Locality type:

Open-Cast Mine

Classification

Species:

Becquerelite

Formula:

Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆ · 8H₂O

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1317620

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1317620:6

GUID (UUID V4):

e294fcd8-69d5-480c-a5d7-e63110548831

Nearest other occurrences of Becquerelite

0.6km (0.4 miles)

ⓘ KOV Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

1.6km (1.0 miles)

ⓘ Kamoto Principal Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

1.8km (1.1 miles)

ⓘ Kamoto Principal Mine, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

3.1km (1.9 miles)

ⓘ Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

References

Deliens, M. (1996) Overzicht van de mineralogie van de koper-, kobalt- en uraniumvoorkomens in Zuid-Shaba (Zaïre). Pages 35-49 in: Schatten der Aarde. Van mineraal tot juweel. Tentoonstelling in de abdij Saint-Gérard de Brogne van 27 april tot 27 oktober 1996. Catalogus opgemaakt onder de leiding van R. Warin, AGAB en P. Van hee, MKA (in Dutch).

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	*Plášil, J., Škoda, R. (2017) Crystal structure of the (REE)-uranyl carbonate mineral shabaite-(Nd) Journal of GEOsciences, 62 (2) 97-105*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	described from the Kamoto East open cut, Shaba province, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo by Deliens and...originate from its type locality, Kamoto East open cut (Democratic Republic of Congo). Shabaite-(Nd) is present...polymerized structural minerals of supergene origin at Kamoto might suggest units. Nevertheless, the structure...of (Nd)-rich minerals from Kamoto East Kamoto East open cut, Shaba, Congo, is a rich locality for several...lepersonnite-(Gd) are known only from single localities: Kamoto East open cut (Deliens and Piret 1990) and Shinkolobwe
	*Plášil, Jakub, Petříček, Václav (2017) Crystal structure of the (REE)-uranyl carbonate mineral kamotoite-(Y) Mineralogical Magazine, 81 (3) 653-660 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.123*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	from the Kamoto East Open Cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi district, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, which is...on altered fine-grained uraninite along with becquerelite and fine-grained astrocyanite-(Ce). Individual...nouveau carbonate d’uranyle et de terres rares de Kamoto, Shaba, Zaïre. Bulletin de la Société française...(TR)2(UO2)(CO3)4(OH)2.6H2O, nouvelle espece minerale de Kamoto, Shaba, Zaire. European Journal of Mineralogy,...(TR)2(UO2)(CO3)4(OH)2.1.5H2O, nouvelle espece minerale de Kamoto, Shaba, Zaïre. European Journal of Mineralogy,

Becquerelite from Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

Becquerelite from
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo