| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Heterogenite |
| Formula: | Co3+O(OH) |
| Comments: | The RMMA holds a specimen of black heterogenite with a green crust (number 660) donated in 1926 by UMHK.
XRD by Michel Deliens. |
| Colour: | Black |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Heterogenite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Likasi Mine, Likasi, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1632182 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1632182:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Heterogenite |
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| 20.7km (12.9 miles) | ⓘKambove Principal Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| 21.5km (13.4 miles) | ⓘShinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| 22.7km (14.1 miles) | ⓘKamoya, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| 24.1km (14.9 miles) | ⓘKamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| 28.8km (17.9 miles) | ⓘShangulowé Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| 33.8km (21.0 miles) | ⓘKabolela Mine, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo |
| 34.4km (21.3 miles) | ⓘLuishia Mine, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| 47.5km (29.5 miles) | ⓘKakanda North Mine, Kakanda deposit, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo |
| 57.6km (35.8 miles) | ⓘSwambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| 62.6km (38.9 miles) | ⓘMindingi Mine, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo |
| References |
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Deliens, M., 1974. Les Oxydes Hydratés de Cobalt du Shaba Méridional (République du Zaïre). Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Série In-8°, n° 76, 80 pp. // Decrée, S., Pourret, O. & Baele, J.M., 2015. Rare earth element fractionation in heterogenite (CoOOH): implication for cobalt oxidized ore in the Katanga Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo). Journal of Geochemical Exploration 159, 290-301. |
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