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PostPosted: Dec 07, 2017 01:22    Post subject: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

About the copper-bearing crescent, referred to as the South Katanga geological scandal.
Mining centers: Shinkolobwe (U), Lubumbashi (Cu), Likasi (Cu), Kambove (Cu, Co.), Kipushi (Zn, Cu, Ge).



181-Becquerelite-schoepite-1_R.jpg
 Mineral: Becquerelite with Schoepite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  34513 Time(s)

181-Becquerelite-schoepite-1_R.jpg



182-Becquerelite-schoepite#3-1_R.jpg
 Mineral: Becquerelite with Schoepite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  34519 Time(s)

182-Becquerelite-schoepite#3-1_R.jpg



183-Schoepite-becquerelite#2-1_R.jpg
 Mineral: Schoepite on Becquerelite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  34633 Time(s)

183-Schoepite-becquerelite#2-1_R.jpg


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PostPosted: Dec 08, 2017 10:45    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

Selenian barite


190-Barite-Se#1_R.jpg
 Mineral: Barite (variety selenian baryte)
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  34457 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Dec 08, 2017 11:01    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

Dewindtite - hydrated phosphate of uranyl and lead.
yellow canary tablets.
No fluorescence.



191-Dewindtite#2_R.jpg
 Mineral: Dewindtite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  34438 Time(s)

191-Dewindtite#2_R.jpg



192-Dewindtite#3_R.jpg
 Mineral: Dewindtite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
with torbernite
 Viewed:  34367 Time(s)

192-Dewindtite#3_R.jpg


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PostPosted: Dec 09, 2017 15:38    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

Pseudomalachite: Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4 on chrysocolla, Mashamba, Katanga.
Monoclinic crystals of pseudomalachite are very rare in Congo.
The macrophoto shows well the hillocky appearance, dark green to dark gray.

Under the microscope, the fine texture appears.
Aggregates of acicular crystals, reflective laterally.
Gray tint. Some parts, whose green colored ends, would correspond to late elongation or secondary growth of pseudomalachite microcrystals.



197-Pseudomalachite-1_R.jpg
 Mineral: Pseudomalachite
 Locality:
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  34229 Time(s)

197-Pseudomalachite-1_R.jpg



198-Pseudomalachite#1_R.jpg
 Mineral: Pseudomalachite
 Locality:
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  34212 Time(s)

198-Pseudomalachite#1_R.jpg



199-Pseudomalachite#2_R.jpg
 Mineral: Pseudomalachite
 Locality:
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  34236 Time(s)

199-Pseudomalachite#2_R.jpg



200-Pseudomalachite#3-1_R.jpg
 Mineral: Pseudomalachite
 Locality:
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  34216 Time(s)

200-Pseudomalachite#3-1_R.jpg



201-Pseudomalachite#4-1R.jpg
 Mineral: Pseudomalachite
 Locality:
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  34319 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Dec 11, 2017 09:40    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

Liege Intermineral Expo 4-5 November 2017.

A nice exhibition was in Liège (Belgium), Palais des Congrès, along the river "Meuse". 4 institutions or collectors participated:
National Museum of Natural History of Luxembourg, Dr. Simon Philippo.
Laboratory of Mineralogy - University of Liege, Prof. Frédéric Hatert.
Francis Coune and Valère Berlage.
Rare and nice specimens were presented.

Since the theme was Congo, I will place the photos of the specimens in the post "Minerals of D.R. Congo.”



