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Sample n° 8269

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
LUESHITE	NaNbO3	oxides and hydroxides	-	major

Description

Description: dark blue cubic crystals (1 cm)

Information: holotype of lueshite (IMA Catalogue of Type Mineral Specimens) // original publication - Safiannikoff, A., 1959. Un nouveau minéral de niobium. Bulletin de l'Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer 5, 1251-1255.

Origin

• Country: Congo (RDC)
• Region: Kivu
• Locality: Rutshuru, Lueshe

Specification

• Donors: Lhoest Passau
  Donation year: 1968
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: X
  Size: 3

• Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
  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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