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Sample n° 2827

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
FOURMARIERITE	Pb1-xO3-2x(UO2)4(OH)4+2x•4H2O	oxides and hydroxides	-	major
VANDENDRIESSCHEITE	Pb1,6(UO2)10O6(OH)11•11H2O	oxides and hydroxides	-	major
METATORBERNITE	Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2•8H2O	phosphates	-	minor
RUTHERFORDINE	(UO2)(CO3)	carbonates	-	minor
URANINITE	UO2	oxides and hydroxides	-	minor
URANOPHANE	Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2•5H2O	nesosilicates	-	minor

Description

Description: sample with orange vandendriesscheite crystals, fourmarierite as red crystals and orange fibres, yellow uranophane needles, grey rutherfordine spherulites

Information: Deliens, M., 1977. Review of the hydrated oxides of U and Pb, with new X-ray powder data. Mineralogical Magazine 41, 51-57.

Origin

• Country: Congo (RDC)
• Region: Katanga
• Locality: Shinkolobwe

Specification

• Donors: UMHK
  Donation year: 1949
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 1
  Size: 7 x 5 cm

• Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
  Quality code 1>2>3: 1
• Holotype: no
  Paratype: no
  Radioactive: yes
• Thin section: yes
  Chemical analysis: no
  X-Ray spectra: yes

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