Shinkolobwe
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Shinkolobwe, or Kasolo, or Chinkolobew, or Shainkolobwe, was a radium and uranium mine in the Haut-Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located 20 km west of Likasi, 20 km south o
Shinkolobwe mine, 1925
Schoepite-curite-uraninite, huge old specimen. Very heavy, as matrix is pure uraninite (steel-gray). Shinkolobwe is the type locality for schoepite and curite. Ex-Carnegie Museum of Natural History, removed from display for being "too hot" (radioactive). Size: 14.0 x 10.0 x 7.2 cm.
Uranophane in malachite specimen from the Shinkolobwe mine
Uraninite
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Uraninite, also known as pitchblende, is a radioactive, uranium-rich mineral and ore with a chemical composition that is largely UO2 but because of oxidation typically contains variable proportions of
Shinkolobwe
…silver, nickel, bismuth and arsenic, occur as massive sulfide ore in veinlets along fractures, joints, and minor faults within the Katanga synclinorium. Uraninite mineralization occurred 630 Ma ago, when uraniferous solutions percolated into the dolomitic shales of the Precambrian Mine Series (Serie des Mines…
Pitchblende from Niederschlema-Alberoda deposit, Germany
Uraninite crystals from Topsham, Maine (size: 2.7 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm)