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Sample n° 6203

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
MOREAUITE Al3(UO2)(PO4)3(OH)2•13H2O phosphates - major
RANUNCULITE Al(UO2)(PO3OH)(OH)3•4H2O phosphates - major
COERULEOLACTITE Al2O3-PO4-H2O phosphates - minor
Description
Description: sample with aggregates of small yellow moreauite nodules, yellow-orange ranunculite nodules, white coeruleolactite
Information: cotype of moreauite (Deliens & Piret, 1985) (holotype - n° 6601) // Deliens, M. & Piret, P., 1985. Les phosphates d'uranyle et d'aluminium de Kobokobo. VII. La moreauïte, Al3(UO2)(PO4)3(OH)2.13H2O, nouveau minéral. Bulletin de Minéralogie 108, 9-13. // Deliens, M. & Piret, P., 1977. Les phosphates d'uranyle et d'aluminium de Kobokobo. I. Données préliminaires. Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie 86, 183-190. (moreauite [mineral G]) // Deliens, M. & Piret, P., 1980. New aluminum and uranyl phosphates from Kobokobo, Kivu, Zaire. Rocks & Minerals 55, 169-171.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Kivu
  • Locality: Mwenga, Kobokobo
Specification
  • Donors: MGL
    Donation year: 1958
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 3 x 2 cm
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 3
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: yes
    Radioactive: yes
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: yes
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