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Sample n° 8479

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
COLUMBITE (Fe,Mg,Mn)Nb2O6 oxides and hydroxides - major
TANTALITE (Fe2+,Mn2+)Ta2O6 oxides and hydroxides - major
Description
Description: debris
Information: de Kun, N., 1959. Les gisements de cassitérite et de colombo-tantalite de Nord Lugulu, Kivu, Congo Belge. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, Mémoires, 82, 81-196.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Kivu
  • Locality: Shabunda, N Lugulu Key D11
Specification
  • Donors: de Kun
    Donation year: 1960
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 3
  • 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