| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Spherocobaltite |
| Formula: | CoCO3 |
| Comments: | Massive spherocobaltite was so abundant in places that it was mines as cobalt ore. |
| Colour: | pink |
| Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Associates: | Heterogenite
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| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Carrollite | ⓘ1 photo of Spherocobaltite associated with Carrollite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Spherocobaltite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Kabolela Mine, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 195579 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:195579:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | b3608e2f-1f1d-4e4f-83ae-8f20626cdf67 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Spherocobaltite |
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| 10.3km (6.4 miles) | ⓘKamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| 13.8km (8.6 miles) | ⓘKambove Principal Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| 14.7km (9.1 miles) | ⓘKakanda South Mine, Kakanda deposit, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo |
| 14.8km (9.2 miles) | ⓘKakanda North Mine, Kakanda deposit, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo |
| 23.8km (14.8 miles) | ⓘShinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| 36.5km (22.7 miles) | ⓘMambilima Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo |
| 38.6km (24.0 miles) | ⓘTenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo |
| 39.0km (24.2 miles) | ⓘKansalawile Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo |
| 43.2km (26.9 miles) | ⓘMindingi Mine, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| 68.9km (42.8 miles) | ⓘKansuki Cu-Co deposit, Kisamfu, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fraction of the global Co resource. Cobalt forms spherocobaltite (CoCO3, calcite group), whose complete solid...found Co-rich dolomite, Co-rich magnesite, spherocobaltite, and kolwezite. Cobalt-rich dolomite occurs...filling void spaces. Members of the magnesite-spherocobaltite solid solution occur as crystals filling void...Co-rich dolomite, which is far more soluble than spherocobaltite. This may cause Co recoveries to be lower than...African Copperbelt mines. Keywords: magnesite, spherocobaltite, Co-rich dolomite, Copperbelt, carbonates, |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection...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. “ Shaba” means “copper” in...1880’s, Leopold II conceived of establishing a Congo Free State which would come under his sole sovereignty...determined that Katanga would remain part of the Congo Free State. In 1885, Leopold II was finally able |
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Kabolela Mine, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo