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Hopeite from
Kabwe Mine, Kabwe, Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hopeite
Formula:ZnZn2(PO4)2 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Hemimorphite
Smithsonite
Tarbuttite
Vanadinite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Parahopeite15 photos of Hopeite associated with Parahopeite at this locality.
Smithsonite4 photos of Hopeite associated with Smithsonite at this locality.
Copper2 photos of Hopeite associated with Copper at this locality.
Hemimorphite1 photo of Hopeite associated with Hemimorphite at this locality.
Parascholzite1 photo of Hopeite associated with Parascholzite at this locality.
Scholzite1 photo of Hopeite associated with Scholzite at this locality.
Limonite1 photo of Hopeite associated with Limonite at this locality.
Tarbuttite1 photo of Hopeite associated with Tarbuttite at this locality.
Pyromorphite1 photo of Hopeite associated with Pyromorphite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hopeite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kabwe Mine, Kabwe, Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (46 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:6410
Long-form Identifier:1:3:6410:1
GUID (UUID V4):0f700088-b3ed-48ab-a4dd-5643a2e9978d
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Africa brucec@uj.ac.za Tarbuttite Skorpion Mine, Lüderitz District, Namibia T arbuttite, Zn2(PO4)(OH), is...worthy of note: the Kabwe mine in Zambia, the type locality, and the Skorpion mine in Namibia. Both of...Exploration Company that owned the Broken Hill mine, now named Kabwe, and who provided material used to describe...the No. 1 Kopje (hill) deposit at the Broken Hill mine when a tunnel, driven into the hill, intersected...MINERALS associated with goethite (limonite) and hopeite. At the time, Tarbutt donated specimens to the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of the KABWE MINE (“Broken Hill”) Central Province, Zambia MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...location of Kabwe in Zambia. Prepared by William Besse. Figure 2. Satellite image of the Kabwe mine site, showing... Figure 3. The Kabwe mine site, partially derelict. Michael Brook photo, 2004. T HE CITY OF KABWE, ZAMBIA’S...north of Lusaka, the capital (fig. 1). The name Kabwe means “place of smelting” but refers to the pre-European...in the area (Notebaart and Korowski 1980). The Kabwe lead-zinc deposit was fortuitously discovered in
Report (issue)
Hopeite Zn3 (PO4 )2 • 4H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...318(8) c = 5.031(1) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kabwe, Zambia. (ICDD 37-465). 4.568 (100), 2.853 (65), 9.12...16.1 (2) 30.98 53.29 15.73 Total 100.0 (1) Kabwe, Zambia. (2) Zn3 (PO4 )2 • 4H2 O. 100.00 P2 O5 ZnO...hemimorphite, spencerite, smithsonite, vanadinite (Kabwe, Zambia); triphylite, ferrisicklerite, leucophosphite...robertsite, hydroxylapatite, sphalerite (Tip Top mine, South Dakota, USA). Distribution: Found at Vieille
Report (issue)
276(5) α = 93◦ 250 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kabwe, Zambia. (ICDD 24-1461). 7.53 (100), 2.981 (80), 4.44...53.29 15.73 Total 100.2 [100.0] 100.00 (1) Kabwe, Zambia. (2) Reaphook Hill, Australia; by electron microprobe...4H2 O. Polymorphism & Series: Dimorphous with hopeite. Occurrence: A secondary mineral in the oxidized...tarbuttite, hopeite, scholzite, spencerite, pyromorphite. Distribution: From Kabwe (Broken Hill), Zambia. In...In the Hudson Bay mine, Salmo, and on the Oxide claim, near Ymir, British Columbia, Canada. In England
Report (issue)