202-Palais_Congres_1464_R.jpg
 Description:
PALAIS DES CONGRES
LIEGE, Belgium
and the river "Meuse".
 Viewed:  34047 Time(s)

202-Palais_Congres_1464_R.jpg



203-AFFICHE 40x60-definitif1_R.jpg
 Description:
 Viewed:  34072 Time(s)

203-AFFICHE 40x60-definitif1_R.jpg



204-Carte_Congo-110512_R.jpg
 Description:
ex-Belgian Congo
Geography as it was taught in the 40s-50s.
 Viewed:  34089 Time(s)

204-Carte_Congo-110512_R.jpg



205-Vitrine-10500_R.jpg
 Description:
Malachite
 Viewed:  34114 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Dec 13, 2017 13:53    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

National Museum of Natural History of Luxembourg


214-Cuivre-10528_R.jpg
 Mineral: Copper
 Locality:
Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33944 Time(s)

214-Cuivre-10528_R.jpg



215-Cuprite-10608_R.jpg
 Mineral: Cuprite
 Locality:
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33968 Time(s)

215-Cuprite-10608_R.jpg



216-Carrollite-10533_R.jpg
 Mineral: Carrollite
 Locality:
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33947 Time(s)

216-Carrollite-10533_R.jpg



217-Chalcocite-10554_R.jpg
 Mineral: Chalcocite
 Locality:
Kipushi, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33931 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Dec 13, 2017 15:58    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

National Museum of Natural History of Luxembourg


218-Copper-10609_R.jpg
 Mineral: Copper on Calcite (variety cobaltoan calcite)
 Locality:
Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33943 Time(s)

218-Copper-10609_R.jpg



219-Calcite-Co-10530_R.jpg
 Mineral: Calcite (variety cobaltoan calcite)
 Locality:
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33903 Time(s)

219-Calcite-Co-10530_R.jpg



220-Amethyste-10610_R.jpg
 Mineral: Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite (variety cobaltoan calcite)
 Locality:
Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33904 Time(s)

220-Amethyste-10610_R.jpg



221-Libethenite-10559_R.jpg
 Mineral: Libethenite
 Locality:
M'sesa Mine, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33992 Time(s)

221-Libethenite-10559_R.jpg



222-Malachite-10549_R.jpg
 Mineral: Malachite and Chrysocolle
 Locality:
L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33903 Time(s)

222-Malachite-10549_R.jpg



223-Smithsonite-10553_R.jpg
 Mineral: Smithsonite
 Locality:
Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33950 Time(s)

223-Smithsonite-10553_R.jpg



224-Shattuckite-10540_R.jpg
 Mineral: Shattuckite
 Locality:
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
quartz
 Viewed:  33967 Time(s)

224-Shattuckite-10540_R.jpg



225-Plancheite_4863_R.jpg
 Mineral: Plancheite
 Locality:
Shangulowé Mine, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
Coll. Fr. Coune
 Viewed:  33903 Time(s)

225-Plancheite_4863_R.jpg



226-Calcite-10527_R.jpg
 Mineral: Calcite
 Locality:
Kipushi, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
on chrysocolle
 Viewed:  33916 Time(s)

226-Calcite-10527_R.jpg


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PostPosted: Dec 14, 2017 22:46    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

Professor of Geology Paul FOURMARIER (1877-1970)-
University of Liège, inventor of microtectonics.
(bronze plate).

Fourmarierite and some minerals



227-Fourmarierite-10503_R.jpg
 Mineral: Fourmarierite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
with vandendriesscheite
 Viewed:  33807 Time(s)

227-Fourmarierite-10503_R.jpg



228-Fourmarierite346_R.jpg
 Mineral: Fourmarierite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
with uranophane on uraninite
 Viewed:  33854 Time(s)

228-Fourmarierite346_R.jpg



229-Fourmarierite41_R.jpg
 Mineral: Fourmarierite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
with schoepite
 Viewed:  33731 Time(s)

229-Fourmarierite41_R.jpg



230-Fourmarierite347_R.jpg
 Mineral: Fourmarierite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
with uranophane
 Viewed:  33750 Time(s)

230-Fourmarierite347_R.jpg



231-Fourmarierite30a_R.jpg
 Mineral: Fourmarierite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33714 Time(s)

231-Fourmarierite30a_R.jpg



232-Fourmarierite2573_R.jpg
 Mineral: Fourmarierite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33713 Time(s)

232-Fourmarierite2573_R.jpg



233-Fourmarierite2546_R.jpg
 Mineral: Fourmarierite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33737 Time(s)

