 | | Journal (issue) | | n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo ........... 6.6 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)...and on the best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystals to 5 mm, with uranophane, from the Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba (formerly Katanga), Zaire. Sorbonne collection...great mineralized areas. Locality names such as Musonoi and Shinkolobwe are today famous fo r some o f...nearly 50 km in width. It extends from the town of Kolwezi in the west to the city of Lubumbashi in the east...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 18:27 10 November 2014 Musonoi, Democratic Republic of Congo T he current emphasis on nonpetroleum...The specimen selected comes from the famous Musonoi mine, a locality that produces the world’s finest...sklodowskite. Some analyses show traces of Pb, Fe, and Ca. Dr. Rob Bowell, a consultant geochemist in the mining...minerals formed in the oxide zone of mineral deposits. Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor of Rocks & Minerals...minerals are becquerelite, brochantite, uranophane, kasolite, vandenbrandeite, liebigite, uranophanebeta, and |  | | Book | | 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 .. ................. .............................uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical |  | | Report (issue) | | c = 7.084(1) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Musonoi mine, Congo. 8.39 (F), 7.29 (F), 3.55 (mF), 6.68 (m)... (3) 17.24 66.65 11.91 4.20 100.00 (1) Musonoi mine, Congo; H2 O by the Penfield method. (2) Do.; by...sulfide deposit (Musonoi mine, Congo). Association: Malachite, cuprosklodowskite, kasolite, marthozite,...wulfenite (Musonoi mine, Congo). Distribution: From the Musonoi Cu–Co mine, near Kolwezi, and at Shinkolobwe...Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). Name: Honors Dr. Claude Guillemin (1923–1994) |  | | Report (issue) | | 639(2) α = 89.78(4)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Musonoi mine, Congo. 2.97 (FFF), 5.42 (FF), 5.89 (F), 3.34 (F)...20.55 18.31 4.15 Total 100.3 100.00 (1) Musonoi mine, Congo; H2 O by the Penfield method; corresponds...Cu–Co deposit. Association: Cuprosklodowskite, kasolite, guilleminite, derriksite, chalcomenite, malachite...Distribution: From the Musonoi Co–Cu mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire) |  | | Report (issue) | | Pb(UO2 )SiO4 ² H2 O Kasolite c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, version 1.2 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...= 104± 200 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kasolo, Congo. 3.26 (10), 2.93 (9), 4.19 (8b), 3.53 (7), 6.61...38.00 Total 99.84 100.00 3.07 (1) Kasolo, Congo. (2) Pb(UO2 )SiO4 ² H2 O: Occurrence: An oxidization...Uraninite, torbernite, curite, dewindtite (Kasolo, Congo); rutherfordine, sklodowskite, curite (Nabarlek...Distribution: From Shinkolobwe, and the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). At |  | | Book | | Buttgenbach H. (1 947) Les Mineraux de Belgique et du Congo Beige. 573 p. Paris: Ed. Dunod. Cesbron, F. (1985)...the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo introduced a new admin istrative subdivision for...Province, the Lualaba Province and the Haut-Loma mi Province. What formerly was called the Bas-Congo Province...abbreviated (B = Belgium; D.R. Congo = Democratic Republic of the Congo; F = France). 4. The biographical...ttgenbach, H. (1 947) Les mineraux de Belgique et du Congo Beige. 573 p., Paris: Dunod. Blondieau, M. & Poirot |  | | Report (issue) | | as kasolite and uranophane, and remaining FeO and CaO as impurities. (2) Katanga Province, Congo. (3)...Uraninite, becquerelite, masuyite, schoepite, kasolite, curite, boltwoodite, vandendriesscheite, billietite...from Kalongwe, and in the Musonoi mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire)....Mountain, Acworth, Sullivan Co., and in the Palermo mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire;...Utah, from the Delta mine, Emery Co., and in the “C” group of claims and the Jomac mine, White Canyon district |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | consultant, currently living in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. ❑ Dr. Günther Neumeier is a consulting editor of Rocks...Wulfenite and herbertsmithite from the Kali Kafi mine, Anarak district, Nain County, Esfahan Province...photo. Figure 4. Wulfenite from the Adami No. 2 mine, Plaka mines, Plaka, Lavrion district, Attikí Prefecture...specimen and photo. Figure 2. Wulfenite from the Laura mine, Albuñuelas, Granada, Andalusia, Spain; field of...Figure 3. Wulfenite and baryte from the Maoniuping mine, Mianning County, Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture |  | Kanzundu, M, Loris, N, Numbi, B.B, Chabu, M, Kasongo-Numbi, K (1991) Contribution à l'étude de la distribution des minéraux uranifères au Sud-Shaba (Zaïre) Journal of African Earth Sciences (and the Middle East), 13 (3) 401-405 doi:10.1016/0899-5362(91)90104-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (1977). Au Sud-Shaba, la billietite est observee Musonoi e t ~ Kalongwe o~ elle est souvent melangee ~ u...1958). II se rencontre en association avec la kasolite ou l'uranophane, mais on le voit aussi frequemment...est u n mineral de couleur b r u n e Uraninite, Kolwezi 38 16 orange vff que r o n trouve habltuellement...metatorberntt'e ou de la Dik~uwe ~k]odow,k~ 140 59 kasolite, sklodowskite, soddy/te. Zalongwe, soddyi~. U...etudi~ par Buttgenbach ( 1924}. Au Sud-Shaba, Musonoi, r u r a n o p h a n e se developpe s u r la gummite |  | | Report (issue) | | c = 6.089(4) X-ray Powder Pattern: Kalongwe, Congo. 4.29 (10), 2.92 (8), 5.06 (4), 2.56 (4), 2.09 (3)...8.97 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Shinkolobwe, Congo; recalculated to 100% after deduction of SiO2 0...uranium deposits. Association: Cuprosklodowskite, kasolite, sklodowskite, malachite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite...(Kalongwe, Congo); curite, uranophane, sharpite (Shinkolobwe, Congo). Distribution: In Congo (Zaire), in...Luiswishi mine; at Kalongwe; from Shinkolobwe; at Kambove; from Swambo; and in the Musonoi mine, near Kolwezi |  | | Catalog/List | | and masses. 3x4½x2½" $125. 00. 2. SILVER Amethyst mine, Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado. Dull silvery metallic...locality. 1¾x2x¾11 $600. 00. 14. DIAMOND Roko, Congo Republic. Superb lustrous olive-gray macle type...or display. 8x7x4 mm. $75.00. 15. DIAMOND Itoko, Congo Republlc. Superb ollve-gray twinned cube. 8x8x7...terminations. 3x3½x2" $35.00. 30. ANHYDRITE Eagle Picher mine, Niaca, Chihuahua, Mexico. radiating elongated etched...minor muscovite. 2½x3½xh" $150. 00. 33. AZURITE Czar mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona. Choice dee~ blue | | | Catalog/List | | and masses. 3x4½x2½" $125. 00. 2. SILVER Amethyst mine, Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado. Dull silvery metallic...locality. 1¾x2x¾11 $600. 00. 14. DIAMOND Roko, Congo Republic. Superb lustrous olive-gray macle type...or display. 8x7x4 mm. $75.00. 15. DIAMOND Itoko, Congo Republlc. Superb ollve-gray twinned cube. 8x8x7...terminations. 3x3½x2" $35.00. 30. ANHYDRITE Eagle Picher mine, Niaca, Chihuahua, Mexico. radiating elongated etched...minor muscovite. 2½x3½xh" $150. 00. 33. AZURITE Czar mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona. Choice dee~ blue |  | | Report (issue) | | = 18.71 Z = [8] X-ray Powder Pattern: Ruggles mine, New Hampshire, USA. 3.32 (100), 4.48 (90), 6.14... Total 99.56 100.00 Chemistry: (1) Kasolo, Congo. (2) (UO2 )2 SiO 4 ² 2H2 O: Occurrence: A secondary...formed by oxidation of uraninite. Association: Kasolite, sklodowskite, uranophane, torbernite, curite...Kasolo, Swambo, and in the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). At...Cape Province, South Africa. In the Krunkelbachtal mine, near Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Germany. In the |  | | Report (issue) | | Total 100.2 99.07 100.00 (1) Shaba Province, Congo; Fe2 O3 trace. (2) J¶achymov, Czech Republic; Fe2...uranophane, kasolite, vandenbrandeite, liebigite, uranophane-beta, compreignacite. Distribution: In Congo (Zaire)...exceptional specimens from Shinkolobwe and the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi. From J¶achymov (Joachimsthal), Czech Republic...Saxony, Germany. From West Wheal Owles and the Geevor mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England. In the Rab¶ejac uranium...the Sanostee area, San Juan Co., in the Woodrow mine, Laguna district, Valencia Co., and in the Grants |  | | Report (issue) | | = 16.763(2) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Mounana mine, Gabon. 