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Sample n° 3546

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
PYROPE Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 nesosilicates garnet major
Description
Description: red concentrate
Information: Tarte, P. & Deliens, M., 1973. Correlations between the infrared spectrum and the composition of garnets in the pyrope-almandine-spassartine series. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 40, 25-37.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Kasai
  • Locality: Mbuji-Mayi
Specification
  • Donors: Forminière
    Donation year: 1953
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 11 tubes
    Size: 3
  • 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: yes
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