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Sample n° 3193

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
APATITE Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl) phosphates - major
Description
Description: fragmented dark blue crystals in pegmatite
Information: Brasseur, H., Herman, P. & Hubaux, A., 1962. Apatites de l'est du Congo et du Ruanda. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 85, 61-85.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Kivu
  • Locality: Masisi, Mumba, Lusirandaka
Specification
  • Donors: Comité National du Kivu (CNKi)
    Donation year: 1952
  • 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