Katanga, DR Congo (original) (raw)

Description: Occurs as delicate millimetric rosettes or tablets, platy {001}, translucent to opaque with an earthy luster, also as isolated, vitreous, tabular blue crystals. The mineral is an oxidation product of uraninite.

ⓘ Atacamite

Formula: Cu2(OH)3Cl

ⓘ Athabascaite

Formula: Cu5Se4

ⓘ Aurichalcite

Formula: (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6

References:

ⓘ Autunite

Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O

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ⓘ Azurite

Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

Description: The mineral is questionnable for the locality because they were found when Shangulowe was producing baryte specimens. The diggers kept the locality secret by saying they were found at nearby Mulungwishi. There is no mine at Mulungwishi.

ⓘ Baryte

Formula: BaSO4

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

Description: Translucent tabular crystals to 2 + cm w/malachite inclusions, pale green, undamaged 5 cm group. Also chisel point xls in parallel, 3.5 cm. Occurs in larger xls, usually not as gemmy.

ⓘ Beaverite-(Cu)

Formula: Pb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6

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ⓘ Becquerelite (TL)

Formula: Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6 · 8H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ Beryl

Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)

ⓘ Berzelianite

Formula: Cu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)

ⓘ Betekhtinite

Formula: Pb2(Cu,Fe)22-24S15

References:

ⓘ Beudantite

Formula: PbFe3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6

ⓘ Bieberite

Formula: CoSO4 · 7H2O

ⓘ Bijvoetite-(Y) (TL)

Formula: Y8(UO2)16(CO3)16O8(OH)8 · 39H2O

Type Locality:

ⓘ Billietite (TL)

Formula: Ba(UO2)6O4(OH)6 · 4-8H2O

Localities:

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Swambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
KOV Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Luiswishi Mine, Kawama, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

ⓘ 'Biotite'

Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

Localities:

Musoshi Mine, Musoshi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Busanga, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Kinkumbi prospect, Lake Mweru, Pweto Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Manono-Kitotolo mine, Tanganyika, DR Congo

ⓘ 'Bisbeeite'

Formula: (Cu,Mg)SiO3 · nH2O

ⓘ Bismuth

Formula: Bi

ⓘ Bismuthinite

Formula: Bi2S3

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ⓘ Bornite

Formula: Cu5FeS4

Localities: Reported from at least 29 localities in this region.

ⓘ Borzęckiite

Formula: Pb(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2 · 3H2O

✪ Briartite (TL)

Formula: Cu2(Fe,Zn)GeS4

Type Locality:

References:

Francotte, J., Moreau, J., Ottenburgs, R., Levy, C. (1965) La briartite, Cu2(Fe,Zn)GeS4, une nouvelle espèce minérale. Bulletin de la Société française de minéralogie et de crystallographie, 88(3), 432-437.

ⓘ Brochantite

Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

Description: Bright green sharp needles to 5 cm in open divergent sprays on heterogenite matrix.

ⓘ Brookite

Formula: TiO2

ⓘ Buttgenbachite (TL)

Formula: Cu19(NO3)2(OH)32Cl4 · 2H2O

Localities:

Likasi Mine, Likasi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Tenke Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
M'sesa Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo

~~Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo~~

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Habit: acicular

Colour: blue, transparent

Description: Difficult to visually distinguish from likasite.

ⓘ Cacoxenite

Formula: Fe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O

Habit: Needles.

Colour: Golden yellow.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

ⓘ 'Calamine'

Localities:

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Lombe Zn-Pb-Cu deposit, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kengere Mine, Kengere, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

ⓘ Calciotantite

Formula: CaTa4O11

ⓘ Calcite

Formula: CaCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 40 localities in this region.

ⓘ Calcite var. Cobalt-bearing Calcite

Formula: (Ca,Co)CO3

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

Colour: Light to dark pink.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

Description: Some of the best cobaltian calcites comes from this mine.

ⓘ Calcite var. Zinc-bearing Calcite

Formula: (Ca,Zn)CO3

✪ Carnotite

Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O

Habit: Tablets and in scales-like crystals.

Colour: Yellow to orange.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

ⓘ Carrollite

Formula: CuCo2S4

Localities: Reported from at least 28 localities in this region.

Habit: Extremely complex

Colour: Brilliant silver

Fluorescence: None

Description: Spectacular crystals of varied, complex habits

ⓘ Caryopilite

Formula: Mn2+3Si2O5(OH)4

References:

De Putter, Thierry, Liégeois, Jean-Paul, Dewaele, Stijn, Cailteux, Jacques, Boyce, Adrian, Mees, Florias (2018) Paleoproterozoic manganese and base metals deposits at Kisenge-Kamata (Katanga, D.R. Congo) Ore Geology Reviews, 96. 181-200 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.04.015

ⓘ Cassiterite

Formula: SnO2

ⓘ Cattierite (TL)

Formula: CoS2

ⓘ 'Cattierite-Vaesite Series'

ⓘ Cerussite

Formula: PbCO3

Localities:

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Lombe Zn-Pb-Cu deposit, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kengere Mine, Kengere, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

ⓘ Cesplumtantite (TL)

Formula: (Cs,Na)2(Pb,Sb3+)3Ta8O24

Type Locality:

ⓘ Chalcanthite

Formula: CuSO4 · 5H2O

Localities:

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Luishia Mine, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

ⓘ Chalcocite

Formula: Cu2S

Localities: Reported from at least 27 localities in this region.

