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Calcite from
Mindingi Mine, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Colour:pink
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Heterogeniteⓘ2 photos of Calcite associated with Heterogenite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ1 photo of Calcite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Cobalt-bearing Calciteⓘ1 photo of Calcite associated with Cobalt-bearing Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mindingi Mine, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:424050
Long-form Identifier:1:3:424050:1
GUID (UUID V4):3875ef55-34cc-41b1-8d69-17ecb60cdf75
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
36.3km (22.6 miles) ⓘTantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
41.2km (25.6 miles) ⓘShinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
43.2km (26.9 miles) ⓘKabolela Mine, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
46.7km (29.0 miles) ⓘKakanda South Mine, Kakanda deposit, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
46.9km (29.1 miles) ⓘKakanda deposit, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
49.5km (30.8 miles) ⓘKamoya prospect, Kamoya, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
49.8km (31.0 miles) ⓘKamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
50.0km (31.1 miles) ⓘKambove West Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
52.1km (32.4 miles) ⓘKambove Principal Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
53.5km (33.3 miles) ⓘMambilima Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer Excalibur...fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear in the specimen...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...one of the early producers of the pink cobaltoan calcite specimens that have been found in significant numbers...the DRC as well (see figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens
Book (volume)
., ..J ATLAS DU KATANGA PUBLIE PAR LE ,,, COMITE SPECIAL nu KATANGA / d 'apïżœĂš5 les tr>avaux ·de...remonte Ă  l'Ăąge triasique. rhĂ©tien. ATLAS nu KATANGA FASCICULE 2 TABLE DES MATIÈRES GÉNÉRALITÉS...LXXXIII LXXXVII Introduction . La gĂ©ologie du Katanga MĂ©ridional Carte d'ensemble des Feuilles « I...Tenke » Carte gĂ©ologique du Katanga MĂ©ridional LXXXV LXXXIX FEUILLE KAMBOVE Texte. Planches, plans et...de mine Planche gĂ©odĂ©sique. Planche des minĂ©raux Plan et coupe schĂ©matique de la mine de Kambove Planche
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)
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
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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...inspired this dissertation comes from the Guerrero mine in Mexico, hailed by many collectors as the definitive
Journal (issue)
with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection, Paris;...ince the days o f Stanley and Livingstone, Shaba (Katanga) has been known as one o f the world’s great mineralized...outside the Shaba Crescent, as does the large Kipushi mine, which has yielded lead, zinc, silver, copper, cadmium...province was changed from Katanga to Shaba about 20 years ago, after the Belgian Congo became Zaire in 1960... HISTORY the Foreign Office refused to annex Katanga (at least until 1880), which was, however, an enclave
Journal (issue)
$6.00 Descloizite vs. Mottramite from the Whale Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark Co., Nevada Tony Nikischer...recently acquired a stash of material from the Whale Mine, a rather obscure and defunct locality in the Goodsprings...Mining District of Clark County, Nevada. The Whale Mine consisted of underground workings about 400 feet...Specimens labeled as “cuprodescloizite” from the Whale Mine date back at least as far back as the late 1940s...descloizite (Castor, 2004). Figure 1: A typical Whale Mine specimen labeled as mottramite. It occurs as densely
Journal (issue)
doing what he loved: field collecting at an old mine in Nevada. Alabandite from the George Nolan Pegmatite...Bob knew how to do it all. In addition, Bob had mine signs, ore cars and innumerable publications and...underground collecting episode was with Bob at the Oriole Mine in Nevada a few years ago, where we mined scheelite...occasional fluorescent calcite. During that same trip, we also managed to get to the Ward Mine near Ely, and it...Re-examining my best specimen of the green foliated Swanson mine triplite alteration, I noticed a bluish mineral