8.30 (10), 2.98 (8), 4.17 (6), 2.57 (6)...18.56 2.05 13.90 8.85 Total 100.06 (1) Mounana mine, Gabon; corresponds to (Ba0.92 Pb0.09 )Σ=1.01 (UO2...oxidized zone of a Pb-bearing U–V deposit (Mounana mine, Gabon). Association: Curienite, duttonite, vanuralite...dewindtite, torbernite, uranopilite, johannite, kasolite (Mounana mine, Gabon). Distribution: Exceptional crystals...Mounana uranium mine, Franceville, Gabon. At Kambove and in the Musonoi mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga Province |  | | Report (issue) | | meteoric waters. Association: Uranophane-beta, kasolite, meta-autunite, phosphuranylite, uranium oxides...USA, at the Monument No. 2 mine, Apache Co., Arizona; from the Happy Jack mine, White Canyon, San Juan Co...in the Hanosh mine, Grants district, McKinley Co., New Mexico. In the Silver Cli® mine, Lusk, Niobrara...North Carolina. Large crystals from the Faraday mine, near Bancroft, Ontario, Canada. On Mt. Painter...South Australia. In Congo (Zaire), at Shinkolobwe, and the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Katanga (Shaba) Province |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | Gabon and Shaba, Zaire (then Katanga, Belgian Congo). Mr. Gilbert Gauthier, a noted mining engineer...of the Mine" collection, assembled as a museum display in the offices of the Shinkolobwe mine, was ordered... CUPROSKLODOWSKITE, META-VANURALITE, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Zaire Very attractive emerald-green..... . . . . ..... . .... ... . . .... $100.00 KASOLITE, Swambo, Shaba, Zaire Magnificent, free-standing...free-standing yellow-orange micromount quality kasolite crystals (2 mm) almost completely covering both sides |  | | Catalog/List | | lxl-3/4" to 1-1/2x2-3/4" $ 10.00 BOLEITE Amelia mine, Boleo, Baja California, Choice bright blue single...to lxl-1/2" 5 Specimens $ 10.00 CROCOITE Red Lead mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia Bright orange-red crystalline...2x10 mm 10 Specimens $ 7.50 KALIBORITE Enrique mine, Sallent, Spain Choice pure white granular micro...inclusions. l-l/4x2" and 2x2-l/2" MALACHITE Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Zaire Choice pure green single elongated...3/4x3/4" 8 Specimens $ 5.00 METAVAUXITE Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bolivia Choice pale green to silky white |  | | Catalog/List | | 94403 U.S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...the first written use af micromounts. At that time, Dr. Wills adequately defined micro material and micromounts...micromount in the traditional sense as written by Dr. Wills. In later years, lang after the publication |  | | Book | | . ... .. ... .. .. ................ .. .... . Congo ..................................................equipment, 1nineralogical studies ofuranium thankful that Dr. Lauf has been able to ded icate a huge and thorium...che1nical con1plexity, physical beauty as captured in Dr. oxyanions to form di verse structures and compositions...vvastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical...Saskatchewan, is the world's largest high-grade uraniu1n mine. The ore from that ,nine is crushed and treated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | curite, schoepite, and other less Figure 4: Kasolite, Shinkolobwe, Zaire. Photo by Lou Perloff. easily...hydrated oxides may, in turn, alter further to kasolite, uranophane, and soddyite because of meteoric...processes. Figure 5 (above): Cuprosklodowskite, Musonoi mine, Zaire. Photo by Lou Perloff. Figure 6 (right):...weathering of the crystal surface. The Daybreak mine in Washington has produced the finest United States...crystals were mined from the nowabandoned Shinkolobwe mine in Zaire. A large amount of remarkable yellow-orange |  | | Journal (issue) | | row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler...(#660). Mark Andrews photo. Kasolite, 5-mm view, from the Musonoi mine, Zaire (#950). Jerry Cone photo |
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Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo