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Sample n° 12211

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
CUPROSKLODOWSKITE Cu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2•6H2O nesosilicates - major
RUTHERFORDINE (UO2)(CO3) carbonates - major
URANOPHANE Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2•5H2O nesosilicates - major
MALACHITE Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 carbonates - minor
METATORBERNITE Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2•8H2O phosphates - minor
VANDENBRANDEITE Cu(UO2)(OH)4 oxides and hydroxides - minor
WULFENITE PbMoO4 molybdates and tungstates - minor
Description
Description: sample with bundles of green cuprosklodowskite crystals, large yellow uranophane needles, felty aggregates of yellow rutherfordine needles in cuprosklodowskite, some tabular vandenbrandeite crystals, metatorbernite crystals on an brown nodule in a geode, malachite crystals and massive malachite
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Musonoi
Specification
  • Donors: de Wijngaert
    Donation year: 1970
  • 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: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: no
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