102◦ 510 β = 102◦ 460 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kabwe, Zambia. (ICDD 36-410). 6.17 (100), 2.058 (30), 2.782...67.05 3.71 Total 99.6 [100.0] 100.00 (1) Kabwe, Zambia; corresponds to Zn1.98 (PO4 )0.99 (OH)1.02 ...oxidized zone of zinc-bearing deposits. Association: Hopeite, hemimorphite, smithsonite, parahopeite, hydrozincite...From Kabwe (Broken Hill), Zambia. In the Lueca vanadium mines, Angola. From the Kef Semmah mine, near...Hudson Bay mine, Salmo, British Columbia, Canada. At an undefined locality in Guangdong Province, China.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
non-sulfide Zn deposits: a reanalysis of the Kabwe Zn-Pb ores (central Zambia) N. MONDILLO1,*, R. HERRINGTON2, A...Editor: Nigel Cook] ABSTR ACT The Kabwe Zn-Pb deposit (central Zambia) consists of a cluster of mixed sulfide...mineralization, and was carried out on a suite of Kabwe specimens, housed in the Natural History Museum...non-sulfides, Kabwe, laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), Zambia. Introduction...2003). The Kabwe Zn-Pb deposit (formerly known as ‘Broken Hill’) is located in central Zambia, ∼110 km
Report (issue)
Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Broken Hill mines, Kabwe, Zambia. 4.7937 (100), 2.6325 (47), 5.8676 (39), 2.9351...26.4 27.1 12.9 3.66 (1) Broken Hill mines, Kabwe, Zambia; average of 15 electron microprobe analyses...polymetallic mineral deposit. Association: Hopeite, tarbuttite (Zambia); corkite-hinsdalite, tsumebite, pyromorphite...(Australia). Distribution: Broken Hill mines, Kabwe, Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia). From Australia
Catalog/List
Next Miner.ii Shows 1 PURPURITE Sandamab North Mine, Usakos, Namibia. Attractive purple iridescent material...TENNANTITE & BORNITE 9' Level, Nth Pig Lode, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Very large museum sized piece...display. 59x43x38mm. £52 £48 10 CASSITERITE Modoto Mine, Mongolia, Russia. Crystals to 11m. Rare locality...lustrous xtls. 40x36x34mm. £32 11 FLUORITE Emilio Mine. Caravla, Asturias, Spain. Crystals to 20mm. Superb...Superb colour. 84x70x46mm. £65 £48 12 EMERALD Muzo Mine, Colombia. Superb museum display exhibiting multiple
Report (issue)
c = 11.208(3) X-ray Powder Pattern: Hudson Bay mine, Canada. (ICDD 35-631). 9.34 (100), 3.491 (50),...60.34 13.35 Total 99.96 100.00 • (1) Hudson Bay mine, Canada. (2) Zn4 (PO4 )2 (OH)2 3H2 O. Occurrence:...Hemimorphite, hopeite, smithsonite, cerussite. Distribution: Found in the Hudson Bay mine, about eight...Kootenay district, British Columbia, Canada. At Kabwe (Broken Hill), Zambia. In the Turf Pits mine, Grassington
Journal (issue)
manager Famous mineral localities: the Broken Hill mine, Zam bia..............................................351 Famous mineral localities: the Cruzeiro mine, past and present ................................ famous mineraC (ocafities: the Broken Hiffmine Zambia by C. W. Notebaart Stadhoudersplein 25 C 3039-ER...906 Kitwe, Zambia HISTORY The Broken Hill lead-zinc mine is located near the town of Kabwe, 140 km north...north of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, on the main route to the Copperbelt (Pig. 1). The ore deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu WILLEMITE Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto, Namibia M ineral nomenclature...20 June 2015 Figure 1. Willemite from the Tsumeb mine, Otijikoto region, Namibia. The specimen displays...Black willemite is common from the Sterling Hill mine, with the color due to inclusions of franklinite...major willemite specimen producer is the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto region, Namibia. Willemite specimens...27 kilometers northeast of Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia. The specimens I examined are of three habits:
Catalog/List
7. APATITE variety FRAN~JLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreat~. Corny/all. A r i<.:h Cc:'ust of intergrown...the c£n~u) 2xlt". £27. AZURITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Sele~t. pure, radiated nodules...have been broken open and ea ch specimel, Las a central cavity Jined with small sharp bright crystals....matrix. 2xlixl-}". £7. BOF. ITE. South .;aradon Mine, st. '::leer, Cornwall. A pure, purply irridescent...Chalcopyrite. 2txlt". £1.65. BREli STERITE. 'Ihitesmith Mine, Str:mtian, Argyll. Choice, sharp, creamy coloured
