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Carrollite from
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Carrollite
Formula:CuCo2S4
Comments:Nickeliferous.
Habit:Skeletal.
Colour:Silver grey.
Luminescent properties:Not fluorescent.
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Carrollite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:2853
Long-form Identifier:1:3:2853:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Carrollite
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘLudjiba prospect, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘKamoya, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘKamoya prospect, Kamoya, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
18.9km (11.7 miles) ⓘKambove West Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
19.4km (12.0 miles) ⓘKambove Principal Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
19.9km (12.4 miles) ⓘKamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘKabolela Mine, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
26.3km (16.3 miles) ⓘKamfundwa Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
51.8km (32.2 miles) ⓘLuishia Mine, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘFungurume 8 deposit, Fungurume deposit, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
References
edit.africamuseum.be (n.d.) http://edit.africamuseum.be/geco_website/pdf/Shinkolobwe.pdf
Gauthier, Gilbert, François, Armand, Deliens, Michel, Piret, P. (1989) Famous Mineral Localities: The Uranium Deposits of the Shaba Region, Zaire. The Mineralogical Record, 20 (4) Tucson. 265-304
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).
 
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