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Sample n° 6178

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
ALTHUPITE	AlTh(UO2)7(PO4)4O2(OH)5•15H2O	phosphates	-	major
FURONGITE	Al13(UO2)7(PO4)13(OH)14•58H2O	phosphates	-	major
PHURALUMITE	Al2(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6•10H2O	phosphates	-	major
RUTHERFORDINE	(UO2)(CO3)	carbonates	-	minor
ZIRCON	ZrSiO4	nesosilicates	-	minor

Description

Description: sample with gold-yellow althupite crystals, yellow phuralumite crystals, pale yellow furongite lamellae, white rutherfordine needles

Information: holotype of althupite (IMA Catalogue of Type Mineral Specimens) // Piret, P. & Deliens, M., 1987. Les phosphates d'uranyle et d'aluminium de Kobokobo. IX. L'althupite AlTh(UO2)[(UO2)3O(OH)(PO4)2]2(OH)3.15H2O, nouveau minéral; propriétés et structure cristalline. Bulletin de Minéralogie 110, 65-72.

Origin

• Country: Congo (RDC)
• Region: Kivu
• Locality: Mwenga, Kobokobo

Specification

• Donors: van Wambeke
  Donation year: 1958
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: X
  Size:

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

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