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Pyrite from
Kasompi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kasompi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:986398
Long-form Identifier:1:3:986398:9
GUID (UUID V4):db9be9cd-0b79-45a7-8839-9ba533afe324
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
27.0km (16.8 miles) ā“˜Kansuki Cu-Co deposit, Kisamfu, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
37.7km (23.4 miles) ā“˜Swambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
51.8km (32.2 miles) ā“˜Mutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
52.4km (32.5 miles) ā“˜Kengere Mine, Kengere, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
57.6km (35.8 miles) ā“˜Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
71.5km (44.4 miles) ā“˜Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
74.2km (46.1 miles) ā“˜Kamoa, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
74.7km (46.4 miles) ā“˜Kambove West Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
77.1km (47.9 miles) ā“˜Kambove Principal Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
78.3km (48.7 miles) ā“˜Kisanga Fe deposit, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
[=say if syn??;??5.670??Kasompi] Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kasompi mine, Congo. 2.83 (100), 1.707 (80)...79 52.21 Total 100.00 100.0 100.00 (1) Kasompi mine, Congo; corresponding to (Ni0.86 Co0.07 Fe0.05 )Ī£=0...cattierite. Pyrite group. Occurrence: Disseminated through dolostone (Kasompi mine, Congo); an alteration...nickel-skutterudite, pyrite, polydymite, uraninite. Distribution: From the Kasompi mine, 70 km west-southwest...Kambove [TL], and at Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). From Schneeberg, Saxony;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND VAESITE: NEW CO-Ni MINERALS FROM THE BELGIAN CONGO Paur. F. Knnn, Columbia [Jniaersitnt.IVew York....FeSz forms an isostructural seriesfollowing the pyrite lattice. Heretofore, the formation of the artificial...nature. At the Shinkolobwe mine in the Belgian Congo, CoSz having a pyrite structure is now known. To...and having a pyrite type of lattice has been found in the Kasompi mine of the Belgian Congo. This mineral...natural end members of the series in angstroms are pyrite 5.40667+.00007, vaesite 5.66787+.00008, and cattierite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LATTICE CONSTANTS IN THE PYRITE GROUP Paul F. K.nnn, Rarpn J. Horlrns arqo MencanBr S. KNox Columbia...in the pyrite group are compared with that of pyrite. A cobalt sulphide from the Shinkolobwe mine in the...the Belgian Congo gives oo:5.52346+.00043 A. A high nickel specimen from the Kasompi mine in the Belgian...Belgian Congo gives ao:5.66787 +.00003 A. Pyrite from Leadville, Colorado, is found to yield the value oo:5...atanga, Belgian Congo, two specimens close to the cobalt and nickel end-members of the pyrite group have been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
column, two crimes of omission were comĀ­ mitted. Dr. Robert Fisher sent in a notice concerning the Cobalt...named in 1907 for what is now considered nickelian pyrite from Minasragra, Peru. However, subsequent mineralogists...year, Kerr described some sulfides from the Kasompi mine, Shaba, Zaireā€”one nickel-dominant and one cobaltdominant...argued that Hillebrand's bravoite was a variety of pyrite according to precise nomenclature, subĀ­ sequent...aurichalcite, rosasite, and hematite from the Callahan mine, Cape Rosier, Maine. S E P T E M B E R / O C T
Journal (issue)
crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection...II parle aussi de la pierre quarree chinoise, ou pyrite cubique, a la page 178). L. L A ET (J. de). Degemmis...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. ā€œ Shabaā€ means ā€œcopperā€ in...1880ā€™s, Leopold II conceived of establishing a Congo Free State which would come under his sole sovereignty
Journal (issue)
net NOVEMBERā€“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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
