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","2025-08-11 12:14:18",[],[],[],[],[82],{"id":83,"txt":84,"latitude":85,"longitude":86,"country":87},4311,"Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo",-10.7191196,25.4179636,"DR Congo",1,[90,93,97,101,105,109],{"id":91,"year":31,"html":92,"doi":11},16101578,"Deliens, M., Piret, P., Van Der Meersche, E. (1990) Les minéraux secondaires d'uranium du Zaïre, deuxieme complement. Royal Museum for Central Africa \u002F Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.",{"id":94,"year":31,"html":95,"doi":96},126752,"Deliens, Michel, Piret, Paul (1990) L'astrocyanite-(Ce), Cu2(TR)2(UO2)(CO3)5(OH)2.1,5 H2O, nouvelle espèce minérale de Kamoto, Shaba, Zaire. \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  2 (3) 407-412 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002F0009.407'>doi:10.1127\u002F0009.407\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002F0009.407",{"id":98,"year":99,"html":100,"doi":11},529070,1991,"Jambor, John L., Puziewicz, Jacek (1991) New Mineral Names. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  76 (3-4) 665-671 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM76\u002FAM76_665.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":102,"year":103,"html":104,"doi":11},16121617,1997,"Mandarino, Joseph A. (1997) \u003Ci>New Minerals 1990-1994\u003C\u002Fi>. The Mineralogical Record Inc., Tuscon, Arizona. 220pp.",{"id":106,"year":107,"html":108,"doi":11},16963028,2005,"(2005) Astrocyanite-(Ce). \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fastrocyanite-Ce.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":110,"year":111,"html":112,"doi":11},16101580,2021,"virtualcollections.naturalsciences.be (n.d.) \u003Ca target='_blank' rel='nofollow' href='http:\u002F\u002Fvirtualcollections.naturalsciences.be\u002Fvirtual-collections\u002Fgeology\u002Fmineralogy\u002Fmineralogy-types\u002Fastrocyanite-ce-rc3513'>http:\u002F\u002Fvirtualcollections.naturalsciences.be\u002Fvirtual-collections\u002Fgeology\u002Fmineralogy\u002Fmineralogy-types\u002Fastrocyanite-ce-rc3513\u003C\u002Fa>",[114,124,132,141,148,156,162],{"id":115,"source_url":116,"license_code":117,"credit_html":118,"title":119,"description":120,"author":121,"original_width":122,"original_height":123},2222,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=67855523","CC BY-SA 3.0","Leon Hupperichs, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=67855523\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Astrocyanite-(Ce)-571090.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAstrocyanite-(Ce)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Astrocyanite-(Ce)\">Astrocyanite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Field of view 3 mm. Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Leon Hupperichs",764,652,{"id":125,"source_url":126,"license_code":117,"credit_html":127,"title":128,"description":129,"author":121,"original_width":130,"original_height":131},2223,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=67855608","Leon Hupperichs, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=67855608\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Astrocyanite-(Ce)-571091.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAstrocyanite-(Ce)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Astrocyanite-(Ce)\">Astrocyanite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Field of view 5 mm. Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",752,631,{"id":133,"source_url":134,"license_code":117,"credit_html":135,"title":136,"description":137,"author":138,"original_width":139,"original_height":140},2217,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10153230","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10153230\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Astrocyanite-(Ce)-Kamotoite-(Y)-181011.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAstrocyanite-(Ce)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Astrocyanite-(Ce)\">Astrocyanite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKamotoite-(Y)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kamotoite-(Y)\">Kamotoite-(Y)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKolwezi\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kolwezi\">Kolwezi\u003C\u002Fa>, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKatanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Katanga\">Katanga (Shaba)\u003C\u002Fa>, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4311.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.3 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the TYPE LOCALITY for both species, this is a superb specimen with eye-visible flat-laying kamotoite-(Y) crystals to 5mm or so, amidst other species including ultra-rare Astrocyanite-(Ce) (blue) with bubbly Uranophane around the periphery.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",580,800,{"id":142,"source_url":143,"license_code":117,"credit_html":144,"title":145,"description":146,"author":138,"original_width":140,"original_height":147},2218,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176382","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10176382\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kamotoite-(Y)-Astrocyanite-(Ce)-Uranophane-180995.