Mineralogy Database

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
GALENA	PbS	sulfides and sulfosalts	-	major

Description

Description: black crystals (2 cm) in white rock

Information: geochronology - Cahen, L., 1954. Extension et âge d'une minéralisation Cu-Pb-Zn en Afrique centrale et australe. Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie 63, 90-100. // Gretener, P.E.F., Farquhar, R.M. & Wilson, J.T., 1954. Ages of some African minerals. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 48, 17-32. (To 623) // Wilson, J.T., Farquhar, R.M., Gretener, P., Russell, R.D. & Shillibeer, H.A., 1954. Estimates of age for some African minerals. Nature 174, 1006-1011. (To 623)

Origin

Country: Congo (RDC)
Region: Orientale
Locality: Mambasa, Mont Homa

Specification

Donors: Sluys

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Quantity: X

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

Sample n° 2029