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Baryte from
Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
| Locality type: | Open-Cast Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Baryte | |
| Formula: | BaSO4 | |
| Comments: | Some nice vugs of barite have been recovered which contain beautiful, transparent yellow or honey-colored crystals 2.4 cm, associated with malachite, cuprite and/or cobaltoan calcite. Most of the yellow barite is opaque and butterscotch-yellow to caramel-brown in color. The crystals have a relatively simple prismatic habit, sometimes occurring in attractive color combinations. Some colorless and transparent crystals to less than 1 cm have been found on malachite. Of particular interest are the multiphase pseudomorphs after barite. Most of the barite of the Mashamba West mine has been replaced by bright green malachite covered by pale-blue, earthy chrysocolla. The pseudomorph specimens have a rosette-cluster shape consisting of 3 to 5 cm blades up to 1 cm thick. | |
| Habit: | Prismatic. | |
| Colour: | Colorless, light to dark yellow and orange. | |
| Luminescent properties: | Not fluorescent. | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Believed Valid | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Chrysocolla | 24 | |
| Malachite | 16 | |
| Cuprite | 16 | |
| Calcite | 5 | |
| Metatyuyamunite | 5 | |
| Dolomite | 1 | |
| - var Cobalt-bearing Dolomite | 1 | |
| Kolwezite | 1 | |
| Carnotite | 1 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Baryte data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo | |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (11 photos) | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 20267 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:20267:1 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Baryte | ||
| 8.2km (5.1 miles) | ⓘMusonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo | |
| 92.1km (57.3 miles) | ⓘKansalawile Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo | |
| References | ||
Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo