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Sample n° 6443

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
SKLODOWSKITE Mg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2•6H2O nesosilicates - major
VANDENBRANDEITE Cu(UO2)(OH)4 oxides and hydroxides - major
CURITE Pb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2•2H2O oxides and hydroxides - minor
KASOLITE Pb(UO2)(SiO4)•H2O nesosilicates - minor
MALACHITE Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 carbonates - minor
Description
Description: sample with green-blue vandenbrandeite crystals, white sklodowskite needles, curite as yellow-orange powder, aggregates of orange kasolite crystals, pale blue-green malachite needles
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Kalongwe
Specification
  • Donors: UMHK
    Donation year: 1958
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 10 x 8 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: yes