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⇱ Vaesite from Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo


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Vaesite from
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

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Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Vaesite
Formula:NiS2
Comments:Seleniovaesite (Bull. Soc. Franç. Minér. Crist., 1964, LXXXVII, pp. 613-617).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cattierite9
Uraninite8
Muscovite6
Pyrite5
Linnaeite5
Molybdenite2
Népouite2
Goethite2
Clausthalite2
Uranopilite1
Native Gold1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vaesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:11479
Long-form Identifier:1:3:11479:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Vaesite
36.1km (22.4 miles) Swambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
71.5km (44.4 miles) Kasompi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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Journal (issue)
mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection,...ince the days o f Stanley and Livingstone, Shaba (Katanga) has been known as one o f the world’s great mineralized...mineralized areas. Locality names such as Musonoi and Shinkolobwe are today famous fo r some o f the finest and...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
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MINERAUX D'URANIUM I t DU HA UT KATANGA iI •! "LES AMIS DU MUSEE ROYAL DU CONGO BELGE", TERVUREN (Belgique)...Notices par C. GUILLEMIN "LES AMIS DU MUSEE ROYAL DU CONGO BELGE", TERVUREN (Belg ique) QUELQUES REMARQUES...SECONDAIRES D'URANIUM DU HAUT KATANGA par J. F. V AE S E N differents points du Haut Katanga ont ete rencontres...mineraux d'uraoium mais c'est le gisement de Shinkolobwe (anciennement denomme Kasolo) qui en a livre...consignees ci-dessous. Le mineral primaire d'uranium au Katanga est l'uraninite. Nulle part dans cette region on
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CATTIERITE AND VAESITE: NEW CO-Ni MINERALS FROM THE BELGIAN CONGO Paur. F. Knnn, Columbia [Jniaersitnt...not been found in nature. At the Shinkolobwe mine in the Belgian Congo, CoSz having a pyrite structure...lattice has been found in the Kasompi mine of the Belgian Congo. This mineral is tentatively called raesite...series in angstroms are pyrite 5.40667+.00007, vaesite 5.66787+.00008, and cattierite 5.52346+.00048....development of the Belgian Congo. The four members of the pyrite series would be vaesite, cattierite, bravoite
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Report (issue)
Vaesite NiS2 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic. Point Group: 2/m...Kasompi] Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kasompi mine, Congo. 2.83 (100), 1.707 (80), 1.091 (60), 2.00 (50)...52.21 Total 100.00 100.0 100.00 (1) Kasompi mine, Congo; corresponding to (Ni0.86 Co0.07 Fe0.05 )Σ=0...Occurrence: Disseminated through dolostone (Kasompi mine, Congo); an alteration product of arsenic-deficient...Kasompi mine, 70 km west-southwest of Kambove [TL], and at Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba
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Report (issue)
a3. a = 5.52 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Shinkolobwe, Congo. 2.750 (100), 2.463 (60), 1.663 (55), 1.063...90 52.10 Total [100.00] 100.6 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo; recalculated to 100% from an original total...with pyrite and vaesite. Pyrite group. Occurrence: In carbonate rocks (Shinkolobwe, Congo). Association:...group minerals. Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire) [TL]. At...Alleghany Co., North Carolina, and in the Fletcher mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri. Name: Honors Félicien
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulfides precipitated in two main stages: a millerite-vaesite-pyrite assemblage that formed disseminations and...metamorphosed nickel-bearing Shinkolobwe uranium deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), though the Enterprise...REPUBLIC OF CONGO Tenke Fungurume Kolwezi Kamoa Kambove - 11° Menda Likasi 11°- Shinkolobwe Luishia...26° LEGEND post-Katangan granite (520 Ma) major mine or deposit post-Katangan cover city Nguba and...Solwezi dome westward to the Kabompo dome. The Shinkolobwe and Swambo U-(Ni) deposits occur between the
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net NOVEMBER–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
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Six nouveaux mineraux d'urane provenant de Shinkolobwe (Katanga). Bull. Soc.BelgeGeol.,7O,B 212-225 (1947)...when heated. Occurs at only one place in the Shinkolobwe deposits, associated with fourmarierite and diderichite...died in 1945, who had studied minerals of Belgian Congo. M.F. Richetite J . F. Yrns, op. cit. Small (0.1... formerly Chief Geologist, Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga. M.F. 384 NEW MINERAL NAMES 385 Studtite... geologist, who published a geological map of Katanga in 1913' M.F. Diderichite I. r-.v^Es, op. cit.
