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Digenite from
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo


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Digenite

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Digenite

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Digenite

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Digenite

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Digenite

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Digenite

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Digenite

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Digenite

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Digenite

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Digenite
Formula:Cu9S5
Comments:Seleniodigenite : Cu7.05 S2.56 Se1.44
Se up to 18%, Se/S+Se up to 0.36
Deep parts of the superficial oxidation zone : metasomatic lenses of digenite, associated with malachite, chalcomenite, kasolite, cuprosklodowskite, wulfenite, etc.
Secondary S-Se concentration, or primary sulfide mineralization associated with uraninite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Malachite93
Cuprosklodowskite39
Rutherfordine35
Schoepite32
Guilleminite24
Uranophane22
Kasolite14
Metatorbernite14
Soddyite11
Vandenbrandeite11
Marthozite11
Sklodowskite8
Demesmaekerite8
Native Gold7
Baryte6
Derriksite3
Quartz2
Brochantite2
Torbernite2
Studtite2
Chrysocolla1
Calcite1
Goethite1
Chalcomenite1
Hematite1
Borzęckiite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Digenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20293
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20293:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Digenite
88.0km (54.7 miles) ⓘTenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
95.0km (59.0 miles) ⓘSwambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
References
Oosterbosch, Robert; Picot, Paul; Pierrot, Roland (1964) La digÃĐnite sÃĐlÃĐnifÃĻre de MusonoÃŊ (Katanga). Bulletin de MinÃĐralogie, 87 (4). 613-617 doi:10.3406/bulmi.1964.5781
Deliens, M. (1996) Overzicht van de mineralogie van de koper-, kobalt- en uraniumvoorkomens in Zuid-Shaba (ZaÃŊre). Pages 35-49 in: Schatten der Aarde. Van mineraal tot juweel. Tentoonstelling in de abdij Saint-GÃĐrard 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).
Roberts, Andrew C., Paar, Werner H., Cooper, Mark A., Topa, Dan, Criddle, Alan J., Jedwab, J. (2002) Verbeekite, monoclinic PdSe2, a new mineral from the Musonoi Cu-Co-Mn-U mine, near Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Mineralogical Magazine, 66 (1) 173-179 doi:10.1180/0026461026610020
Wilson, Wendell E. (2018) The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Mineralogical Record, 49 (2) 236-304
 
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