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Sample n° 13986

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Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
KAMITUGAITE PbAl(UO2)5(PO4)2(OH)9•9,5H2O phosphates - major
MUNDITE Al(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)3•5,5H2O phosphates - major
PHURALUMITE Al2(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6•10H2O phosphates - major
METATORBERNITE Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2•8H2O phosphates - minor
UPALITE Al(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH)•7H2O phosphates - minor
Description
Description: sample with yellow/amber-coloured kamitugaite crystals, pale yellow phuralumite laths, yellow micaceous mundite, upalite as yellow needles and felty material, rare metatorbernite
Information: holotype of kamitugaite (besides n° 13985) (Deliens & Piret, 1984) // Deliens, M. & Piret, P., 1984. La kamitugaïte, PbAl(UO2)5[(P,As)O4]2(OH)9.9.5H2O, nouveau minéral de Kobokobo, Kivu, Zaïre. Bulletin de Minéralogie 107, 15-19. // Plásil, J., 2017. A novel sheet topology in the structure of kamitugaite, PbAl[(UO2)5(PO4)2.38(AsO4)0.62O2(OH)2](H2O)11.5. Journal of Geosciences 62, 253-260.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Kivu
  • Locality: Mwenga, Kobokobo
Specification
  • Donors: van Wambeke
    Donation year: 1983
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 15 x 9 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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