The Musonoi mine is a set of open-cut pits near Kolwezi from which copper and other metals have been extracted since the 1940s. The mining complex is located in the Lualaba Province of the Democratic
Metatorbernite from the Musonoi Mine
A steam shovel loading copper and cobalt ore to be processed at Musonoi Mine in the 1980s or the 1990s.
Metatorbernite is a radioactive phosphate mineral, and is a dehydration pseudomorph of torbernite. Chemically, it is a copper uranyl phosphate and usually occurs in the form of green platy deposits. I
Musonoi Mine
…Musonoi mine Metatorbernite from the Musonoi Mine Location within Democratic Republic of the Congo Location Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo Products Copper…
The lighter green crystals are Metatorbernite
Metatorbernite from the Margabal Mine, Entraygues-sur-Truyère, France. Size: 4 x 3 x 1.8 cm.