Journal (issue)
Arizona Locality for Arsentsumebite: Ten Strike Mine, Klondyke, Graham Co., Arizona Tony Nikischer t...Globo de Plomo label (figure 2), indicating it was Dr. Sidney Williams’ material, and likely obtained from...portrait in this mural is named, along with the name of mine where they worked. You can find this mural at the...close-up of the 60 foot mural; each miner and the mine they worked is named. Photo by the author. (Continued...that you see in the background is that of the Pabst Mine, which was located in Ironwood. Should you ever
Journal (issue)
Mineral Collector’s Newsletter $6.00 The Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada A Source of Superb Secondary...ch) Introduction Since the 1950’s, the Majuba Hill Mine has been recognized by the mineral collecting community...be observed in the minerals from the Majuba Hill Mine. Spherical aggregates of arthurite crystals from...8 mm. D. Evanich photo. History The Majuba Hill Mine, located in Pershing County, Nevada, was first located... Prospects for production were mediocre and the mine remained relatively idle until 1942 when E.J. Myler
Journal (issue)
of Mines Museum revealed galena from the Mendota mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado, and pyrite from...specimens of Sweet Home mine rhodochrosite, LaSalle, Utah azurite, gold, Kelly mine smithsonite, and a large...————————————————— Page 9 Azurite from the Peacock Mine near Leadore, Lemhi Co., Idaho Tony Nikischer t...among my favorites. I first encountered Peacock Mine azurite at Ted and Martha Morley’s Piedmont Minerals...cleaning, trimming and boxing. Most of the Peacock Mine azurites were insignificant, but Ted kept a few
Journal (issue)
Peak Batholith (Continued from previous page) Calcite. CaCO3; trigonal. This is another rare mineral...translucent scalenohedrons in micro-crystals. Calcite from this pocket has a strong pale-red fluorescence...specimen by dissolving the calcite). Unaltered, translucent, amber calcite has not been previously described...; FOV 6.7 mm. (Continued on following page) Calcite, Teller Co.; FOV vertical FOV 7.0 mm. AUTHORS...underside; FOV 2.3 mm. Fibrous Malachite from Mindingi Mine, DR Congo See the article in Mineral News, Vol. 34
Journal (issue)
Weise, Dr. Stefan We iß (verantwortlich fĂŒr den Inhalt), Michael Huber und Tobias Weise BEIRAT Dr. Rupert...2023 S. 33 GRÜNDUNGSMITGLIEDER Dr. Hans-JĂŒrgen Wilke, Eppertshausen - Dr. Werner Lieber, Heidelberg - Prof...Huber, Wiener Neustadt (A) - Prof. Dr. Max Weibel, ZĂŒrich (CH) Prof. Dr. Carlo M. Gramaccioli, Mailand (1)...(1) BERATENDE MITGLIEDER Dr. Paul Rustemeyer, Gundelfingen Prof. Dr. Heiner VollstĂ€dt, Potsdam Robert...Robert Brandstetter, Warth und Prof. Dr. Werner Paar, Salzburg (A) - Dr. Federico Pezzotta, Mailand und Michael
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: The Kipushi mine, Z a ir e ........................................situated at a higher stratigraphic level in the Katanga System or its equivalents. This province includes...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...X / m W Kakanda o X Kasompi { Kalongwe — Mindingi ^ ‱ Kalabi M’sesa Kabolela ‱ ‱ T Kamoya ‱xKambove
Journal (issue)
EUCLASE with Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See...Maria Schreiber (2013-2017) Paul Harter (2009-2015) Dr. Nikolas Golosow (2013-2015) Paul Geffner & Lisa...DENVER MART EXPO HALL ROOMJ53 BARITE 20.3 CM XIEFANG MINE , GANZHOU PREFECTURE , JIANGXI PROVINCE , CHINA...silver, acanthite, pyrargyrite, stephanite, barite, calcite, aragonite, diaspore, galena, sphalerite, inesite...1751 was funded mainly by donations from wealthy mine owners and from simple mining families. Modem times
Book (edition)
end members of isostruct ural series (e.g., the calcite group; see 14.1.1.1) or when several species have...given a different name and number. For example, calcite CaCOg (14.1.1.1) has a polymorph aragonite (14...Mineral Description and Feel 1 Tale 2 3 Gypsum Calcite 4 5 6 Fluorite Apatite Orthoclase a Quartz...amphiboles, pyroxenes, olivines, garnets, clays, calcite, dolomite, apatites, rutile, hematite, magnetite...has been expanded considerably, especially for calcite and quartz. Many rare minerals are known from only
 
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