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyrite. A cobalt sulphide from the Shinkolobwe mine in the Belgian Congo gives oo:5.52346+.00043 A. A high...high nickel specimen from the Kasompi mine in the Belgian Congo gives ao:5.66787 +.00003 A. Pyrite from...and M. Vaes of the Union Minibre du Haut K.atanga, Belgian Congo, two specimens close to the cobalt and...process of diamond drilling at the K.asompi mine in Katanga and on chemical analysis has been shown to...NiSz. The other specimen was found in the Shinkolobwe mine near Jadotville in K.atanga and has a composition
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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
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
knownonlyin theShabanprovinceof ZaYre, asat Shinkolobwe, andin theZambianCopperbelt. A surveyby AGIP...Uranium in the Shaban and as it includes the Shinkolobwe mine (Derricks and Vaes, 1956; Derricks and Oosterbosch...Zambian Copperbelt Areas T•F• depositionof the Katanga system,mainly of marine origin, beganbetween840...sequenceis subdividedfrom bottom sompi,Swambo,and Shinkolobwe(Fig. 2). Copperto top into the Roan, Mwashya...upto 1,000m thick, and a predominantly Mashitu, Kambove, Luishya, and many other localdolomiticUpperRoansubgroup
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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...Kamoto Cu-Co deposits, Katanga, Congo 91-104 Sediment-hosted Cu-Co ore deposit at Kambove West in the central
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Book (volume)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1. Le gisement de Shinkolobwe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...modifiée et mise a Jour des «Minéraux uranifères du Haut-Katanga», édités en 1958 par les Amis du Musée royal...branche sud renferme les gisements uranifères de Shinkolobwe, de Swambo, de Mindigi et de Kalongwe; la branche...uranium, nickel, cobalt et cuivre (exemple : Shinkolobwe ). D'après les travaux récents, l'origine de...gisements épigénétiques, notamment de type filonien. Shinkolobwe étant le seul gisement d'uranium a avoir été
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INTRODUCTION TO ROBERT LAUF, PH.D. ._._...OUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Robert Laut holds a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering...information contact the publisher: Copyright © 2008 by Dr. Robert Laut, Ph.D. Library of Congress Control Number:...............................................36 Congo .. ................. .............................minerals is broad and deep; it covers a lot of territory and many years of scientific studies as well as...uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rokana South, Zambia Vauze, Quebec Shinkolobwe, Zaire Shinkolobwe, Zaire Reference Bartholomd (1962)...(1964) Derriks and Vaes (1956) Kerr (1945) Shinkolobwe, Zaire Luanshya, Zambia Craig and Vaughan (1979)...(1979) Luanshya, Zambia This study Katanga, Zaire Varislahti, Finland Outokumpu, Finland Kamaishi,...Imai et al. (1973) Petruk et al. (1969) Langis Mine, Ontario This study Abbreviations:cr = carrollite;ct...bravoire; lang = langisite; sph = sphalerite; vs = vaesite. t Percent Cu in carrollireand % Co in pyrite indicatedif
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Report (issue)
Total 102.29 100.00 54.71 (1) Santa Brigida mine, Argentina; by electron microprobe, corresponds...in linnaeite (Shinkolobwe, Congo); intermixed with other selenides (Santa Brigida mine, Argentina). Association:...linnaeite, clausthalite, selenian vaesite, molybdenite, dolomite (Shinkolobwe, Congo); tiemannite, clausthalite...(Santa Brigida mine, Argentina). Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province...Province, Zaire) [TL]. In the Santa Brigida mine, La Rioja Province, Argentina. From Tilkerode, Harz Mountains
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Of the 322 entries*, the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) comes out on top with 88; Namibia...indebted to Dr.Joseph Mandarino of Toronto, Canada, and Dr. Werner Krause of Hiirth, Germany, who supplied dates...briartite shares with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Namibia, and both djerfisherite and niningerite...Localities (1) Kanemite: Kanem region, Lake Chad. CONGO(3) People (2) Fornacite: Lucien Louis Fourneau (18671930)...(18671930), colonial governor, French Congo. Plunchkite: Mr. PlanchC, French explorer. Localities (1)
