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Sample n° 13457

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
UPALITE	Al(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH)•7H2O	phosphates	-	major
META-AUTUNITE	Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2•2-6H2O	phosphates	-	minor
MUNDITE	Al(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)3•5,5H2O	phosphates	-	minor
ZIRCON	ZrSiO4	nesosilicates	-	minor

Description

Description: sample with felty aggregates of yellow upalite needles, golden-yellow mundite blades

Information: holotype of upalite, together with n° 5951 (Deliens & Piret, 1979) [IMA Catalogue of Type Mineral Specimens] // Deliens, M. & Piret, P., 1979. Les phosphates d'uranyle et d'aluminium de Kobokobo. II. La phuralumite Al2(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)2(OH)6.10H2O et l'upalite Al(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)2(OH)3.6H2O, nouveau minéraux. Bulletin de Minéralogie 102, 333-337. // Deliens, M. & Piret, P., 1977. Les phosphates d'uranyle et d'aluminium de Kobokobo. I. Données préliminaires. Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie 86, 183-190. (mineral B [upalite], mineral D [mundite]) // Deliens, M. & Piret, P., 1980. New aluminum and uranyl phosphates from Kobokobo, Kivu, Zaire. Rocks & Minerals 55, 169-171.

Origin

• Country: Congo (RDC)
• Region: Kivu
• Locality: Mwenga, Kobokobo

Specification

• Donors: Lhoest
  Donation year: 1968
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 1
  Size: 9 x 4 cm

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

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