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Lueshe

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Demokratische Republik Kongo / Nord-Kivu, Provinz / Lueshe

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180 km N der Provinzhauptstadt Goma.

Geology

Carbonatit. Lateritisches Niob-Erz. Cancrinit- Syenit intrudiert von Nb-haltigem Calcit-Carbonatit.

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Lueshe, Nord-Kivu, CD
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Lueshe

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Lueshe Mine

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Demokratische Republik Kongo / Nord-Kivu, Provinz / Lueshe

English

Congo (DRC) / Nord-Kivu, Provinz / Lueshe Mine

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1993 förderte die Mine rund 1.100 t Kalipyrochlor.

Mineral images (4 Images total)

Kalipyrochlor
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Kalipyrochlor
Demokratische Republik Kongo/Nord-Kivu, Provinz/Lueshe. Bildbreite 3mm
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl; Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Location: Demokratische Republik Kongo/Nord-Kivu, Provinz/Lueshe
Mineral: Hydropyrochlore
Image: 1598343326
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Kalipyrochlor

Demokratische Republik Kongo/Nord-Kivu, Provinz/Lueshe. Bildbreite 3mm

Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl 2020-08-25
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Kalipyrochlor
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Kalipyrochlor
Demokratische Republik Kongo/Nord-Kivu, Provinz/Lueshe. Bildbreite 3 mm
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl; Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Location: Demokratische Republik Kongo/Nord-Kivu, Provinz/Lueshe
Mineral: Hydropyrochlore
Image: 1598343165
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Kalipyrochlor

Demokratische Republik Kongo/Nord-Kivu, Provinz/Lueshe. Bildbreite 3 mm

Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl 2020-08-25
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Lueshit
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Lueshit
Größe: 06x06x06 mm; Fundort: Lueshe Mine, Nord-Kivu, DR Kongo
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Demokratische Republik Kongo/Nord-Kivu, Provinz/Lueshe
Mineral: Lueshite
Image: 1258156988
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Lueshit

Größe: 06x06x06 mm; Fundort: Lueshe Mine, Nord-Kivu, DR Kongo

Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2009-11-14
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Lueshit x
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Lueshit x
ca. 6 mm Kantenlänge; Fundort: Lueshe Mine, Nord-Kivu, Zaire (Typlokalität)
Copyright: berthold; Contribution: Mineralienatlas
Collection: berthold
Location: Demokratische Republik Kongo/Nord-Kivu, Provinz/Lueshe
Mineral: Lueshite
Image: 1103455121
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Lueshit x

ca. 6 mm Kantenlänge; Fundort: Lueshe Mine, Nord-Kivu, Zaire (Typlokalität)

Collection: berthold
Copyright: berthold
Contribution: Mineralienatlas 2004-12-19
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Minerals (Count: 60)

Rocks (Count: 10)

Subsidiary Pages

Reference- and Source indication, Literature

Literatur

  • Meyer, A., & De Béthune, P. (1958). La carbonatite Lueshe (Kivu): étude géologique. Service Géologique, Congo Belge, 8 (5), 1-19 and 1-12.
  • Safiannikoff (1959). Lueshit. (Typ-Publ.)
  • Strunz, H. & Wilk, H. (1962). Neue Mineralien: Lueshit. Aufschluss, Jg.13, Nr.1, S.14-17.
  • van Wambeke, L. (1965). A study of some niobium-bearing minerals of the Luesche carbonatite deposit Kivu, Rep. of Congo). Euratom Report 2110, 9-16.
  • Hogarth (1977). Kalipyrochlor. Amer.Mineral. 62, 403. (Typ-Publ.)
  • van Wambeke, L. (1978). Kalipyrochlore, a new mineral of the pyrochlore group, Am. Min., vol.63, S.528-30.
  • Strunz, H. (1980). Die neuen Mineralien bis 1980: Kalipyrochlor. Aufschluss, Jg.31, Nr.9a, S.310-71.
  • Maravic, H.V., Morteani, G., & Roethe, G. (1989). The cancrinite-syenite/carbonatite complex of Lueshe, Kivu/NE-Zaire: petrographic and geochemical studies and its economic significance. J. African Earth Sciences (and the Middle East), 9(2), 341-55.
  • Anthony et al. Lueshit. Handbook of Mineralogy 3 (1997), 327.
  • Nasraoui, M. and Waerenborgh, J.C. (2001) Fe speciation in weathered pyrochlore-group minerals from the Lueshe and Araxá (Barreiro) carbonatites by 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. Can.Min.: 39: 1073-80.
  • van Wambeke, L. (2001). The mineral wealth of the Kivu province - Democratic Republic of Congo, EGMA-News, H.1-2, S.26-31.
  • Berger, V.I., Singer, D.A., and Orris, G.J. (2009). Carbonatites of the World. Explored Deposits of Nb and REE - Database and Grade and Tonnage Models. USGS Open-File Rep. 09-1139.
  • Roger H. Mitchell , Peter C. Burns , Kevin S. Knight , Christopher J. Howard, Anton R. Chakhmouradian: Observations on the crystal structures of lueshite. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals Vol. 41, Issue 6 (2014) S. 393–401.
  • Kalipyrochlor originär beschrieben von van Wambeke (1965); umbenannt durch Hogarth (1977).

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GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) gA_dyRys0UWi7oWldwuD0A
GUID (Global unique identifier) C9DD0F80-AC1C-45D1-A2EE-85A5770B83D0
Database ID 16367