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Sample n° 6441

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
BECQUERELITE	Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6•8H2O	oxides and hydroxides	-	major
MASUYITE	Pb(UO2)3O3(OH)2•3H2O	oxides and hydroxides	-	major
WOLSENDORFITE	Pb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4•12H2O	oxides and hydroxides	-	major
CURITE	Pb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2•2H2O	oxides and hydroxides	-	minor
URANINITE	UO2	oxides and hydroxides	-	minor
URANOPHANE	Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2•5H2O	nesosilicates	-	minor
WULFENITE	PbMoO4	molybdates and tungstates	-	minor

Description

Description: sample with blood-red wolsendorfite masses, orange masuyite scales, yellow becquerelite lamellae, curite fibres, green uranophane substrate

Information: Deliens, M., 1977. Review of the hydrated oxides of U and Pb, with new X-ray powder data. Mineralogical Magazine 41, 51-57.

Origin

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

Specification

• Donors: UMHK
  Donation year: 1958
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 1
  Size: 7 x 6 cm

• Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
  Quality code 1>2>3: 1
• Holotype: no
  Paratype: no
  Radioactive: yes
• Thin section: no
  Chemical analysis: no
  X-Ray spectra: yes

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