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Sample n° 9853

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
COLUMBITE	(Fe,Mg,Mn)Nb2O6	oxides and hydroxides	-	major
ZIRCON	ZrSiO4	nesosilicates	-	minor

Description

Description: sample with various types of unidentified uraniferous minerals

Information: Piret, P. & Deliens, M., 1980. Nouvelles données sur la saléeite holotype de Shinkolobwe. Bulletin de Minéralogie 103, 630-632.

Origin

• Country: Congo (RDC)
• Region: Kivu
• Locality: Mwenga, Kobokobo

Specification

• Donors: Safiannikoff
  Donation year:
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 1
  Size: 7 x 5 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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