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Sample n° 20181

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
BORNITE Cu5FeS4 sulfides and sulfosalts - major
CARROLLITE CuCo2S4 sulfides and sulfosalts - major
CHALCOCITE Cu2S sulfides and sulfosalts - major
CHALCOPYRITE CuFeS2 sulfides and sulfosalts - major
DIGENITE Cu1,8S sulfides and sulfosalts - major
PYRITE FeS2 sulfides and sulfosalts - major
Description
Description: polished sections
Information: Cailteux, J.L.H., 1983. Le 'Roan' shabien dans la région de Kambove (Shaba – Zaïre). Etude sédimentologique et métallogénique. PhD Dissertation, Université de Liège. (KWf 1035 éch 1161, KWf KWf 1138 éch 1505, 1138 éch 1820, KWf 1150 éch 1291, KWf 1152 éch 822, KWf 1166 éch 334, KWf 1166 éch 840) // Cailteux, J., 1986. Diagenetic sulphide mineralization within the stratiform copper-cobalt deposit of West Kambove (Shaba-Zaire); sequence of mineralization in sediment-hosted copper deposits (Part 2). In Friedrich, G.H., Genkin, A.D., Naldrett, A.J., Ridge, J.D., Sillitoe, R.H. & Vokes, F.M. (eds), Geology and Metallogeny of Copper Deposits. Proceedings of the Copper Symposium, 27th International Geological Congress. Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits Special Publication 4, p. 398-411. (KWf 1035 éch 1161, KWf 1150 éch 1291, KWf 1166 éch 840) // Cailteux, J.L.H., Kampunzu, A.B., Lerouge, C., Kaputo, A.K. & Milesi, J.P., 2005. Genesis of sediment-hosted stratiform copper-cobalt deposits, central African Copperbelt. Journal of African Earth Sciences 42, 134-158. (KWf 1138 éch 1511, KWf 1150 éch 1291)
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Kambove West, core KWf
Specification
  • Donors: Cailteux
    Donation year: 2023
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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