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Sample n° 6214

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
MICROCLINE K(AlSi3O8) tektosilicates feldspar major
Description
Description: pink blocks with cleavage (10 cm)
Information: geochronology - Cahen, L. & Snelling, N.J., 1966. The Geochronology of Equatorial Africa. North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 195 pp. (Monteyne-Poulaert, unpublished data) // Cahen, L., Delhal, J. & Deutsch, S., 1967. Rubidium-strontium geochronology of some granitic rocks from the Kibaran Belt (Central Katanga, Rep. of the Congo). Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Série In-8°, n° 59, 65 pp.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Kivu
  • Locality: Mwenga, Kobokobo
Specification
  • Donors: MGL
    Donation year: 1958
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 2
    Size: 2
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 3
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: no
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: no
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