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKamotoite-(Y)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kamotoite-(Y)\">Kamotoite-(Y)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAstrocyanite-(Ce)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Astrocyanite-(Ce)\">Astrocyanite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FUranophane\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Uranophane\">Uranophane - alpha\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FUraninite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Uraninite\">Uraninite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKolwezi\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kolwezi\">Kolwezi\u003C\u002Fa>, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKatanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Katanga\">Katanga (Shaba)\u003C\u002Fa>, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4311.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.8 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>The kamotoite-(Y) are the vibrant yellow crystalline sprays with individual flat-laying crystals to 6 or 7 mm, accented by microcrystalline uranophane around their periphery and by a small bit of subcrystalline Astrocyanite-(Ce) (blue). TYPE LOCALITY for both Kamotoite-(Y) and Astrocyanite-(Ce).\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",682,{"id":149,"source_url":150,"license_code":117,"credit_html":151,"title":152,"description":153,"author":138,"original_width":154,"original_height":155},2219,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10457469","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10457469\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Astrocyanite-(Ce)-Kamotoite-(Y)-Uraninite-rad08-10c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAstrocyanite-(Ce)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Astrocyanite-(Ce)\">Astrocyanite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKamotoite-(Y)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kamotoite-(Y)\">Kamotoite-(Y)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FUraninite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Uraninite\">Uraninite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FUranophane\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Uranophane\">Uranophane - alpha\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKolwezi\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kolwezi\">Kolwezi\u003C\u002Fa>, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKatanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Katanga\">Katanga (Shaba)\u003C\u002Fa>, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4311.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 5.8 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Kamotoite and Astrocyanite with Uranophane on Uraninite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>TYPE LOCALITY material of these VERY rare species! The kamotoite are the vibrant yellow crystalline sprays with individual flat-laying crystals to 6 or 7 mm, accented by microcrystalline uranophane around their periphery and by a small bit of subcrystalline Astrocyanite (blue). Aesthetic, rich specimen, of some significance. TYPE LOCALITY for both Kamotoite and Astrocyanite\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",400,392,{"id":157,"source_url":158,"license_code":117,"credit_html":159,"title":160,"description":153,"author":138,"original_width":154,"original_height":161},2220,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10457470","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10457470\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Astrocyanite-(Ce)-Kamotoite-(Y)-Uraninite-rad08-10b.jpg",360,{"id":163,"source_url":164,"license_code":117,"credit_html":165,"title":166,"description":167,"author":121,"original_width":168,"original_height":169},2221,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=67855264","Leon Hupperichs, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=67855264\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Astrocyanite-(Ce), Kamotoite-(Y)-569873.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAstrocyanite-(Ce)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Astrocyanite-(Ce)\">Astrocyanite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKamotoite-(Y)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kamotoite-(Y)\">Kamotoite-(Y)\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Field of view 2.5 cm. Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",958,886,[],[172,173,174],"Astrocyaniet-(Ce)","Astrocyanitt-(Ce)","IMA1989-032",[176,181,187,192,197,202],{"lang":177,"names":178},"ca",[179,180],"Astrocianita-","astrocianita-(Ce)",{"lang":182,"names":183},"de",[184,185,186],"Astrocyanit-","Astrocyanit-(Ce)","IMA 1989-032",{"lang":188,"names":189},"es",[190,191],"Astrocyanita-","Astrocyanita-(Ce)",{"lang":193,"names":194},"eu",[195,196],"Astrozianita-","Astrozianita-(Ce)",{"lang":198,"names":199},"it",[200,201,7],"Astrocianite-","Astrocianite-(Ce)",{"lang":203,"names":204},"ta",[174,205,206],"ஆசுட்ரோசயனைட்டு","ஆசுட்ரோசயனைட்டு(Ce)","Q3627632",{"history":11,"applications":11}]