Show/Event (guide)
private appointments Topaz, Cleavelandite Mokrush Mine, Russia Thomas Spann Photo 2 3 CONTENTS 06...Tucson, AZ 85705 in the center of the Mineral District. The mineralogy section of the mim today hosts...Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania. 14.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm...Swoboda. 12 Väyrynenite. Lolu Dahku mine, Roundu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. 14...museum Stibiotantalite. Urandu mine, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
has found a similar occurrence at the Wallbridge Mine in Ma doc. He says he read about the Metavoltine...could be allanite. The locality, Calumet Uranium Mine in Bryson, was not listed in Canadian Deposits of...variety of rare earth min­ erals are found there. ZAMBIA "Switzerite"? Mrs. Sharon Cisneros of San Jose...Broken Hill, Kabwe. The crystals were 1 mm and less, colorless and overgrown on hopeite crystals and...is limonititic. All specimens were from the Flux Mine in the Patagunia Mountains. Tim Burmeier of Buffalo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arsenohopeite, a new zinc arsenate mineral from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia F. NEUHOLD1,*, U. KOLITSCH2,1, H.-J. BERNHARDT3...arsenate analogue of hopeite, Zn3(PO4)2·4H2O (it is isostructural with a-hopeite). It was found as a single...colourless to blue crystalline grain from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. The holotype specimen is ~16161 mm in...brittle, has an uneven fracture and (by analogy with hopeite) a cleavage that is perfect on {010}, good on {100}...weak hydrogen bonds. K EY WORDS : arsenohopeite, hopeite, zinc arsenate, crystal structure, Raman spectroscopy
Catalog/List
axinite. 2x1~x1t", £1•• 5~ 11. AZURITE. HEnderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Choice bright blue ball-like...association. 3x2~x1~", £16.5~ 12. BARYTES. Dalmellington Mine, Frizington, Cumberland. Fine lustrous transparent...matrix. 2~x17", £33.00 15. NATIVE BISMUTH. Botallack Mine, St. Just, Cornwall. Bright metallic silvery masses...matrix. 25x15 mm. £6.50p 17. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. apecimen A: Small bright green...matrix. 2tx1tx1", £2.25p 18. BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Specimen A: Select silvery-grey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ravnås prospect, southern Vinoren, Kongsberg ore district, Flesberg community, Buskerud county, Norway.... It has also been found at the Bratteskjerpet mine, Saggrenda, and at Sjoa in Sel community, Oppland...Wessels Mine, South Africa. Eur. J. Mineral., 17, 375–382. Holtstamite from the Wessels Mine, South Africa...hydrothermal alteration of primary Mn ores at Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese Þeld, South Africa. It is associated...in the Falcacci stope of the Rio Marina iron ore mine on the east coast of Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy
Journal (issue)
involvement in collecting the great Bunker Hill mine pyromorphite bonanza, was born in Spokane, Washington...mined by a Phelps Dodge subsidiary as the Sherwood mine. His career was interrupted by the draft in November...Black Pine mine in Phillipsburg, Montana (the type locality for phillipsburgite), but the mine quickly ran...Norm was hired as a geologist at the Bunker Hill mine, where he worked for more than 16 years. He continued...geologists in the logging of core from the Crescent mine when he suffered a stroke in 2010. But he remained
Journal (issue)
