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  Sample n° 16188
          Minerals found in the sample
          
            
	       
                
           
 
        
        
      
         | Mineral | Formula | Category | Subcategory | Importance | 
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| CALCITE | Ca(CO3) | carbonates | - | major | 
           Description
            
       
           
    
               Description:
               large clear calcite crystals in vesicles of basaltic rock
            
                         
                Information:
                Kazmitcheff, A., 1936. Contribution à l'étude des roches éruptives et métamorphiques du Kivu. Mémoires de l'Institut Géologique de l'Université de Louvain 9 (7), 48 pp.   [sample V164]
                        
     
      Origin
    
   
  
    - Country: Congo (RDC)
- Region: Kivu
- Locality: Mwenga, Ngweshe
        Specification
    
    
      
    
 
    
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          Donors: KazmitcheffDonation year:
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          Sampling year:Registration date:
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          Quantity:Size:
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          Dimension code 1>2>3:Quality code 1>2>3:
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          Holotype: noParatype: noRadioactive: no
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          Thin section: noChemical analysis: noX-Ray spectra: no