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


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Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Vésigniéite
Formula:BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2
Colour:Light green, kaki, dark green to black.
Luminescent properties:Not fluorescent.
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Calcite
Duhamelite
Goethite
Malachite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Malachite7
Calcite2
Metatyuyamunite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vésigniéite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (22 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20280
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20280:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Rocks & Minerals (1989) 64, 505.
Lhoest, Joseph J., Gauthier, Gilbert, King, Vandall T. (1991) Famous Mineral Localities: The Mashamba West Mine, Shaba, Zaire, in January - February 1991. The Mineralogical Record, 22 (1). 13-28
Lhoest, J. (1992) Die Lagerstätten des Kupfergürtels von Shaba/Zaire und ihre Mineralien [The deposits of the Shaba/Zaire copper belt and their minerals]. Lapis, 17 (3). 13-40; 58
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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