Colour: Metalic blue.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

Description: Kamoto fond produced the best chalcosite crystals in Congo. Very large specimens are known.

ⓘ Chalcocyanite

Formula: CuSO4

ⓘ Chalcomenite

Formula: CuSeO3 · 2H2O

Colour: bright blue

ⓘ Chalcopyrite

Formula: CuFeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 32 localities in this region.

ⓘ Chenevixite

Formula: Cu2Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)4

ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

ⓘ Chromite

Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4

ⓘ Chrysocolla

Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1

Localities: Reported from at least 32 localities in this region.

ⓘ Claringbullite (TL)

Formula: Cu4ClF(OH)6

Localities:

M'sesa Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Tenke Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
Kansuki Cu-Co deposit, Kisamfu, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo

Habit: tabular

Colour: blue

ⓘ Clausthalite

Formula: PbSe

ⓘ 'Clay minerals'

ⓘ 'Clinochalcomenite'

Formula: CuSeO3 · 2H2O

ⓘ Clinochlore

Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8

ⓘ Clinoclase

Formula: Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3

Description: The story about the clinoclase from Mindingi goes that the first specimens where found on a small dump. That dump was often used as camping ground by the collectors who came to visit the mine. One day, there was a heavy rain and a not specified collector dug a little trench around his tent to keep it dry. There he found the clinoclase. No specimens where found in the mine itself so it's a mistery were they where found in the deposit.

ⓘ Cobaltite

Formula: CoAsS

✪ Cobaltomenite

Formula: CoSeO3 · 2H2O

Colour: dark red

Description: Found on the 2,400 level of the Musonoi-Extension mine.

ⓘ 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'

References:

ⓘ 'Columbite Group'

ⓘ 'Columbite-Tantalite'

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✪ Comblainite (TL)

Formula: Ni4Co2(OH)12[CO3] · 3H2O

Type Locality:

ⓘ Conichalcite

Formula: CaCu(AsO4)(OH)

Localities:

Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Mutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Mindingi Mine, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Habit: Very fine needles clustered together in urshin-like aggregates implanted in calcite prism faces.

Colour: Grassgreen.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

Description: Analysed with EDS and Raman at the Belgian Natural History Museum by H. Goethals, curator of the mineral collection.

ⓘ Connellite

Formula: Cu19(SO4)(OH)32Cl4 · 3H2O

ⓘ Copper

Formula: Cu

Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region.

ⓘ Cornetite (TL)

Formula: Cu3(PO4)(OH)3

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

Habit: Pseudo-octahedrons and rozettes.

Colour: Dark blue.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

ⓘ Cornubite

Formula: Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4

ⓘ Corundum

Formula: Al2O3

ⓘ Cosalite

Formula: Pb2Bi2S5

References:

ⓘ Cousinite (TL)

Formula: MgU2Mo2O11 · 6H2O

Type Locality:

ⓘ Covellite

Formula: CuS

Localities: Reported from at least 19 localities in this region.

ⓘ Crocoite

Formula: PbCr6+O4

Habit: Massive.

Colour: Orange.

ⓘ Cryptomelane

Formula: K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16

References:

Guo, Xinlian, Lu, Yiguan, Zhang, Qizuan, Ren, Junping, Cai, Weimin (2024) The Geological Characteristics, Resource Potential, and Development Status of Manganese Deposits in Africa. Minerals, 14 (11). doi:10.3390/min14111088

ⓘ Cuprite

Formula: Cu2O

Localities: Reported from at least 22 localities in this region.

Habit: Octahedrons.

Colour: Bright red.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

ⓘ Cuprite var. Chalcotrichite

Formula: Cu2O

Localities:

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kamoto Principal Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Mutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Likasi Mine, Likasi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

ⓘ Cuprosklodowskite (TL)

Formula: Cu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 6H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Habit: Needles.

Colour: Bright yello-green.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

ⓘ Curienite

Formula: Pb(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O

ⓘ Curite (TL)

Formula: Pb3(H2O)2[(UO2)4O4(OH)3]2

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

ⓘ Cyanotrichite

Formula: Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12 · 2H2O

✪ Demesmaekerite (TL)

Formula: Pb2Cu5(UO2)2(SeO3)6(OH)6 · 2H2O

Type Locality:

Colour: olive green

✪ Derriksite (TL)

Formula: Cu4(UO2)(SeO3)2(OH)6

Type Locality:

Colour: olive green

ⓘ Descloizite

Formula: PbZn(VO4)(OH)

ⓘ Descloizite var. Copper-bearing Descloizite

Formula: Pb(Zn,Cu)VO4OH

References:

ⓘ Devilline

Formula: CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3H2O

ⓘ Dewindtite (TL)

Formula: H2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4 · 12H2O

ⓘ Diaspore

Formula: AlO(OH)

ⓘ Digenite

Formula: Cu9S5

Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region.