233-Fourmarierite2546_R.jpg



234-Uranoph58(1).JPG
 Mineral: Uranophane
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
with fourmarierite
 Viewed:  33841 Time(s)

234-Uranoph58(1).JPG



235-Fourmarie_Paul.jpg
 Description:
 Viewed:  33713 Time(s)

235-Fourmarie_Paul.jpg


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PostPosted: Dec 16, 2017 09:45    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

MNHN Luxembourg


236-Barite-10539_R.jpg
 Mineral: Baryte
 Locality:
Shangulowé Mine, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
with Malachite and chrysocolle
 Viewed:  33605 Time(s)

236-Barite-10539_R.jpg



237-Bornite-10538_R.jpg
 Mineral: Bornite
 Locality:
Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33632 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Dec 16, 2017 11:45    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

Kamotoite, Kamoto East Open cut, Kolwezi, Katanga.

Relatively recent mineral, described in 1986 (Deliens and Piret).
Kamotoite-(Y) = Y2(UO2)4(CO3)3O4.14H2O
Hydrated Carbonate of Uranyl and Rare Earth.
Transparent slats of lemon yellow color. Tip termination, 35 ° angle.
Dehydrated, the kamotoite becomes opaque.



238-Kamotoite-10505_R.jpg
 Mineral: Kamatoïte
 Locality:
Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
with an unknown mineral
 Viewed:  33583 Time(s)

238-Kamotoite-10505_R.jpg



239-Kamotoite396.JPG
 Mineral: Kamatoïte
 Locality:
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
with astrocyanite-(Ce) and uranophane
 Viewed:  33627 Time(s)

239-Kamotoite396.JPG



240-Kamotoite9941.JPG
 Mineral: Kamotoïte
 Locality:
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
with astrocyanite-(Ce) and uranophane
 Viewed:  33622 Time(s)

240-Kamotoite9941.JPG



241-Kamotoite1315.jpg
 Mineral: Kamatoïte
 Locality:
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33532 Time(s)

241-Kamotoite1315.jpg



242-Kamotoite07.JPG
 Mineral: Kamatoïte
 Locality:
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33582 Time(s)

242-Kamotoite07.JPG



243-Kamotoite2703-ter.jpg
 Mineral: Kamotoïte
 Locality:
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33524 Time(s)

243-Kamotoite2703-ter.jpg



244-Kamotoite207.JPG
 Mineral: Kamotoïte
 Locality:
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
with a "labelliforme" habit, i.e. fan-shaped
 Viewed:  33575 Time(s)

244-Kamotoite207.JPG



245-Kamotoite25a.JPG
 Mineral: Kamotoïte
 Locality:
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  33555 Time(s)

245-Kamotoite25a.JPG



246-Kamotoite44a.JPG
 Mineral: Kamotoïte
 Locality:
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
with astrocyanite-(Ce)
 Viewed:  33533 Time(s)

246-Kamotoite44a.JPG



247-KamotoiteH66.JPG
 Mineral: Kamotoïte
 Locality:
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
with astrocyanite-(Ce)
 Viewed:  33573 Time(s)

247-KamotoiteH66.JPG


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PostPosted: Dec 16, 2017 15:06    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

It may be useful to locate mines on a map of Kolwezi area, Katanga.


248-Kolwezi-map-1.jpg
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Kolwezi area
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PostPosted: Feb 12, 2018 05:51    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

Hello,

It's time to show you some rarities from Katanga (Shinkolobwe).
The first specimen is 1 cm wide.
We find on a background of poorly crystallized torbernite, tan needles of dumontite, red curite and geld curienite. FOV = 3 mm.
This is the only sample on which the curienite was analyzed in Katanga. This mineral is normally found in Mounana, Franceville (Gabon).



011-Dumontite-curienite#1_R.jpg
 Mineral: Dumontite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
with curienite, curite, torbernite
 Viewed:  31739 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Feb 16, 2018 00:07    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

Another aspect of curienite. Crystals are never seen in Mounana mine.


