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Sample n° 14445

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
LUDJIBAITE Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4 phosphates - major
PSEUDOMALACHITE Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4 phosphates - major
LIBETHENITE Cu2(PO4)(OH) phosphates - minor
Description
Description: red sandstone (12 cm), with green crystals (pseudomalachite), blue-green crystals (ludjibaite) and olive-green rosettes (libethenite)
Information: cotype of ludjibaite (IMA Catalogue of Type Mineral Specimens) // Piret, P. & Deliens, M., 1988. Description de la ludjibaite, un polymorphe de la pseudomalachite, Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4. Bulletin de Minéralogie 111, 167-171.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Ludjiba
Specification
  • Donors: Lhoest
    Donation year: 1986
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 2
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 1
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: yes
    Radioactive: no
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: yes