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Sample n° 12353

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
URANINITE	UO2	oxides and hydroxides	-	major
CHALCOPYRITE	CuFeS2	sulfides and sulfosalts	-	minor
COVELLITE	CuS	sulfides and sulfosalts	-	minor
LINNAEITE	Co2+Co3+2S4	sulfides and sulfosalts	-	minor

Description

Description: core fragments with uraninite veins

Information: geochronology - Cahen, L., François, A. & Ledent, D., 1971. Sur l'âge des uraninites de Kambove ouest et de Kamoto principal et révision des connaissances relatives aux minéralisations uranifères du Katanga et du copperbelt de Zambia. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 94, 185-198. // Decrée, S., Deloule, E., De Putter, T., Dewaele, S., Mees, F., Yans, J. & Marignac, C., 2011. SIMS U-Pb dating of uranium mineralization in the Katanga Copperbelt : constraints for the geodynamic context. Ore Geology Reviews 40, 81-89.

Origin

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

Specification

• Donors: Debra
  Donation year: 1970
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 1
  Size: core (20 cm)

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

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