............................ 871 873 880 880 Pyrite .................................................blages........................................ Pyrite-vaesite assemblages..............................pressureswith especial emphasison the FeSā€¢o-NiSā€¢join. Pyrite (FeS0 and vaesite (NiS0 coexist between729Ćø --+3...bravoite [(Fe, Ni)Sā€¢] is stable on the join between pyrite and vaesite. The solubility of FeSā€¢ in vaesite...constantat 9.8 kcal/mole. The maximum NiSā€¢ sā€¢lubility in pyrite of 7.7 ā€¢vt % also occurs at 729Ćø C. It decreasesto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JOURNAL Vaesite , from VOL. the Geological mine, SATO Survey of No. and Japan, 5, pp. 431-437...10-8.7-10-9.9 observed of Kosaka vaesite in mine in composition amounts of 10-11.7, the chemical...was first described by Kerr (1945) from the Kasompi mine, Katanga, the Republic of Zaire. Though it has...mineral from the Kuroko-type deposits of the Kosaka mine, Northeast Japan is here described. Occurrence The...(black ore), the bedded pyrite-chalcopyrite ore (yellow ore) and the stockwork pyrite-chalcopyrite-quartz
Journal (issue)
een dubbelslag ! 20.15 h "De Sitio do Castelo Mine (Folgosinho groeve) in Portugal" Etienne Mans ...werden opgezet. Zo bestond de uitbater van de Savage Mine het ooit om zijn voltallige ploeg kompels gedurende...verhaal over edelmetaal - met name de Round Mountain Mine in Nye County (8 pp). Hier werd goud op beperkte...dubbele zal zijn dan die van California. De Meikle Mine in het noordoosten (6 pp) is naast goud (u had toch...sediment-hosted luiswishi and Kamoto Cu-Co deposits, Katanga, Congo 91-104 Sediment-hosted Cu-Co ore deposit at Kambove
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and crystallography of some minerals within the pyrite group PBrBn Bavr,rss Depanment of Geology and Geophysics...Canada Ansrucr Isotropic pyrite belongsto space group Pa3. Anisotropic pyrite, like cobaltite, is interpreted...domains about a 3 twin axis [ll]. The Fe atom in pyrite is consideredto move away from the three S atoms...double bonds to Fe. A simple electronic theory for pyrite-type structures is proposed, in which mineral specieswithin...(PtBiTe) agree with the calculated intensities of the pyrite-subgroup model. Penroseite (NiSe), vaesite (NiSr)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BaNa2A14Si4016, as orthorhombie crystals from Benallt mine, Wales. Named from the chemical formula. B a r i...disulphide, CoS2, cubic with pyrite structure, from Shinkolobwe, Belgian Congo. Named after Felicien Cattier...5H20, as white chalk-like masses from Kristineberg mine, V~sterbotten, Sweden. Named from the locality....crusts in clay from Hobart Butte, Oregon. Named after Dr. George Rogers Mansfield (1875-) formerly of the...optically uniaxial scales from Benallt manganese mine, Wales. Analogous to thuringite with MNO(39%) in
Book
Prof dr. hab. Witolda Å»abit1Skiego This album is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Prof Dr. hab...Malachite, polished. Shaba (Katanga), Dem. Rep. of Congo. Photo SOx120 mm, sample !30x90x5 mrn. Serdeczne...podziękowania pragniemy złożyć: Jego Magnificencji Prof. dr. hab. inż. Antoniemu Tajdusiowi Rektorowi Akademii...Geologii, Geofizyki i Ochrony Środowiska AGH Prof. dr. hab. inż. Jackowi Matyszkiewiczowi za inicjatywę...się w temat, zapraszam w mury naszej Uczelni. Prof. dr hab. inż. Antoni Tajduś Rektor Akademii GĆ³rniczo-Hutniczej
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 compreĀ­ hensive review of this mine for The Mineralogical Record...influenced his lifeā€™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)
associationsare given under bijvoetite. The name is in honor of Dr. Jacques Lepersonne, honorary head of the Department...(Zn,Fe)SnSr. The mineral occurs with hocartite, pyrite, marcasite,wurtzite, franckeite, miargyrite, aramayoite...yellow needles.It is optically (Mn2*) from the Ochiai Mine, YamanashiPrefecture,Japan. biaxial,negative,ns...quartz, johannsenite and rhodochrositeat the Ochiai Mine, about 3.5 km west of Barazawa, Kohsai-cho, Nakakoma-gun...apatite, zircon, magnetite, chromite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite,gold, silver and PGM. The nameis
Journal (issue)
cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...University of Arizona, I quickly discovered that Dr. John Anthonyā€™s mineralogy and crystallography classes...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn...photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected...pseudomorph after azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
