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Sample n° 11520.1

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
GUILLEMINITE Ba(UO2)3(Se4+O3)2O2•3H2O selenites and tellurites - major
KASOLITE Pb(UO2)(SiO4)•H2O nesosilicates - major
VANDENBRANDEITE Cu(UO2)(OH)4 oxides and hydroxides - major
DIGENITE Cu1,8S sulfides and sulfosalts - minor
HEMATITE Fe2O3 oxides and hydroxides - minor
MALACHITE Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 carbonates - minor
Description
Description: sample with dark green vandenbrandeite crystals, yellow guilleminite crystals on malachite, amber-coloured kasolite crystals on guilleminite, blue-green malachite crystals resembling vandenbrandeite, rust-coloured hematite
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Musonoi
Specification
  • Donors: de Wijngaert
    Donation year: 1968
  • 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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