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Sample n° 3080

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
URANINITE	UO2	oxides and hydroxides	-	major
VANDENBRANDEITE	Cu(UO2)(OH)4	oxides and hydroxides	-	major
CUPROSKLODOWSKITE	Cu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2•6H2O	nesosilicates	-	minor
CURITE	Pb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2•2H2O	oxides and hydroxides	-	minor

Description

Description: sample with vandenbrandeite, uraninite, massive curite, little cuprosklodowskite

Information: geochronology - Ledent, D., 1956. Détermination de l'âge absolu des pechblendes de Kalongwe et Luishya (Katanga – Congo belge). Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie 65, 230-233. // Cahen, L., Pasteels, P., Ledent, D., Bourguillot, R., Van Wambeke, L. & Eberhardt, P., 1961. Recherches sur l'age absolu des minéralistions uranifères du Katanga et de Rhodésie du Nord. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Série In-8°, n° 41, pp. 1-53. // Decrée, S., Deloule, E., De Putter, T., Dewaele, S., Mees, F., Yans, J. & Marignac, C., 2011. SIMS U-Pb dating of uranium mineralization in the Katanga Copperbelt : constraints for the geodynamic context. Ore Geology Reviews 40, 81-89. // Eglinger, A., André-Mayer, A.S., Vanderhaeghe, O., Mercadier, J., Cuney, M., Decrée, S., Feybesse, J.L. & Milesi, J.P., 2013. Geochemical signatures of uranium oxides in the Lufilian belt: from unconformity-related to syn-metamorphic uranium deposits during the Pan-African orogenic cycle. Ore Geology Reviews 54, 197-213.

Origin

• Country: Congo (RDC)
• Region: Katanga
• Locality: Kalongwe

Specification

• Donors: vanden Brande
  Donation year:
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 1
  Size: 7 x 5 cm

• Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
  Quality code 1>2>3: 1
• Holotype: no
  Paratype: no
  Radioactive: yes
• Thin section: no
  Chemical analysis: no
  X-Ray spectra: no

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