ⓘ Diopside

Formula: CaMgSi2O6

ⓘ Dioptase

Formula: CuSiO3 · H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

ⓘ Djurleite

Formula: Cu31S16

ⓘ Dolerophanite

Formula: Cu2(SO4)O

References:

Haest, M., Muchez, P., Dewaele, S., Boyce, A.J., von Quadt, A., and Schneider, J. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 505-522.

ⓘ Dolomite

Formula: CaMg(CO3)2

Localities: Reported from at least 32 localities in this region.

ⓘ Dolomite var. Cobalt-bearing Dolomite

Formula: (Ca,Mg,Co)CO3

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

Description: Occur as dark magenta specimens.

ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite

Formula: Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2

ⓘ Dolomite var. Zinc-bearing Dolomite

Formula: Ca(Mg,Zn)(CO3)2

ⓘ Dumontite (TL)

Formula: Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 · 5H2O

ⓘ Elbaite

Formula: Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

Colour: Pink.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

Description: Mn-rich variety earlier labelled "tsilaisite", which now is a redefined species. The crystals form in cavities in manganese ore.

ⓘ Emplectite

Formula: CuBiS2

ⓘ Enargite

Formula: Cu3AsS4

ⓘ Epidote

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

ⓘ ~~Erythrite~~

Formula: Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O

Description: The specie is higly doubtfull for the locality as there is no arsenic. Paul De Bondt.

ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

ⓘ 'Feldspar Group'

ⓘ 'Feldspar Group var. Perthite'

ⓘ Fersmite

Formula: (Ca,Ce,Na)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2(O,OH,F)6

ⓘ ~~Fletcherite~~

Formula: CuNi2S4

Description: The cited article does not mention the mineral at the locality and is considered erronerous. Paul De Bondt.

ⓘ Florencite-(La) (TL)

Formula: LaAl3(PO4)2(OH)6

Type Locality:

ⓘ Fluorapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F

Localities:

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Mushishimano, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Tilwezembe mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

ⓘ Fluorite

Formula: CaF2

ⓘ Foordite

Formula: Sn2+Nb2O6

ⓘ Fourmarierite (TL)

Formula: Pb(UO2)4O3(OH)4 · 4H2O

ⓘ Francevillite

Formula: Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O

Localities:

Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Kambove Principal Mine, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

✪ Françoisite-(Nd) (TL)

Formula: (Nd,Ce,Sm)(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH) · 6H2O

Type Locality:

ⓘ Galena

Formula: PbS

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

ⓘ Gallite (TL)

Formula: CuGaS2

Type Locality:

References:

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, 273-283.

ⓘ 'Garnet Group'

Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3

Localities:

Kisenge Manganese Mine, Kisenge-Kamata deposit (Kisenge mining area), Dilolo, Lualaba, DR Congo
Gungwania kimberlite, Kundelungu Plateau, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Talala kimberlite, Kundelungu Plateau, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Manono-Kitotolo mine, Tanganyika, DR Congo

✪ Gauthierite (TL)

Formula: KPb[(UO2)7O5(OH)7] · 8H2O

Type Locality:

References:

Olds, Travis A., Plášil, Jakub, Kampf, Anthony R., Škoda, Radek, Burns, Peter C., Čejka, Jiří, Bourgoin, Vincent, Boulliard, Jean-Claude (2017) Gauthierite, KPb[(UO2)7O5(OH)7]·H2O, a new uranyl-oxide hydroxy-hydrate mineral from Shinkolobwe with a novel uranyl-anion sheet-topology. European Journal of Mineralogy, 29 (1) 129-141 doi:10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2586

ⓘ Geerite ?

Formula: Cu8S5

ⓘ Gerhardtite

Formula: Cu2(NO3)(OH)3

Localities:

Tenke Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
Kalabi Mine, Luambo, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Likasi Mine, Likasi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

ⓘ Germanite

Formula: Cu13Fe2Ge2S16

References:

ⓘ Germanocolusite

Formula: Cu26V2(Ge,As)6S32

References:

ⓘ Gibbsite

Formula: Al(OH)3

ⓘ Glaukosphaerite

Formula: (Cu,Ni)2(CO3)(OH)2

Habit: fibers

Colour: light green

Description: Although glaucosphaerite was first described from Australia, it had long been known from Kasompi as "kasompiite", but the name was never submitted to the nomenclature committee (Deliens, 1996). Associated with dark green acicular malachite.

ⓘ Goethite

Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

ⓘ Gold

Formula: Au

Localities:

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Swambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Mutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

ⓘ Goslarite

Formula: ZnSO4 · 7H2O

ⓘ Graphite

Formula: C

ⓘ Greenockite

Formula: CdS

ⓘ Guilleminite (TL)

Formula: Ba(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2 · 3H2O

Colour: canary yellow

ⓘ Guite (TL)

Formula: Co2+Co3+2O4

Type Locality:

References:

Lei, Z., Chen, X., Wang, J., Huang, Y., Du, F., Yan, Z. (2022) Guite, the spinel-structured Co2 Co3 2O4, a new mineral from the Sicomines copper–cobalt mine, Democratic Republic of Congo. Mineralogical Magazine: 86(2): 346-353.

