Mineralogy Database

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
HEMATITE	Fe₂O₃	oxides and hydroxides	-	major

Description

Description: banded iron formation

Information: Cahen, L., 1948. Etude d'échantillons 'd'itabirite' (banded ironstones) du socle ancien de l'Entre-Luembe-Lubilash (Katanga). Annales du Service des Mines, Comité Spécial du Katanga, 12/13, 93-119. [samples S.45 to S.48]

Origin

Country: Congo (RDC)
Region: Katanga
Locality: Kinonga Kielu (Songe Munonga)

Specification

Donors: Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

Donation year: 2017
Sampling year:

Registration date:
Quantity: 4

Size:

Dimension code 1>2>3: 1

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

Paratype: no

Radioactive: no
Thin section: no

Chemical analysis: no

X-Ray spectra: no

Sample n° 20264