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mining organizations, such as Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga, should not be forgotten. It is evident that...Buttgenbach H. (1 947) Les Mineraux de Belgique et du Congo Beige. 573 p. Paris: Ed. Dunod. Cesbron, F. (1985)...handbooks and databases claim that julienite and vaesite are minerals named after Belgian citizens. In-depth...the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo introduced a new admin istrative subdivision for...concern the former Katanga Province. According to the new subdivision, the former Katanga Province is now
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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)...grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's specialties
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Report (issue)
deposit (Moctezuma mine, Mexico); in the oxidized zone of a uranium deposit (Shinkolobwe, Congo). Association:...“limonite” (Moctezuma mine, Mexico); uraninite, siegenite, vaesite (Shinkolobwe, Congo). Distribution: From...From the Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine, 12 km south of Moctezuma, and at the San Miguel prospect, 10 km northwest...northwest of the Moctezuma mine, Sonora, Mexico. From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire)
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Major Thrust Fault KAMATANDA MinorThrustFault SHINKOLOBWE SHITURU KENGERI \ Fault Sinlstral Transcurrent...S(•rie des Mines and is ac- companiedby siegenite,vaesite,and cattierite. At Kansanshinorth-south-trending...numerous subeconomic veins containing copper lira mine in Zambiamineralizationis presentin 21 sulfides...hostthe stratiformdeposits The uranium-dominated Shinkolobwe deposit is at the surface or at a depth accessibleto...part of the basinwith low scribed from the Mufulira mine (Garlick and thermal conductivity and the areas
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the pyrite-subgroup model. Penroseite (NiSe), vaesite (NiSr), and villamaninite (CuSr) belong to the...and 0 I I reflectionsin X-ray roseite (NiSer), vaesite (NiSr), and villamaninite (CuSr). powder-diffraction...high-temperature 1 -0.01 1 phase (e.g., from a kyanite mine near York, South Car-0.13 4 olina, U.S.A.) is isotropic...also that the low-temperaturephase(e.g.,from Itaya mine, 2 0.20 -0.11 3 Yamagata Prefecture, Japan) is anisotropic...0.2581 0.635 0.865 men ROM 19163 from the Hiaco mine, Colquechaca, Bolivia, and the Geological Survey
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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 Melcher☆ & Dr. Simon Goldmann & Dr. Thomas Oberthür Dipl...-Min. Sebastian Möller Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Peter Röper☆ Prof. Dr. Supriya Roy✝ Dr. Thomas Seifert Dipl...-Geol. Jana Wazeck & Prof. Klaus Thalheim Dr. Thomas Witzke Prof. Dr. Fathi Zereini Mitteljörn 14a, D-24536...distinct ish; 15.12 greenish bluish white; 57.03 Vaesite pseudospinel law Argyrodite strong, orangebrown
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17-40 384 VIII Mineral Strunz-Group Page Vaesite Hauerite Penroseit Laurite Erlichmanite Sperrylite... Germany Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Dr. Frank Melcher & Rohstoffe (BGR), Stilleweg 2, D-30655...D-30655 HanDr. Thomas Oberthür nover, Germany Dr. Thomas Kenkmann Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität... Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany Prof. Dr. Robert Marschik & Ludwig-Maximilians Universität...cengeologie, Luisenstr. 37, D-80333 München, Germany Dr. Thomas Seifert TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1977b). Samples from the type locality of Shinkolobwe Mine, Katanga, Zaire were obtained from the British...Kerr, P. F.: Cattierite and vaesite: new Co-Ni minerals from the Belgian Congo. Amer. Miner. 30,483-497
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