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Sample n° 2750

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
KASOLITE Pb(UO2)(SiO4)•H2O nesosilicates - major
METATORBERNITE Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2•8H2O phosphates - major
DUMONTITE Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2•5H2O phosphates - minor
Description
Description: sample with metatorbernite, kasolite as amber-coloured laths and fan-shaped aggregates
Information: Thoreau, J., Van Meerssche, M. & Protas, J., 1958. Sur la dumontite de Shinkolobwe (Katanga). Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 81, 63-65.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Shinkolobwe
Specification
  • Donors: Collard
    Donation year: 1969
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 2 x 2 cm
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 3
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: yes
  • Thin section: yes
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: yes
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