Locality type: | Open-Cast Mine |
Classification |
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Species: | Spherocobaltite |
Formula: | CoCO3 |
Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
Abundance at site: | Rare |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Cobalt-bearing Dolomite | ⓘ4 photos of Spherocobaltite associated with Cobalt-bearing Dolomite at this locality. |
Cobalt-bearing Calcite | ⓘ1 photo of Spherocobaltite associated with Cobalt-bearing Calcite at this locality. |
Heterogenite | ⓘ1 photo of Spherocobaltite associated with Heterogenite at this locality. |
Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Spherocobaltite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
Kolwezite | ⓘ1 photo of Spherocobaltite associated with Kolwezite at this locality. |
Calcite | ⓘ1 photo of Spherocobaltite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Spherocobaltite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (4 photos) |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 127926 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:127926:9 |
GUID (UUID V4): | a79fae92-b3eb-46c7-8d84-704ffb9ffefa |
Nearest other occurrences of Spherocobaltite |
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3.5km (2.2 miles) | ⓘKamoto Principal Mine, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo |
5.6km (3.5 miles) | ⓘMupine Mine, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo |
6.3km (3.9 miles) | ⓘKamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo |
8.2km (5.1 miles) | ⓘMusonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo |
8.9km (5.5 miles) | ⓘKolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo |
34.7km (21.6 miles) | ⓘKalongwe deposit, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo |
52.7km (32.7 miles) | ⓘKansuki Cu-Co deposit, Kisamfu, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo |
92.2km (57.3 miles) | ⓘKansalawile Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo |
94.9km (59.0 miles) | ⓘMambilima Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo |
96.0km (59.7 miles) | ⓘTenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo |
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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | THE MINERALOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND METALLURGY OF COBALT IN THE RHOMBOHEDRAL CARBONATES ISABEL F. BARTON§...ores of cobalt are a significant but under-recognized fraction of the global Co resource. Cobalt forms...forms spherocobaltite (CoCO3, calcite group), whose complete solid solution with isostructural magnesite,... MgCO3, is described here for the first time. Cobalt-rich dolomite, Ca(Mg,Co)(CO3)2, and Co-rich calcite...20 mol.% Co and up to 2 mol.% Co, respectively. Cobalt has also been reported as a minor substituent of | | | Journal (issue) | Coordinators Eastern U.S. Charles &Marcelle Weber 1172 West Lake Ave. Guilford, CT 06437 Subscriptions • Individuals...crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection...British Mineralogy, which includes 550 hand-colored copper-plate engravings of British mineral specimens....stratified upper Precambrian rocks containing copper and cobalt ores, with other metals associated locally...width. It extends from the town of Kolwezi in the west to the city of Lubumbashi in the east. We will refer |
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Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo