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Sample n° 12136

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
ALIETTITE	Ca0•2Mg6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4•4H2O	phyllosilicates	-	major

Description

Description: core section with aliettite, described as interstatified talc-saponite, in dolomitic rock

Information: Guenot, B., 1970. Etude d'un minéral argileux du type interstratifié talc-saponite trouvé dans le Précambrien du Congo Kinshasa. Bulletin du Groupe Français des Argiles 22, 97-104. (RG 40273)

Origin

• Country: Congo (RDC)
• Region: Bas-Congo
• Locality: Madimba, Bamba-Kilenda, Lukunga-Masungu section, core FLM3, 78.85-79.31 m

Specification

• Donors: Bamoco
  Donation year: 1969
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 1
  Size:

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

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