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Cobaltomenite from
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo


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Cobaltomenite

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

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

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Cobaltomenite, etc.

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

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

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

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Cobaltomenite, etc.

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

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

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
06475280017272017875742.jpg
Cobaltomenite

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
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Cobaltomenite, etc.

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Cobaltomenite
Formula:CoSeO3 · 2H2O
Comments:Found on the 2,400 level of the Musonoi-Extension mine.
Colour:dark red
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcomenite3
Trogtalite1
Derriksite1
Demesmaekerite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cobaltomenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20290
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20290:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
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).
Gauthier, Gilbert, Deliens, Michel (1999) Cobalt Minerals of the Katanga Crescent, Congo. The Mineralogical Record, 30 (4) 255-267
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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