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Sample n° 13280

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
CHALCANTHITE	Cu(SO4)•5H2O	sulfates	-	major

Description

Description: green sublimate on vesicular lava

Information: Deliens, M., 1974. Les sublimés volcaniques du Rugarama (Région du Kivu, République du Zaïre). Bulletin Volcanologique 38, 124-135. (sample C785)

Origin

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

Specification

• Donors: Corminboeuf
  Donation year: 1971
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 1
  Size: 2

• 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: no

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