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Sample n° 6183

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
GOYAZITE	SrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6	phosphates	-	major
GOETHITE	FeO(OH)	oxides and hydroxides	-	minor

Description

Description: 1 mg

Information: holotype of lusungite (discredited, shown to be goyazite) (RMCA records) // original publication - Van Wambeke, L., 1958. Une nouvelle espèce minérale : la lusungite en provenance de la pegmatite de Kobokobo (Kivu - Congo Belge). Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie 67, 162-169. // discredited - Pring, A., Birch, W.D., Dawe, J., Taylor, M., Deliens, M. & Walenta, K., 1995. Kintoreite, PbFe3(PO4)2(OH,H20)6, a new mineral of the jarosite-alunite family, and lusungite discredited. Mineralogical Magazine 95, 143-148.

Origin

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

Specification

• Donors: van Wambeke
  Donation year:
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 1
  Size: 3

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

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