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Sample n° 6110

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
PYRITE FeS2 sulfides and sulfosalts - major
BASTNASITE (Ce,La,Y)(CO3)F carbonates - minor
GALENA PbS sulfides and sulfosalts - minor
Description
Description: metallic material (2 cm) in block of pink pegmatite with bastnaesite
Information: Aderca, B.M. & Van Tassel, R., 1971. Le gisement de terres rares de la Karonge (Burundi). Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer, Classe des Sciences Naturelles et Médicales, Mémoires, 18 (5), 117 pp.
Origin
  • Country: Burundi
  • Region: Bubanza
  • Locality: Karonge, Gakara
Specification
  • Donors: de Magnée (ULB)
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  • 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