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Sample n° 9958

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
BARBOSALITE Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 phosphates - major
MONTEBRASITE LiAl(PO4)(OH) phosphates - major
MANGANESE OXIDES Mn-O oxides and hydroxides - minor
Description
Description: green and black impregnations in white phosphates (montebrasite)
Information: Marchand, J., 1967. Contribution à l'Etude Minéralogique de la Série Amblygonite-Montebrasite. Mémoire de Licence en Sciences, Université de Liège, 23 pp. // Fransolet, A.M., 1974. Etude Minéralogique et Pétrologique des Phosphates de Pegmatites Granitiques. Thèse de Docteur en Sciences, Université de Liège, Belgique, 317 pp.
Origin
  • Country: Rwanda
  • Region: Gisenyi
  • Locality: Buranga
Specification
  • Donors: Comblain
    Donation year: 1963
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 7
    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