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Sample n° 5971

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
WAVELLITE	Al3(PO4)2(OH)3•5H2O	phosphates	-	major

Description

Description: fibrous crust lining geode in white rock

Information: Herman, P., Vanderstappen, R. & Hubaux, A., 1961. Contribution à l'étude des minéraux congolais. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 84, 297-309.

Origin

• Country: Congo (RDC)
• Region: Bas-Congo
• Locality: Lukula, Vonso

Specification

• Donors: Dartevelle
  Donation year: 1937
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 2
  Size: 2

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

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