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Sample n° 2777

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
SENGIERITE Cu2(UO2)2(VO4)2(OH)2•6H2O vanadates - major
TALC Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 phyllosilicates - minor
Description
Description: sample with bottle-green sengierite crystals and heterogenite on talc-schist
Information: Guillemin, C., 1956. Contribution à la minéralogie des arséniates, phosphates et vanadates de cuivre. II. Phosphates et vanadates de cuivre. Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 79, 219-275.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Luiswishi
Specification
  • Donors: Nève de Mévergnies
    Donation year: 1950
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 5 x 5 cm
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: yes
  • Thin section: yes
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: no