Mineralogy Database

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
SIEGENITE	CoNi₂S₄	sulfides and sulfosalts	-	major
URANINITE	UO₂	oxides and hydroxides	-	major

Description

Description: contact between massive uraninite and coarse-crystalline siegenite

Information: Decrée, S., Deloule, E., De Putter, T., Dewaele, S., Mees, F., Yans, J. & Marignac, C., 2011. SIMS U-Pb dating of uranium mineralization in the Katanga Copperbelt : constraints for the geodynamic context. Ore Geology Reviews 40, 81-89. // Eglinger, A., André-Mayer, A.S., Vanderhaeghe, O., Mercadier, J., Cuney, M., Decrée, S., Feybesse, J.L. & Milesi, J.P., 2013. Geochemical signatures of uranium oxides in the Lufilian belt: from unconformity-related to syn-metamorphic uranium deposits during the Pan-African orogenic cycle. Ore Geology Reviews 54, 197-213.

Origin

Country: Congo (RDC)
Region: Katanga
Locality: Shinkolobwe

Specification

Donors: de Wijngaert

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Holotype: no

Paratype: no

Radioactive: yes
Thin section: no

Chemical analysis: no

X-Ray spectra: no

Sample n° 12048