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Sample n° 2700
Minerals found in the sample
Mineral | Formula | Category | Subcategory | Importance |
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BECQUERELITE | Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)68H2O | oxides and hydroxides | - | major |
CURITE | Pb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]22H2O | oxides and hydroxides | - | minor |
RUTHERFORDINE | (UO2)(CO3) | carbonates | - | minor |
SCHOEPITE | (UO2)8O2(OH)1212H2O | oxides and hydroxides | - | minor |
URANINITE | UO2 | oxides and hydroxides | - | minor |
Description
Description:
sample with amber-coloured becquerelite crystals and massive becquerelite, grey fibrous rutherfordine mass, yellow schoepite crystals and massive schoepite, curite pseudomorphs after equant uraninite crystals and as radial aggregates on rutherfordine
Origin
- Country: Congo (RDC)
- Region: Katanga
- Locality: Shinkolobwe
Specification
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Donors: Nève de MévergniesDonation year: 1950
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Sampling year:Registration date:
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Quantity: 1Size: 5 x 3 cm
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Dimension code 1>2>3: 3Quality code 1>2>3: 1
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Holotype: noParatype: noRadioactive: yes
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Thin section: yesChemical analysis: noX-Ray spectra: yes