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Sample n° 13490

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
RENARDITE Pb(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)4•7H2O phosphates - major
Description
Description: sample composed of isolated yellow crystals
Information: fragment of original sample of Schoep (RMCA records) // original publication - Schoep, A., 1928. La renardite, nouveau minéral uranifère. Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 51, 247-252.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Shinkolobwe
Specification
  • Donors: Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
    Donation year: 1977
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: X
    Size: powder
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 3
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: yes
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: yes