established by Allen & Johnston in 1910. According to Dr. E. G. Zies (personal communication, 1957), who worked...on materials from Gap Mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and from Viktoria Mine, Littfeld, Westfalen...analysis that millerite from Gap Mine, Pennsylvania, and from Viktoria Mine, Littfeld, Westfalen, as well...INVESTIGATION Starting materials Nickel was obtained from Dr. E. M. Wise of the International Nickel Company,...and Willems reported that synthetic NiS2 has the pyrite structure (Pa3) with a = 5-75 A. Lundqvist gave
Report (volume)
-----------------------------------Alexo Nickel mine ____________________________________ - ___ Kenora...occurs in minor amounts in pyrrhotite (F~-a:S) and pyrite (FeS2 ), particularly where these sulfides are...137Ā°Ā±6Ā°C; above that temperature the end members pyrite (FeS2) and vaesite (NiS2) form a stable mineral...after its discovery in the Kasompi Mine, in what is now the Republic of the Congo, in a disseminated deposit...deposit in dolomite. together with pyrite, chalcopyrite, and polydymite ( ~). Vaesite has recently been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
encrustations on samples from the Clara mine and from the mine dumps at Neubulach in the Black Forest...length among the secondary minerals at the Clara mine in the central Black Forest, Germany. It is found...iron arsenate phosphate from the White Elephant Mine, Pringle, South dolomite. The mineral occurs as...severaldistinct paragenesesin a portion of the White Elephant Mine, near Pringle, Custer County, South Dakota, where...interact with near-surfacewaters. The name is for Dr. Kurt Walenta of the University of Stuttgart. Type
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 Ā© 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 (issue)
p. 258 COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michiganā€”considered by some to...fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals...magnetite as rosettes, and goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite. The exceptional epidote and quartz specimens produced...and Other Minerals from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona Chapter authors: Les...Presmyk and Tony Potucek The Mammoth-St. Anthony mine at Tiger has produced not only large amounts of
Catalog/List
NUKUNDAMITE, ... . ...... . .. $10.00 CuS, Undu Mine, Nukundamu , Fiji ā€¢83A40 Tiny (1 mm) pure fragment...4 cm ... $2.50 PYRITE, Valdenegrillos, Soria , Spain. Finest, display quality pyrite crystal (3.4 cm...matrix. (Unusual selvage of talc surrounds the pyrite in the matrix.) . . . . $125.00 ā€¢83A77 NATROLITE...MARGARITASITE, Cesium Analog of Carnotite, Margaritas #3 Mine, Sierra Pena Blanca , Chihuahua , Mexico Large (5...50 (b) 1 x 1 cm ... $35.00 XANTHOCONITE, La Rosa Mine, Cobalt , Ontario, Canada Very tiny golden xanthoconite
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
Report (issue)
for example, carbonaceous material, sulphides (pyrite), hydrocarbons and ferro-magnesium minerals (chlorite)...(Germany) and Shinkolobwe (Democratic Republic of the Congo), to the stockworks and episyenite columns of Bernardan...activities include drilling and coring to complete final mine plans and establish final processing flowsheets...case of an underground mine or overburden stripping in the case of an open pit mine, mill construction,...direction and dips south at 15ā€“30Āŗ. In the Main Mine Series the ore zone is up to 35m thick. Jabiluka
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: The Kipushi mine, Z a ir e ........................................the Angola-Congo craton, examples being M ā€™Passa in the Peopleā€™s R eĀ­ 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 S60Ā°W...in the Shaba Crescent. X / m W Kakanda o X Kasompi { Kalongwe ā€” Mindingi ^ ā€¢ Kalabi Mā€™sesa Kabolela...of the first prospecting mission to the Zambezi Congo border organized by Robert W illiam sā€™ Tanganyika
Book (edition)
Germany Dr. Salah Al-Khirbash Prof. Dr. Rainer Altherr & Dr. rer. nat. Michael Hanel Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter...Joachim Lorenz Prof. Dr. Robert Marschik Dr. Frank Melcherā˜† & Dr. Simon Goldmann & Dr. Thomas OberthĆ¼r Dipl...-Min. Sebastian Mƶller Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Peter Rƶperā˜† Prof. Dr. Supriya Royāœ Dr. Thomas Seifert Dipl...-Geol. Jana Wazeck & Prof. Klaus Thalheim Dr. Thomas Witzke Prof. Dr. Fathi Zereini Mitteljƶrn 14a, D-24536...colours of bornite (brown), chalcocite (blue), and pyrite (creme). 2 Reflectance Reflectance relates to
 
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