ⓘ 'Gummite'

Localities:

Swambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Luiswishi Mine, Kawama, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

ⓘ Gypsum

Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ Gysinite-(Nd) (TL)

Formula: PbNd(CO3)2(OH) · H2O

Colour: Pink.

Description: The mineral was identified on a single specimen mistakenly labelled as Shinkolobwe. The mineral association, however, is typical for Kasompi. Meanwhile, many other specimens, associated with schuilingite, were found.

ⓘ Halite

Formula: NaCl

ⓘ Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

Localities: Reported from at least 21 localities in this region.

ⓘ Hematite var. Martite

Formula: Fe2O3

Habit: Octahedrons.

Colour: Steel gray to black.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

ⓘ Hematite var. Specularite

Formula: Fe2O3

ⓘ Hemimorphite

Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O

ⓘ Heterogenite

Formula: Co3+O(OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 25 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Heterogenite-2H' (FRL)

Type Locality:

Habit: hexagonal

ⓘ Hollandite

Formula: Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16

Description: Non barium variety.

ⓘ Hollingworthite ?

Formula: (Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

Formula: ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2

ⓘ Hydroxycalciomicrolite

Formula: Ca1.5Ta2O6(OH)

ⓘ Hydrozincite

Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6

References:

ⓘ Ianthinite (TL)

Formula: U4+(UO2)5O7 · 10H2O

ⓘ Idaite

Formula: Cu5FeS6

ⓘ Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ Iriginite

Formula: (UO2)Mo2O7 · 3H2O

ⓘ Iron

Formula: Fe

ⓘ Iron var. Kamacite

Formula: (Fe,Ni)

ⓘ 'Ixiolite-(Mn2+)-Ixiolite-(Fe2+) Series'

ⓘ Jagüéite

Formula: Cu2Pd3Se4

ⓘ Jarosite

Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6

ⓘ Julienite (TL)

Formula: Na2[Co(SCN)4] · 8H2O

Type Locality:

References:

Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York.

ⓘ Kamotoite-(Y) (TL)

Formula: Y2(UO2)4(CO3)3O4 · 14H2O

Habit: Monoclinic crystals building flat tablets terminated with a 35° angle

Colour: Bright yellow.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

ⓘ Kaolinite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

Localities:

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kansuki Cu-Co deposit, Kisamfu, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Kisenge Manganese Mine, Kisenge-Kamata deposit (Kisenge mining area), Dilolo, Lualaba, DR Congo
Busanga, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo

ⓘ Kasolite (TL)

Formula: Pb(UO2)(SiO4) · H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'K Feldspar'

ⓘ Khorixasite

Formula: (Bi0.67◻0.33)Cu(VO4)(OH)

Habit: Needles.

Colour: Light green.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

Description: Used to be called duhamelite.

✪ Kipushite (TL)

Formula: (Cu,Zn)5Zn(PO4)2(OH)6 · H2O

Type Locality:

Description: The first specimens were recovered in the 1970's but due to too less specimens, the specie was not reported. The same collector ( Joseph Lhoest ) from the early kipushites, briefed J. M. Pendeville about the locality where he found them. Then in 1988, he was succesfull and found the locality and cleaned the pocket out. The specimens were found just underneath shaft 1, along with reichenbachite and pseudomalachite.

ⓘ ~~Klockmannite~~

Formula: CuSe

Description: The given reference does not mention the mineral from the site.

ⓘ Kolbeckite

Formula: ScPO4 · 2H2O

ⓘ Kolwezite (TL)

Formula: CuCo(CO3)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ Kotulskite ?

Formula: Pd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)

ⓘ Kyanite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

Habit: long-prismatic; rosettes

Description: Not part of the Luisha copper deposit.

✪ Lepersonnite-(Gd) (TL)

Formula: Ca(Gd,Dy)2(UO2)24(SiO4)4(CO3)8(OH)24 · 48H2O

Type Locality:

ⓘ Lepersonnite-(Nd) (TL)

Formula: Nd4(UO2)24(SiO4)4(CO3)8(OH)28 · 48H2O

Type Locality:

ⓘ 'Leucoxene'

ⓘ Libethenite

Formula: Cu2(PO4)(OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

Description: Large plates of crystals up to 8 mm. The first specimens were collected in 1963.

ⓘ Liebigite

Formula: Ca2(UO2)(CO3)3 · 11H2O

Colour: Green

ⓘ Likasite (TL)

Formula: Cu3(NO3)(OH)5 · 2H2O

Habit: tabular

Colour: dark blue

Description: Occurs on cuprite.

ⓘ 'Limonite'

Localities:

Katonto Hill, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kansuki Cu-Co deposit, Kisamfu, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Kinsevere mine, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kisanga Fe deposit, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Colour: Rusty red.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

Description: As pseudomorphs after pyrite.

ⓘ Linnaeite

Formula: Co2+Co3+2S4

Localities:

Ruashi Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kalongwe deposit, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

~~Luishia Mine, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo~~

Formula: LiTa3O8

Formula: LiTa3O8

Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4

ⓘ Löllingite

Formula: FeAs2

References:

ⓘ Ludjibaite (TL)

Formula: Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4

ⓘ Magnesite

Formula: MgCO3

Localities:

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Luiswishi Mine, Kawama, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

ⓘ Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

ⓘ Malachite

Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 56 localities in this region.

