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Sample n° 8269

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
LUESHITE NaNbO3 oxides and hydroxides - major
Description
Description: dark blue cubic crystals (1 cm)
Information: holotype of lueshite (IMA Catalogue of Type Mineral Specimens) // original publication - Safiannikoff, A., 1959. Un nouveau minéral de niobium. Bulletin de l'Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer 5, 1251-1255.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Kivu
  • Locality: Rutshuru, Lueshe
Specification
  • Donors: Lhoest Passau
    Donation year: 1968
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: X
    Size: 3
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: yes
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: no
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: no
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