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Sample n° 2224

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Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
BECQUERELITE Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6•8H2O oxides and hydroxides - major
COMBLAINITE Ni4Co3+2(CO3)(OH)12•3H2O carbonates - major
MASUYITE Pb(UO2)3O3(OH)2•3H2O oxides and hydroxides - minor
RUTHERFORDINE (UO2)(CO3) carbonates - minor
URANINITE UO2 oxides and hydroxides - minor
Description
Description: sample with yellow becquerelite laths with black inclusions, comblainite as blue-green clay, orange masuyite spherulites, rutherfordine as white fibrous material
Information: holotype of comblainite (IMA Catalogue of Type Mineral Specimens) // Piret, P. & Deliens, M., 1980. La comblainite, (Ni2+x, Co3+1-x)(OH)2(CO3)(1-x)/2.yH2O, nouveau minéral du groupe de la pyroaurite. Bulletin de Minéralogie 103, 113-117.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Shinkolobwe
Specification
  • Donors: UMHK
    Donation year: 1947
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 8 x 6 cm
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: yes
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: yes
  • Thin section: yes
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: yes
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