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


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Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Kolwezite
Formula:CuCo(CO3)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Cobalt-bearing Calcite
Cobalt-bearing Dolomite
Heterogenite
Malachite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite24
- var Cobalt-bearing Calcite22
Dolomite9
- var Cobalt-bearing Dolomite9
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kolwezite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (18 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:6689
Long-form Identifier:1:3:6689:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kolwezite
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘKolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘKamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘKamoto Principal Mine, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
5.1km (3.1 miles) ⓘMupine Mine, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘMashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
84.2km (52.3 miles) ⓘKansalawile Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
88.0km (54.7 miles) ⓘTenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
References
Deliens, Michel, Piret, Paul (1980) La kolwÃĐsite, un hydrocarbonate de cuivre et de cobalt analogue à la glaukosphaÃĐrite et à la rosasite. Bulletin de MinÃĐralogie, 103 (2) 179-184 doi:10.3406/bulmi.1980.7394
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).
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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