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Sample n° 6117

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
FERGUSONITE	CeNbO4•0,3H2O	oxides and hydroxides	-	major

Description

Description: black fragments (2 cm)

Information: geochronology - Monteyne-Poulaert, G., Delwiche, R., Safiannikoff, A. & Cahen, L., 1962. Ages des minéralisations pegmatitiques et filoniennes du Kivu méridional (Congo oriental). Indications préliminaires sur les âges de phases pegmatitiques successives. Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie 71, 272-295.

Origin

• Country: Congo (RDC)
• Region: Kivu
• Locality: Fizi, Makenda river, Sawe river, Elila tributary

Specification

• Donors: Comité National du Kivu (CNKi)
  Donation year: 1957
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 3
  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: yes

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