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Sample n° 9150

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
CHILDRENITE Fe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2•H2O phosphates - major
EOSPHORITE Mn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2•H2O phosphates - major
SICKLERITE LiMn2+(PO4) phosphates - major
BARBOSALITE Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 phosphates - minor
LITHIOPHILITE LiMn2+(PO4) phosphates - minor
TAVORITE LiFe3+(PO4)(OH) phosphates - minor
Description
Description: blocks of mixed phosphates
Information: Fransolet, A.M., 1974. Etude Minéralogique et Pétrologique des Phosphates de Pegmatites Granitiques. Thèse de Docteur en Sciences, Université de Liège, Belgique, 317 pp. // Antenucci, D., 1981. Propriétés Cristallochimiques de la Série Isomorphe Triphylite-Lithiophilite Li(Fe,Mn)PO4. Mémoire de Licence en Sciences, Université de Liège, 47 p.
Origin
  • Country: Rwanda
  • Region: Gisenyi
  • Locality: Buranga
Specification
  • Donors: Antun Bertossa
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  • Quantity: 4
    Size: 2
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: no
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: no