Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Shinkolobwe Mine
- Shinkolobwe
- Kambove Territory
- Haut-Katanga
- DR Congo
-11.0486°, 26.5508°
1recorded occurrences
Radioactivity
Physical
- Transparency
- Translucent
- Colour
- Black
Crystallography
- Type-locality form
thin blades
- Comment
No crystallographic data
Synonyms
- Cousiniet
In other languages
- German
- Cousinit
- Italian
- Cousinite
- Chinese
- 钼镁铀矿
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.7.HA.10
- 7SulfatesClass
- 7.HUranium and uranyl molybdates and wolframatesDivision
- 7.HAWith U4+Group
- 7.HA.10CousiniteSpecies
Dana
8th ed.49.03.02.01
- 49Hydrated Molybdates and TungstatesClass
- 49.03Hydrated Molybdates and Tungstates Containing Hydroxyl or HalogenType
- 49.03.02— unnamed intermediate level —Group
- 49.03.02.01CousiniteSpecies
CIM
—27.3.10
- 27Sulphites, Chromates, Molybdates and TungstatesClass
- 27.3MolybdatesGroup
- 27.3.10CousiniteSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1954Davidson, G.F. (1954) in Summary of progress Geol. Surv. G. Gr.: 70.
- 1958Vaes, J.F. (1958) Cousiniet, een nieuw uraanmineral. Geologie en Mijnbouw: 20: 449.
- 1959Fleischer, M. (1959) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 44 (7-8). 906-910
- 1975Deliens, M. (1975) Une association de molybdates d'uranium de Shinkolobwe (région du Shaba, République du Zaïre). Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique: 98: 155-160.
- 1976Deliens, M., Piret, P. (1976) Nouvelles sonnées sur une umohoite magnésienne de Shinkolobwe (région du Shaba, République du Zaïre). Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique: 99: 205-209.
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Cousinite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/cousinite-1143},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}