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Sample n° 2772

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
BILLIETITE Ba(UO2)6O4(OH)6•8H2O oxides and hydroxides - major
SCHOEPITE (UO2)8O2(OH)12•12H2O oxides and hydroxides - major
MOLYBDENITE MoS2 sulfides and sulfosalts - minor
SIEGENITE CoNi2S4 sulfides and sulfosalts - minor
URANINITE UO2 oxides and hydroxides - minor
URANOPILITE (UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6•14H2O sulfates - minor
Description
Description: sample with thick amber-coloured billietite laths, bright canary-yellow silky schoepite fibres (fluorescent), black uraninite crystals, yellowish uranopilite coating, bright metallic siegenite
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Shinkolobwe
Specification
  • Donors: Nève de Mévergnies
    Donation year: 1950
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 9 x 6 cm
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
    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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