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Sample n° 12043

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
DOLOMITE CaMg(CO3)2 carbonates - major
MALACHITE Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 carbonates - major
Description
Description: patchy pinkish dolomite coating, locally covered by malachite aggregates
Information: Deliens, M., Oosterbosch, R. & Verbeek, T., 1973. Les malachites cobaltifères du Shaba méridional (Zaïre). Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 96, 371-377. // Tarte, P. & Deliens, M., 1974. Caracterisation des malachites nickelifères et cobaltifères par leur spectre infrarouge. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 43, 96-105.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Musonoi
Specification
  • Donors: de Wijngaert
    Donation year:
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  • Quantity: 1
    Size:
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 3
    Quality code 1>2>3: 3
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: no
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: yes
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