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Sample n° 15860
Minerals found in the sample
Mineral | Formula | Category | Subcategory | Importance |
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BECQUERELITE | Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)68H2O | oxides and hydroxides | - | major |
BILLIETITE | Ba(UO2)6O4(OH)68H2O | oxides and hydroxides | - | major |
RUTHERFORDINE | (UO2)(CO3) | carbonates | - | major |
URANOPHANE | Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)25H2O | nesosilicates | - | major |
CURITE | Pb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]22H2O | oxides and hydroxides | - | minor |
URANINITE | UO2 | oxides and hydroxides | - | minor |
Description
Description:
sample with tabular becquerelite crystals, clusters of white rutherfordine needles, compact yellow billietite crystals, microcrystalline uranophane, black uraninite, orange curite
Origin
- Country: Congo (RDC)
- Region: Katanga
- Locality: Shinkolobwe
Specification
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Donors: UnknownDonation year:
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Sampling year:Registration date:
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Quantity: 1Size:
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Dimension code 1>2>3: 2Quality code 1>2>3: 1
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Holotype: noParatype: noRadioactive: no
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Thin section: noChemical analysis: noX-Ray spectra: no