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Oosterboschite
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<h2 id="occurrence">Occurrence</h2> <p>The mineral was approved by the <a href="/facts/International_Mineralogical_Association/BzSmsAYQ">IMA</a> in 1970, after being discovered in the Musonoi Cu–Co mine, near <a href="/facts/Kolwezi/RzKq3SYT">Kolwezi</a>, <a href="/facts/Katanga_Province/Ik7k4ANu">Katanga Province</a>, <a href="/facts/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo/E2KmHDdv">Congo</a>. It was later also discovered at the Copper Hills prospect, <a href="/facts/Shire_of_East_Pilbara/uwQapXGv">East Pilbara</a>, <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a>, and at Hope’s Nose, <a href="/facts/Torquay/LlCqQg6q">Torquay</a>, <a href="/facts/Devon/go3z9lDW">Devon</a>, <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> It is often found in the oxidation zones of the mines, together with <a href="/facts/Verbeekite/eYL62pSV">verbeekite</a>, <a href="/facts/Trogtalite/Eu7zEB6B">trogtalite</a>, <a href="/facts/Digenite/1qNqTELH">selenian digenite</a>, <a href="/facts/Covellite/JaELPIEw">covellite</a>, <a href="/facts/Gold/1znknojp">gold</a>, and <a href="/facts/Chrisstanleyite/ztMmcpCN">chrisstanleyite</a>. It was named after Robert Oosterbosch, a Belgian mining engineer that was very active in the Katanga region, where the type locality is also located.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_minerals/4rMMcv2D">List of minerals</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_minerals_named_after_people/ElPKA5lI">List of minerals named after people</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Oosterboschite: Oosterboschite mineral information and data". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2017-01-13. <a href="http://www.mindat.org/min-3002.html" target="_blank">http://www.mindat.org/min-3002.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Zdenek Johan, Paul Picot, Roland Pierrot, Theodore Verbeek (1972). "Oosterboschite" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 57: 1553.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) <a href="http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM57/AM57_1552.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM57/AM57_1552.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Barthelmy, Dave. "Oosterboschite Mineral Data". www.webmineral.com. Retrieved 2017-01-13. <a href="http://www.webmineral.com/data/Oosterboschite.shtml#.WHjiPxsrK00" target="_blank">http://www.webmineral.com/data/Oosterboschite.shtml#.WHjiPxsrK00</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Oosterboschite" (PDF). Handbook of Mineralogy. <a href="http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/oosterboschite.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/oosterboschite.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Zdenek Johan, Paul Picot, Roland Pierrot, Theodore Verbeek (1972). "Oosterboschite" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 57: 1553.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) <a href="http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM57/AM57_1552.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM57/AM57_1552.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>