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Sample n° 5916

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
AEGIRINE NaFe3+Si2O6 inosilicates pyroxenes major
PYRRHOTITE Fe7S8 sulfides and sulfosalts - major
Description
Description: black aegirine crystals, bronze-coloured metallic pyrrhotite, in carbonatite
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Kivu
  • Locality: Rutshuru, Lueshe
Specification
  • Donors: de Bethune (UCL) MGL
    Donation year: 1972
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 2
    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
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