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Sample n° 4744

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
URANINITE UO2 oxides and hydroxides - major
MALACHITE Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 carbonates - minor
Description
Description: uraninite with yellow alteration crust, minor malachite
Information: geochronology - Ledent, D., 1956. Détermination de l'âge absolu des pechblendes de Kalongwe et Luishya (Katanga – Congo belge). Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie 65, 230-233. // Cahen, L., Pasteels, P., Ledent, D., Bourguillot, R., Van Wambeke, L. & Eberhardt, P., 1961. Recherches sur l'age absolu des minéralistions uranifères du Katanga et de Rhodésie du Nord. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Série In-8°, n° 41, pp. 1-53. // Decrée, S., Deloule, E., De Putter, T., Dewaele, S., Mees, F., Yans, J. & Marignac, C., 2011. SIMS U-Pb dating of uranium mineralization in the Katanga Copperbelt : constraints for the geodynamic context. Ore Geology Reviews 40, 81-89.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Luishia
Specification
  • Donors: Unknown
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  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 3 x 3 cm
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 3
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: yes
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: no
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