Habit: Botryoidal, masses, stalactitic.

ⓘ 'Manganese Oxides'

Localities:

Kakanda deposit, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Kisenge Manganese Mine, Kisenge-Kamata deposit (Kisenge mining area), Dilolo, Lualaba, DR Congo
Luiswishi Mine, Kawama, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kinsevere mine, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Habit: flower-like form

Colour: sooty grey-black

Description: The mineral is quite rare at the deposit because I went thru a few hundred specimens of cobaltoan calcite and found only two with the manganese dendrites on the matrix.

ⓘ 'Manganese Oxides var. Manganese Dendrites'

Habit: flower-like form

Colour: sooty grey-black

Description: The mineral is quite rare at the deposit because I went thru a few hundred specimens of cobaltoan calcite and found only two with the manganese dendrites on the matrix.

ⓘ Manganite

Formula: Mn3+O(OH)

ⓘ Manjiroite

Formula: Na(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16

Habit: Fibrous.

Colour: Black.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

ⓘ Marcasite

Formula: FeS2

ⓘ Markcooperite

Formula: Pb2(UO2)(TeO6)

Colour: Tan.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

✪ Marthozite (TL)

Formula: Cu2+(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2 · 8H2O

Type Locality:

Colour: olive green

ⓘ Massicot

Formula: PbO

ⓘ Masuyite (TL)

Formula: Pb(UO2)3O3(OH)2 · 3H2O

Localities:

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo ? (more information)

ⓘ Mawsonite

Formula: Cu6Fe2SnS8

ⓘ Melonite

Formula: NiTe2

ⓘ Merenskyite

Formula: PdTe2

ⓘ Metasaléeite (TL)

Formula: Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O

ⓘ Metaschoepite (TL)

Formula: (UO2)8O2(OH)12 · 10H2O

Type Locality:

ⓘ Metastudtite (TL)

Formula: UO4 · 2H2O

ⓘ Metatorbernite

Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ Metatyuyamunite

Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O

Localities:

Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Dikuluwe Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Mutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

~~Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo~~

(more information)

Habit: Orthorhombic, showing platy and by a bevel-ended crystals.

Colour: Bright yellow to orange.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

Description: Mashamba West mine used to produce the best metatyuyamunite crystals.

ⓘ Metavandendriesscheite (TL)

Formula: PbU7O22 · nH2O n < 12

Type Locality:

ⓘ Metazeunerite

Formula: Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 8H2O

Colour: Light green.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

Description: The first occurrence in Shaba (Deliens, 1996).

ⓘ 'Mica Group'

References:

ⓘ Microcline

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

Localities:

Musoshi Mine, Musoshi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kinkumbi prospect, Lake Mweru, Pweto Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Manono-Kitotolo mine, Tanganyika, DR Congo

ⓘ Miersite

Formula: (Ag,Cu)I

ⓘ Millerite

Formula: NiS

ⓘ Mimetite

Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl

Habit: Hexagonal prismatic crystals.

Colour: Yello to pale orange.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

Description: Found in stubby crystals, associated with hemimorphite.

ⓘ Mixite

Formula: BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6 · 3H2O

ⓘ Molybdenite

Formula: MoS2

Localities:

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Musoshi Mine, Musoshi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

ⓘ Molybdite

Formula: MoO3

ⓘ Monazite-(Ce)

Formula: Ce(PO4)

Description: Monazite from Shinkolobwe do not build distinct crystals and is found in masses of fine granular specimens. Often associated with uraninite. According to Thoreau et al. (1936), the cerium content is dominant.

ⓘ 'Monazite Group'

Formula: REE(PO4)

Localities:

Swambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Fungurume 88 deposit, Fungurume deposit, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
Shituru Mine, Likasi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

ⓘ Monticellite

Formula: CaMgSiO4

ⓘ Morenosite

Formula: NiSO4 · 7H2O

ⓘ Mottramite

Formula: PbCu(VO4)(OH)

Localities:

Mutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

~~Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo~~

(more information)

ⓘ ~~Mottramite var. Duhamelite~~

Formula: (Pb,Bi,Ca)Cu(VO4)(OH,O)

Description: This mineral used to be called duhamelite but turned out to be khorixasite.

ⓘ Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region.

ⓘ Muscovite var. Oellacherite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

References:

ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities:

Kamoa, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Kansuki Cu-Co deposit, Kisamfu, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Manono-Kitotolo mine, Tanganyika, DR Congo
Kinsevere mine, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

ⓘ Neotocite ?

Formula: (Mn,Fe)SiO3 · H2O (?)

Description: Cobalt-bearing. No data. Probably should be labeled heterogenite until verified.

