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Sample n° 30

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
GALENA PbS sulfides and sulfosalts - major
QUARTZ SiO2 tektosilicates - minor
Description
Description: galena invisible in quartz matrix
Information: geochronology - Cahen, L., 1954. Extension et âge d'une minéralisation Cu-Pb-Zn en Afrique centrale et australe. Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie 63, 90-100. // Gretener, P.E.F., Farquhar, R.M. & Wilson, J.T., 1954. Ages of some African minerals. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 48, 17-32. (To 617) // Wilson, J.T., Farquhar, R.M., Gretener, P., Russell, R.D. & Shillibeer, H.A., 1954. Estimates of age for some African minerals. Nature 174, 1006-1011. (To 617)
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Bas-Congo
  • Locality: Songololo, La Mia, S of Palabala
Specification
  • Donors: Weyns
    Donation year: 1897
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 2
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 3
    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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