR FELLOWS Salim EddĂ© 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,...restricted in its occurrence to the oxidation zones of copper-bearing deposits in arid climates. Associated secondary...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 |  | | 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 âDongpo mine,â Chenzhou, Hunan: see the photo on page 84 of the |  | | Report (issue) | | Cu1+ 2 O Cuprite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic. Point Group: 4/m...in the oxidized portions of many copper deposits. Association: Copper, tenorite, malachite, azurite, calcite...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) | | oxidation zone of copper deposits; locally may be an ore of copper. Association: Azurite, cuprite, cerussite...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 readersâ 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...Stergiou specimen. Left: Cuprite on chrysocolla, 4 cm high, from the Mashamba West mine, Katanga, Democratic...Democratic Republic of Congo, by Yasuichi Okazaki, won in the macrosized category of the 2020 photo competition...only black-and-white images. The Virginia Mineral Project (VMP) is working to develop a new book on fifty |  | | Catalog/List | | Fine Mineral Show at The Denver Marriott West 1717 Denver West Blvd. âą Golden, CO 80401 (Ukrainian Institute...collection, a lot of it collected when the Tsumeb Mine (as well as other mines of the region) were still...1958 to 1973, including: Angola, Basutoland, South-West Africa, Swaziland, South Africa, Rhodesia, and Mozambique...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 |  | | Catalog/List | | Ill CARROLLITE I I (5cm x 4 cm x 3.5cn>) Mashamba West Mine. Shaba Province. Zaire A composite oystal...& QUARTZ & CALCITE (7cm x 7cm x 5cm) Dalnegorsk Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia An impressive very sharp well-formed...CRYSTALLISED NATIVE SILVER (4cm x 3cm x 1cm) Sierra Nevada Mine, Batopilas, Mexico A beautiful example of herringbone...ROSE QUARTZ & SMOKY QUARTZ (4cm x 4cm 2cm) Piftorra Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brasil A very pretty specimen... PLANCHEITE ON SELENITE (8cm x 5cm x 2cm) ilfrlira Mint West,,, Multilira. Zambia 660MLevel. 29 Block. Mui, ich |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Top right: Benitoite, 2 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, California...NâChwaning I mine, Kuruman, South Africa. Bottom right: Mimetite, 2.7 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia....Record: (1) Stephanite, Husky mine, Canada. (2) Wulfenite, Rowley mine, Arizona. (3) Diaspore twin, Pinarcik...Adelaide mine, Tasmania. (5) Andradite, Antetezambato, Madagascar. (6) Calcite, Mashamba West mine, Congo...Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite, NâChwaning II mine, South Africa. v This special |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tiziano Bonisoli COLLECTION Turin (Torino), Italy Dr. Renato Pagano is a lifelong collector of rare species...terminated gem crystal, 13.0 Ă 2.5 cm, from the JaquetĂŽ mine, Medeiros Neto, Bahia, Brazil. Bonisoli specimen...crystal in quartz, 7.5 Ă 6.0 cm, from the Himalaya mine, San Diego County, California. Bonisoli specimen...0 Ă 6.5 cm, from the Mashamba West mine, Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Bonisoli specimen 4089...Figure 9 (right). Cuprite crystal coated with malachite, 4.5 Ă 4.5 cm, from the Onganja mine, Seeis, Windhoek |  | | Catalog/List | | of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagleâs Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized âLeafâ 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 âclassicâ 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | 7Qx30x30,m. ÂŁ25. APATITE (VAR IRANOXITE) , '.I?.!- _rs Mine, Gunn' . . "â nrnwall. An interesting cellular mass...antimony. 35x20x7mm. ÂŁ28. 4. ATACAMITE. Mount Gunson Mine, South Australia. A nice hemispherical mass of intergrown...ÂŁ18. c) 30x20x10mm. ÂŁ6. 6. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. A dark chalcocite/chalcopyrite... 100x80x50itm. ÂŁ45. 8. BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. A fine small museum, specimen...120x80x60nm. ÂŁ1250. 9. BREWSTERITE. Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Scotland. A veinstone breccia cemented |  | | Book (volume) | | Claim, Teller Co., Colorado, 43 Apatite Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 13 Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan...Pakistan, 33 (with Schorl), 47 Jos, Nigeria, 15 Medina Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 36 Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais... (with Malachite) Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, 12 Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 16...Claim, Wah Wah Mtns., Utah, 3 Bournonite Yaoganxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Hunan Prov., China, 31 Calcite (on...Cassiterite Xuebaoding Mine, Pingwu, Sichuan Prov., China, 26 Chalcocite Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Connecticut |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. âą 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: âą 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...by miners and mining officials. In the 1840s the copper deposits at Burra Burra, Moonta and Wallaroo were...The discovery in the early 1890s of the Mt. Lyell copper deposits in Tasmania was followed by other significant |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rhodochrosite- Marc & Janis Countiss collection, page 76; Copper-Paul Bordovsky collection, page 33; Elbaite-Jeremy...1889 he embarked on a 10-week collecting trip out West which took him through Texas, where he visited the...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 (issue) | | been mined for copper and other uses since prehistoric times. The earliest known copper mining, by Egyptians...usually a secondary mineral, occurring when primary copper minerals are attacked by water and air or by fluids...fluids not far beneath the surface of copper-rich deposits. Azurite is particularly susceptible to alteration...alteration into malachite. These two colorful copper minerals make stunning specimens, especially when...malachite specimens include the Democratic Republic of Congo (DCR). The DCR was previously known as Zaire, the |
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Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo