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Sample n° 12598

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
TRIDYMITE SiO2 tektosilicates - major
QUARTZ SiO2 tektosilicates - minor
Description
Description: white debris, incliding glass phase (var lechatellierite)
Information: Denaeyer, M.E., 1973. L'éruption du volcan Rugarama en 1971 et ses produits (Nyamuragira, Kivu). Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 96, 91-103.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Kivu
  • Locality: Rutshuru, Rugarama volcano, adventive of Nyamulagira
Specification
  • Donors: Corminboeuf
    Donation year: 1971
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 4
    Size: 3
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 3
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: no
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: yes
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