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Arsenopyrite from
Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo


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Arsenopyrite

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
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Arsenopyrite

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
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Arsenopyrite

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
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Arsenopyrite

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
00940440017368974761644.jpg
Arsenopyrite

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
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Arsenopyrite

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sphalerite1
Chalcopyrite1
Bornite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22838
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22838:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
70.9km (44.0 miles) ⓘLombe Zn-Pb-Cu deposit, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
References
Chabu, M. (1995) The Geochemistry Of Phlogopite And Chlorite From The Kipushi Zn-Pb--Gu Deposit, Shaba, Zaire. Canadian Mineralogist, 33, 547-558.
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).
Kamona, A. F., Lévêque, J., Friedrich, G., Haack, U. (1999) Lead isotopes of the carbonate-hosted Kabwe, Tsumeb, and Kipushi Pb-Zn-Cu sulphide deposits in relation to Pan African orogenesis in the Damaran-Lufilian Fold Belt of Central Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 34 (3). 273-283 doi:10.1007/s001260050203
Kampunzu, A.B.; Cailteux, J.L.H.; Kamona, A.F.; Intiomale, M.M.; Melcher, F. (2009) Sediment-hosted Zn–Pb–Cu deposits in the Central African Copperbelt. Ore Geology Reviews, 35 (3). p.263-297. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2009.02.003
 
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