Mineralogy Database

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
GOLD	Au	native elements	-	major

Description

Description: cast of large nugget (64.7 kg)

Information: Passau, G., 1945. Les plus belles pépites extraites des gisements aurifères de la Compagnie Minière des Grands Lacs Africains (Province Orientale – Congo belge). Institut Royal Colonial Belge, Section des Sciènces Naturelles et Médicales, Mémoires, In-4°, 7(3), 32 pp. (pépite s/n, p. 30 bis)

Origin

Country: Congo (RDC)
Region: Kivu
Locality: Mwenga, Mobale, Kalingi, Chantiers Lukala

Specification

Donors: MGL

Donation year: 1941
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

Sample n° 3043