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Sample n° 1347

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
MUSCOVITE KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 phyllosilicates mica major
Description
Description: plate-shaped crystals (6 cm)
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Kivu
  • Locality: Mwenga, Kamituga, Kimandu
Specification
  • Donors: de Dycker
    Donation year: 1939
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: X
    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