NO. 4 • APRIL 2021 10 ARIZONA’S PERIDOT MESA GEM MINE A Green Gem Born in Volcanic Lava By Bob Jones ...Northwest Steve Schultz Mine Owners * Specializes in and mines Lava Cap Thunderegg, Mine Shaft Thunderegg,...silverstreams.com T&J Rocks Plus Tom & Jessa Pearson Mine Owners *Specializes in Pink Lady Plume Agate and...Arkenstone Gallery of Fine Minerals, Royal Peacock Opal Mine, Kingsley North, Joseph Stachura, Best In Gems,...yourself a little time to search. The Unificada Mine in Bolivia was the place where a striking specimen
Journal (issue)
and other thorned vegetation we arrive at the mine. The mine was predictably a collection of 2-inch pegmatite...Pakistan, rhodochrosite crystals from the Sweet Home mine, gold nuggets, one-of-a-kind museum classics, meteorites...and back panels of the case, photos of a Cobalt mine, a mining scene, and local mining April 2006 ...as well, though still has hundreds of accessible mine tunnels and dumps, prospect there is no universal...looks under ultraviolet light. Two and dumps and one mine in northern New Jersey. My examples will suffice
Journal (issue)
Simon COVER STORY: GOLD from the Mother Lode District of California. This precious ore is the state...behold the splendid sparkle of the distant mica-mine dumps in New England sunshine to agree with tftis...Wilagedera iron ore prospect in the Northwestern Province of Ceylon. BITYLITE, CaUA12 (AlBeSi2) 0 1 o (OH)2...derives its name). The other is in the Postmasburg district, South Africa. GLAUCONITE, (K, Na) (Al, Fe+J,... St. Francis County, Missouri ; in the Mesabi district of Minnesota; and in the Ural Mountains. It is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
. . . . . . . . . . . 1.1   1.2   Central America . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5  Central Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . 1.7  Northern and Central Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...and vanadocrete (vanadate). Panczner 1987 Tajo Mine, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Panczner...Baumgarten et al. 2008 Dill et al. 1997a Cajamarca Province Peru Palache et al. 1951 Malpelo Island, Colombia
Catalog/List
browncleavages in matrix. (KhanBogdinskii massif, Central Gobi Oesert. Mongolia) lxl EJ lx2 ES 2x2 ElO 209...Pb Te minute silvery apots in lca matrix (HillTop Mine. OrganHountains DonaAnnaC-Ounty,NewMexico) u OSSBIMDHEIHITE...Rich ycllow to brownmasseswith Cerussite. (Terrible Mine, Isle Colorado, USA)2x2cmEl5 lCII(10 less rich lem...limonitic matrix. with Barytes Crystals • (BrandyBottle Mine, Yor~shire) quite rich assemblage lx2 ES 238 DESCLOIZITE...in one small area on blue Chrysocolla. (Eagle Eye Mine, La Paz County, lrrizona ,USA) lx2ins f.4.50 l'i6
Journal (issue)
88(1), 02.13 12-18 The Weardale giant (Rogerley mine, 2012) 20-47 Fluorite in Mississippi Valley-type...collection. Warth, Australia 72-83 Fluorite, Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee 87-90 Youth, poverty...discoveries at the Adelaide mine, Tasmania 685-713 The Cobalt mining district, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada ...Journal, 6, 184. Brewster, D. (1826) Description of hopeite, a new mineral from Altenberg, near Aix-la-Chapelle...Cauchy, F.-P. (1825) Constitution géologique de la Province de Namur. Bruxelles, 148 p. Coppola, V., Boni
Book
Keweenaw area of north Michigan; at the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico....areas including Kimberley, Pretoria (the Premier mine is in this area), and Jagersfontein in the Orange...Localities. Lead is found in Sweden at the Harstig mine, Pajsberg; from the gold placers of the Ural Mountains...several localities in Chile, and from the Mohawk mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan; also from Lake Superior...chalcocite. Localities. Fine crystals from the Calabona mine, Alghero, Sardinia; other localities are Chile,
 
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