Mineralogy Database

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
MUSCOVITE	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	phyllosilicates	mica	major

Description

Description: plates

Information: geochronology - Monteyne-Poulaert, G. & Cahen, L., 1964. Ages des granites, pegmatites et filons de la chaîne kibarienne au Katanga. Rapport Annuel du Département de Géologie et Minéralogie du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Année 1963, pp. 88-91. // Cahen, L., Delhal, J. & Monteyne-Poulaert, G., 1966. Age determinations on granites, pegmatites and veins from the Kibaran belt of central and northern Katanga (Congo). Nature 210, 1347-1349. // Cahen, L., Delhal, J. & Deutsch, S., 1967. Rubidium-strontium geochronology of some granitic rocks from the Kibaran Belt (Central Katanga, Rep. of the Congo). Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Série In-8°, n° 59, 65 pp.

Origin

Country: Congo (RDC)
Region: Katanga
Locality: Manono, Kahungwe

Specification

Donors: Géomines

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Quantity: 1

Size:

Dimension code 1>2>3: 2

Quality code 1>2>3: 1
Holotype: no

Paratype: no

Radioactive: no
Thin section: no

Chemical analysis: no

X-Ray spectra: no

Sample n° 3124