Mineralogy Database

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
GALENA	PbS	sulfides and sulfosalts	-	major

Description

Description: block of metallic crystals

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 196) // 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 196) // Eberhardt, P., Geiss, J. & Houtermans, F.G., 1955. Isotopenverhältnisse von 'gewöhnlichem' Blei und ihre Deutung. Zeitschrift für Physik 141, 91-102. (Be 36) // Eberhardt, P., Geiss, J., Houtermans, F.G. & Signer, P., 1962. Age determinations on lead isotopes. Geologische Rundschau 52, 836-852. (Be 36)

Origin

Country: Congo (RDC)
Region: Katanga
Locality: Kengere

Specification

Donors: Mottoulle

Donation year: 1950
Sampling year:

Registration date:
Quantity: 3

Size: 2

Dimension code 1>2>3: 2

Quality code 1>2>3: 1
Holotype: no

Paratype: no

Radioactive: no
Thin section: no

Chemical analysis: no

X-Ray spectra: no

Sample n° 2865