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Sample n° 16752

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
MELILITE (Ca,Na)2(Al,Mg)(Si,Al)2O7 sorosilicates - major
Description
Description: volcanic rock with small melilite crystals in vacuoles
Information: Sahama, T.G., 1975. A note on crystal morphology of melilite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 51, 135-138. (sample VM 706)
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Kivu
  • Locality: Rutshuru, Nyiragongo
Specification
  • Donors: Meyer
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  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 1
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: no
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: no
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