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Sample n° 6433

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
PARSONSITE	Pb2(UO2)(PO4)2	phosphates	-	major
RENARDITE	Pb(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)4•7H2O	phosphates	-	major
DEWINDTITE	H2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4•12H2O	phosphates	-	minor
KASOLITE	Pb(UO2)(SiO4)•H2O	nesosilicates	-	minor
METATORBERNITE	Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2•8H2O	phosphates	-	minor

Description

Description: sample with well-developed equant amber-coloured renardite crystals, chocolat-brown parsonsite crystals with curved faces, bundles of orange kasolite crystals

Information: Piret, P., Piret-Meunier, J. & Deliens, M., 1990. Composition chimique et structure cristalline de la dewindtite, Pb3[H(UO2)3O2(PO4)2]2.12H2O. European Journal of Mineralogy 2, 399-405.

Origin

• Country: Congo (RDC)
• Region: Katanga
• Locality: Shinkolobwe

Specification

• Donors: UMHK
  Donation year: 1958
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 1
  Size: 5 x 4 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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