ⓘ Népouite

Formula: Ni3Si2O5(OH)4

✪ Nickeline

Formula: NiAs

Colour: Pale copper red.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

Description: Crystals to 12 mm have been found associated with carrollite. ( Lapis magazine )

ⓘ Nontronite

Formula: Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O

ⓘ Olivenite

Formula: Cu2(AsO4)(OH)

ⓘ Oosterboschite (TL)

Formula: (Pd,Cu)7Se5

ⓘ Opal

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

ⓘ Opal var. Opal-AN

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

ⓘ Orthoclase

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

ⓘ Oursinite (TL)

Formula: Co(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 6H2O

ⓘ Palladinite

Formula: PdO

Localities:

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Mutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

ⓘ Palladium

Formula: (Pd,Pt)

ⓘ Palladseite

Formula: Pd17Se15

ⓘ Palygorskite

Formula: ◻Al2Mg2◻2Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O

ⓘ Paramelaconite

Formula: Cu1+2Cu2+2O3

ⓘ Paraschoepite (TL)

Formula: UO3 · 2H2O

Type Locality:

✪ Parsonsite (TL)

Formula: Pb2(UO2)(PO4)2

Type Locality:

✪ Pendevilleite-(Y) (TL)

Formula: Mg2Y3Al(UO2)2(CO3)7(OH)6(H2O)16

Type Locality:

Habit: Needles, grouped together in urchins.

Colour: White to light tan.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

ⓘ Penroseite

Formula: (Ni,Co,Cu)Se2

ⓘ Pentlandite

Formula: (NixFey)Σ9S8

ⓘ Perovskite

Formula: CaTiO3

ⓘ Petalite

Formula: LiAl(Si4O10)

References:

ⓘ Phlogopite

Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

ⓘ Phosphuranylite

Formula: KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4 · 8H2O

ⓘ Phurcalite

Formula: Ca2(UO2)3(PO4)2O2 · 7H2O

ⓘ Piretite (TL)

Formula: Ca(UO2)3(SeO3)2(OH)4 · 4H2O

ⓘ 'Plagioclase'

Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8

References:

ⓘ Plancheite

Formula: Cu8(Si8O22)(OH)4 · H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

ⓘ Platinum

Formula: Pt

ⓘ 'Plessite'

ⓘ Polydymite

Formula: Ni2+Ni3+2S4

ⓘ 'Polylithionite-Trilithionite Series'

ⓘ Protasite (TL)

Formula: Ba(UO2)3O3(OH)2 · 3H2O

Type Locality:

ⓘ Pseudojohannite

Formula: Cu3(UO2)4(SO4)2(OH)2 · 12H2O

References:

Brugger, J., Sheree Wallwork, Kia, Meisser, Nicolas, Pring, Allan, Ondrus, Petr, Čejka, Jiří (2006) Pseudojohannite from Jáchymov, Musonoi, and La Creusaz: A new member of the zippeite-group. American Mineralogist, 91 (5) 929-936 doi:10.2138/am.2006.1885

ⓘ Pseudomalachite

Formula: Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4

Localities: Reported from at least 20 localities in this region.

Description: The first specimens were fond in 1963 by François Colette. The Union Minière thought in first instance that it was crystallized malachite but the typical green-blue color made them decide to do an analysis.

ⓘ 'Psilomelane'

ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 22 localities in this region.

ⓘ Pyrite var. Bravoite

Formula: (Fe,Ni)S2

ⓘ 'Pyrobitumen'

Localities:

Mulungwishi, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Mwitapile prospect, Pweto Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kinkumbi prospect, Lake Mweru, Pweto Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Dikulushi Mine, Pweto Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

ⓘ 'Pyrobitumen var. Shungite (1)'

Localities:

Mulungwishi, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kakontwe cement quarry, Likasi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

ⓘ Pyrolusite

Formula: Mn4+O2

Localities:

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kasekelesa deposit (Kasekelua), Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Kisenge Manganese Mine, Kisenge-Kamata deposit (Kisenge mining area), Dilolo, Lualaba, DR Congo
Katanga, DR Congo

ⓘ Pyrolusite var. Polianite

Formula: morphological variety

Habit: Botryoidal masses.

Colour: Dark grey.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

ⓘ Pyromorphite

Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl

Localities:

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Luishia Mine, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Description: Known from a single specimen at the RMMA.

ⓘ 'Pyroxene Group'

Formula: ADSi2O6

Description: Classified as an 'Olivine-bronzite' chondrite.

ⓘ Pyroxmangite

Formula: Mn2+SiO3

References:

ⓘ Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe1-xS

ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 44 localities in this region.

ⓘ Quartz var. Agate

ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst

Formula: SiO2

ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony

Formula: SiO2

Localities:

Kakanda deposit, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Dikulushi Mine, Pweto Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Luiswishi Mine, Kawama, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Tilwezembe mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

ⓘ Quartz var. Citrine

Formula: SiO2

ⓘ Quartz var. Shocked Quartz

Formula: SiO2

ⓘ Quartz var. Smoky Quartz

Formula: SiO2

ⓘ Rameauite

Formula: K2Ca(UO2)6O6(OH)4 · 6H2O

ⓘ Rankamaite

Formula: (Na,K)3(Ta,Nb,Al)11(O,OH)31

✪ Reichenbachite

Formula: Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4

Description: The specie was discovered when the kipushite pocked was worked out in 1988/89 by J. M. Pendeville. The specimens were found just underneath shaft 1, along with kipushite.

