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Sample n° 8498

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
APHTHITALITE	K3Na(SO4)2	sulfates	-	major

Description

Description: white stalactites (8 cm)

Information: Herman, P., Vanderstappen, R. & Hubaux, A., 1960. Sublimés du Nyarangongo (Kivu). Bulletin des Séances de l'Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer 6, 961-971.

Origin

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

Specification

• Donors: Centre National de Volcanologie
  Donation year:
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 3
  Size: 2

• Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
  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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