012-Curienite#3-2.jpg
 Mineral: Curienite, Dumontite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
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PostPosted: Feb 16, 2018 00:37    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

Hi,
Here the expansion of the torbernites area. The elongation of the torbernite crystals is rather unusual. This habitus is found at Shinkolobwe.
The saleeiteite can carry in Shinkolobwe an epitaxy of torbernite, but on this sample, these crystals are too small to be discerned. The sample size was too big for a larger magnification.
Note the unusual elongated prismatic crystallization of the torbernite crystals.



014-Torbernite#1-1_R.jpg
 Mineral: Torbernite, Saleeite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
with epitaxy
 Viewed:  31320 Time(s)

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015-Torbernite#2-2_R.jpg
 Mineral: Torbernite, Saleeite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  31304 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Feb 16, 2018 01:34    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

Hi,
About epitaxy.
Another sample of saleeite / torbernite was photographed in 2015. I add some photos showing the epitaxy of the torbernite on the saleeite.
From Dal Bo Fabrice’s thesis (Mineralogy and crystal chemistry of natural and synthetic uranyl oxysalts) and Coll. S. Puccio.



016-Saleite#1-1-1bis_R.jpg
 Mineral: Saleeite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  31259 Time(s)

016-Saleite#1-1-1bis_R.jpg



018-Torbernite#1-1bis_R.jpg
 Mineral: Torbernite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  31291 Time(s)

018-Torbernite#1-1bis_R.jpg



019-Torbernite#1-2-1bis_R.jpg
 Mineral: Torbernite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  31244 Time(s)

019-Torbernite#1-2-1bis_R.jpg



020-Torbernite#1-5-1bis_R.jpg
 Mineral: Torbernite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  31279 Time(s)

020-Torbernite#1-5-1bis_R.jpg



021-Torbernite#1-8-1_R.jpg
 Mineral: Torbernite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  31221 Time(s)

021-Torbernite#1-8-1_R.jpg


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PostPosted: Feb 16, 2018 01:48    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

Saleeite


018-Saleite#1-2-1D_R.jpg
 Mineral: Saleeite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  31204 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Feb 16, 2018 04:12    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

Hi,
Two minerals in one Crystal !
Wyartite is black-purple in color. But it deteriorates superficially by decarboxylation into yellow epi-ianthinite (variety of schoepite).
Wyartite is the hydroxy carbonate of uranyl, copper and uranium.



022-Wyartite#1-1_R.jpg
 Mineral: Wyartite
 Locality:
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  31200 Time(s)

022-Wyartite#1-1_R.jpg



023-Wyartite#1-2_R.jpg
 Mineral: Wyartite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  31188 Time(s)

023-Wyartite#1-2_R.jpg



024-Wyartite#3-1_R.jpg
 Mineral: Wyartite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  31245 Time(s)

024-Wyartite#3-1_R.jpg


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PostPosted: Feb 20, 2018 09:07    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

Hi,
Gold on uraninite is well known in Shinkolobwe.



Gold_Shinko#1-1_R.jpg
 Mineral: Gold on Uraninite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
on uraninite
 Viewed:  30836 Time(s)

Gold_Shinko#1-1_R.jpg



Gold_Shinko#2-1_R.jpg
 Mineral: Gold on Uraninite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
Crystallized gold !
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PostPosted: Feb 20, 2018 09:35    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

Hi
Here are extremely rare minerals.
The first is kolbeckite, scandium phosphate.
Scandium and yttrium are considered rare-earth elements because they tend to occur often in the same ore deposits as the lanthanides and exhibit similar chemical properties



Kolbeckite#1-1_R.jpg
 Mineral: Kolbeckite
 Locality:
Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  30843 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Feb 20, 2018 16:40    Post subject: Re: Minerals of DR Congo, Katanga.  

Hi,
Sharpite is a rare hydroxycarbonate of uranyl and copper with radially fibrous crust.
Black dots are heteogenite.



027-Sharpite#1-1_R.jpg
 Mineral: Sharpite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Description:
 Viewed:  30729 Time(s)

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