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Sample n° 786

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
SPESSARTINE Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 nesosilicates garnet major
Description
Description: black concentrate (5 mm)
Information: Tarte, P. & Deliens, M., 1973. Correlations between the infrared spectrum and the composition of garnets in the pyrope-almandine-spassartine series. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 40, 25-37.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Kivu
  • Locality: Masisi, Lake Kivu, Poste Kalu
Specification
  • Donors: Henry de la Lindi
    Donation year: 1913
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: X
    Size: 3
  • 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
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