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Sample n° 13600

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Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
PHURCALITE Ca2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2•7H2O phosphates - major
Description
Description: sample with small elongated phurcalite crystals
Information: cotype of phurcalite (RMCA records) (holotype - n° 13388) // original publication - Deliens, M. & Piret, P., 1978. La phurcalite, Ca2(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)4.4H2O, nouveau minéral. Bulletin de Minéralogie 101, 356-358.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Shinkolobwe
Specification
  • Donors: IRSNB-KBIN van Tassel
    Donation year: 1979
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 4 x 4 cm
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 3
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: yes
    Radioactive: yes
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: yes
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