ⓘ Renardite

Formula: Pb(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)4 · H2O

✪ Renierite (TL)

Formula: (Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16

Type Locality:

Description: Renierite was found in two germanium-rich zones at Kipushi. The first at a depth between -275 and -400 meters and a second one between the levels -725 and -775. Deeper or between these levels, the mineral was very rare and absent under -975 meters.

References:

ⓘ Rhodochrosite

Formula: MnCO3

References:

ⓘ Rhodonite

Formula: CaMn3Mn[Si5O15]

References:

✪ Richetite (TL)

Formula: (Fe3+,Mg)Pb 8.6(UO2)36O36(OH)24 · 41H2O

Type Locality:

ⓘ Riebeckite

Formula: ◻[Na2][Fe2+3Fe3+2]Si8O22(OH)2

ⓘ 'Riebeckite Root Name Group'

Formula: ◻[Na2][Z2+3Fe3+2]Si8O22(OH,F,Cl)2

ⓘ 'Riebeckite Root Name Group var. Crocidolite'

Formula: ◻[Na2][Z2+3Fe3+2]Si8O22(OH,F,Cl)2

ⓘ Rosasite

Formula: (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2

ⓘ Rouaite

Formula: Cu2(NO3)(OH)3

ⓘ Roubaultite (TL)

Formula: Cu2(UO2)3(CO3)2O2(OH)2 · 4H2O

Localities:

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
KOV Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

ⓘ Rutherfordine

Formula: (UO2)CO3

Localities:

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Swambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

~~Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo~~

(more information)

ⓘ Rutile

Formula: TiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ Saléeite (TL)

Formula: Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2O

Localities:

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

Description: Saléeite is quite widespread but specimens with a good size are extremely rare and rarely exceed 50mm. In some specimens, the saléeite forms mixed crystals with metatorbernite were the crystals starts as saléeite and the outer rim is formed by metatorbernite.

ⓘ Sayrite (TL)

Formula: Pb2(UO2)5O6(OH)2 · 4H2O

Type Locality:

References:

Piret, Paul, Deliens, Michel, Piret-Meunier, Jacqueline, Germain, Gabriel, Piret, Paul, Deliens, Michel, Piret-Meunier, Jacqueline, Germain, Gabriel (1983) La sayrite, (Pb2[(UO2)5O6(OH)2]·4H2O, nouveau minéral ; propriétés et structure cristalline. Bulletin de Minéralogie, 106 (3) 299-304 doi:10.3406/bulmi.1983.7709

ⓘ 'Scapolite'

ⓘ Scheelite

Formula: Ca(WO4)

References:

ⓘ Schmitterite

Formula: (UO2)(TeO3)

ⓘ Schoepite (TL)

Formula: (UO2)8O2(OH)12 · 12H2O

Localities:

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

~~Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo~~

(more information)

ⓘ Schuilingite-(Nd) (TL)

Formula: PbCu(Nd,Gd,Sm,Y)(CO3)3(OH) · 1.5H2O

Colour: Bright blue.

ⓘ Sengierite (TL)

Formula: Cu2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 6H2O

Localities:

Luiswishi Mine, Kawama, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Mutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

✪ Shabaite-(Nd) (TL)

Formula: Ca(Nd,Sm,Y)2(UO2)(CO3)4(OH)2 · 6H2O

Type Locality:

Habit: Elongated tablets.

Colour: Clear to pale tan.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

✪ Sharpite (TL)

Formula: Ca(UO2)3(CO3)4 · 3H2O

Type Locality:

ⓘ Shattuckite

Formula: Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Description: Also as pseudomorphs after calcite (Deliens, 1996).

✪ Shinkolobweite (TL)

Formula: Pb1.25[U5+(H2O)2(U6+O2)5O8(OH)2](H2O)5

Type Locality:

ⓘ Siderite

Formula: FeCO3

Localities:

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kakontwe cement quarry, Likasi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

ⓘ Siegenite

Formula: CoNi2S4

Localities:

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Swambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Luiswishi Mine, Kawama, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Habit: centimeter-sized octahedra

Description: Seleniosiegenite (cf. Bull. Soc. Franç. Minér. Crist., 1964, LXXXVII, pp. 613-617). Up to 26% cobalt (cf. http://edit.africamuseum.be/geco\_website/pdf/Shinkolobwe.pdf).

ⓘ Silver

Formula: Ag

ⓘ Simpsonite

Formula: Al4Ta3O13(OH)

ⓘ Sklodowskite (TL)

Formula: Mg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 6H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

ⓘ Smithsonite

Formula: ZnCO3

Localities:

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kyaundji deposit, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
Lombe Zn-Pb-Cu deposit, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kengere Mine, Kengere, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

ⓘ Soddyite (TL)

Formula: (UO2)2SiO4 · 2H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

ⓘ Spangolite

Formula: Cu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl · 3H2O

ⓘ Spessartine

Formula: Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3

References:

ⓘ Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

Localities:

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kyaundji deposit, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
Dikulushi Mine, Pweto Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Lombe Zn-Pb-Cu deposit, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Kengere Mine, Kengere, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

ⓘ Spherocobaltite

Formula: CoCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 20 localities in this region.

Habit: Trigonal rhombs.

