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Sample n° 11525

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
MONAZITE	(Ce,La,Nd)(PO4)	phosphates	-	major
URANINITE	UO2	oxides and hydroxides	-	major
BROCHANTITE	Cu4(SO4)(OH)6	sulfates	-	minor
HETEROGENITE	Co3+O(OH)	oxides and hydroxides	-	minor
METATORBERNITE	Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2•8H2O	phosphates	-	minor

Description

Description: sample with uraninite, monazite, some metatorbernite crystals, blue-green brochantite nodules, heterogenite nodules

Information: Decrée, S., Deloule, E., De Putter, T., Dewaele, S., Mees, F., Baele, J.M. & Marignac, C., 2014. Dating of U-rich heterogenite : new insights into U deposit genesis and U cycling in the Katanga Copperbelt. Precambrian Research 241, 17-28.

Origin

• Country: Congo (RDC)
• Region: Katanga
• Locality: Shinkolobwe

Specification

• Donors: de Wijngaert
  Donation year: 1968
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 1
  Size: 11 x 10 cm

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

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