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


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Comments:Often cobalt-bearing.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Kasolite134
Cuprosklodowskite113
Digenite93
Vandenbrandeite60
Torbernite60
Guilleminite59
Uranophane58
Metatorbernite56
Schoepite51
Rutherfordine43
Heterogenite31
Demesmaekerite30
Sklodowskite29
Calcite21
- var Cobalt-bearing Calcite16
Native Gold18
Wulfenite17
Marthozite17
Baryte17
Chrysocolla16
Derriksite12
Cuprite11
Soddyite10
Hematite8
Libethenite7
Billietite6
Chalcomenite6
Goethite5
Dolomite4
- var Cobalt-bearing Dolomite4
Quartz3
Uraninite3
Roubaultite2
Curite2
Azurite2
Studtite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (37 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:7385
Long-form Identifier:1:3:7385:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘKolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘKOV Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘKamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘKamoto Principal 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
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘKapata, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘMashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘDikuluwe Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘMutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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