Colour: Magenta red.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

ⓘ Spinel

Formula: MgAl2O4

ⓘ Spionkopite

Formula: Cu39S28

ⓘ Spodumene

Formula: LiAlSi2O6

Colour: green, pink, beige

References:

ⓘ Spriggite

Formula: Pb3(UO2)6O8(OH)2 · 3H2O

ⓘ Stannite

Formula: Cu2FeSnS4

ⓘ Stannoidite

Formula: Cu+6Cu2+2(Fe2+,Zn)3Sn2S12

References:

ⓘ Staurolite

Formula: Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)

ⓘ Stilleite (TL)

Formula: ZnSe

Type Locality:

ⓘ Strengite

Formula: FePO4 · 2H2O

References:

ⓘ Stromeyerite

Formula: AgCuS

References:

ⓘ Strontianite

Formula: SrCO3

ⓘ Studtite (TL)

Formula: [(UO2)(O2)(H2O)2] · H2O

Localities:

ⓘ Sulvanite

Formula: Cu3VS4

✪ Swamboite-(Nd) (TL)

Formula: Nd0.333[(UO2)(SiO3OH)](H2O)~2.5

Type Locality:

ⓘ Taenite

Formula: (Fe,Ni)

ⓘ Talc

Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Tantalite'

Formula: (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6

References:

ⓘ 'Tapiolite'

Formula: (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6

References:

ⓘ 'Tennantite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S

Localities:

Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Dikulushi Mine, Pweto Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Lombe Zn-Pb-Cu deposit, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

ⓘ Tennantite-(Zn)

Formula: Cu6(Cu4Zn2)As4S12S

ⓘ Tenorite

Formula: CuO

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

ⓘ Tephroite

Formula: Mn2+2SiO4

References:

ⓘ Tetradymite

Formula: Bi2Te2S

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S

ⓘ Thoreaulite (TL)

Formula: Sn2+Ta2O6

Type Locality:

References:

ⓘ Tin

Formula: Sn

ⓘ Torbernite

Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Tourmaline'

Formula: A D3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ Tremolite

Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2

ⓘ Trogtalite

Formula: CoSe2

ⓘ Troilite

Formula: FeS

ⓘ Tsumebite

Formula: Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)

ⓘ Tungstenite

Formula: WS2

References:

ⓘ Turquoise

Formula: CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O

Colour: Turkoois blue.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

ⓘ Tyrrellite

Formula: Cu(Co,Ni)2Se4

ⓘ Tyuyamunite

Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O

Habit: Orthorhombic, showing platy and by a bevel-ended crystals but the terminations are more rounded that for the meta stadium.

Colour: Bright yellow.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

ⓘ 'UM1954-01-O:HU'

Formula: UO3 · 2H2O

ⓘ Umangite

Formula: Cu3Se2

Description: Simon uses this reference in second hand.

ⓘ Umohoite

Formula: (UO2)MoO4 · 2H2O

ⓘ Urancalcarite (TL)

Formula: Ca(UO2)3(CO3)(OH)6 · 3H2O

Type Locality:

ⓘ Uraninite

Formula: UO2

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

ⓘ Uranocircite ?

Formula: Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2O

Description: Comment by Paul De Bondt at https://www.mindat.org/mesg-391438.html: "And to be honest, I think that uranocircite is doubtful too [...]."

ⓘ Uranophane

Formula: Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

Habit: Thick needles

Colour: Yellow to tan.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

Description: Very unusual crystal form with pointed crystals to 20 mm large, dusted over with cobalt hydroxides.

ⓘ Uranopilite

Formula: (UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6 · 14H2O

References:

**Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York.**p.582

ⓘ Uranosphaerite

Formula: Bi(UO2)O2(OH)

ⓘ Vaesite (TL)

Formula: NiS2

Localities:

Kasompi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Swambo Hill, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Colour: Bright silver.

ⓘ Valleriite

Formula: (Fe2+,Cu)4(Mg,Al)3S4(OH,O)6

ⓘ Vanadinite

Formula: Pb5(VO4)3Cl

ⓘ Vandenbrandeite (TL)

Formula: Cu(UO2)(OH)4

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Colour: Dark green.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

ⓘ Vandendriesscheite (TL)

Formula: PbU7O22 · 12H2O

ⓘ Vanmeersscheite

Formula: U6+(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6 · 4H2O

ⓘ Variscite

Formula: AlPO4 · 2H2O

ⓘ Vauquelinite

Formula: Pb2Cu(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)

ⓘ Verbeekite (TL)

Formula: PdSe2

Type Locality:

References:

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

✪ Vésigniéite

Formula: BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2

Colour: Light green, kaki, dark green to black.

Fluorescence: Not fluorescent.

✪ Veszelyite

Formula: (Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3 · 2H2O

Description: Originally thought to be a new mineral and named "kipushite". After analysis, this turned out to be veszelyite. In 1986, a new phosphate was discovered on another old specimen, which was subsequently named kipushite. (Deliens, 1996)

References:

ⓘ Vivianite

Formula: Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O

ⓘ Volborthite

Formula: Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O

Localities:

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Mutoshi Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Luiswishi Mine, Kawama, Kipushi Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

ⓘ Vysotskite

Formula: PdS

ⓘ 'Wad'

ⓘ Wavellite

Formula: Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3 · 5H2O