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Sample n° 12977
Minerals found in the sample
Mineral | Formula | Category | Subcategory | Importance |
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MALACHITE | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | carbonates | - | major |
DOLOMITE | CaMg(CO3)2 | carbonates | - | minor |
Description
Description:
radial aggregates and tabular crystals as crust on pink dolomite
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
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Donors: CoussementDonation year: 1972
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Sampling year:Registration date:
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Quantity: 1Size: 2
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Dimension code 1>2>3: 1Quality code 1>2>3: 1
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Holotype: noParatype: noRadioactive: no
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Thin section: noChemical analysis: noX-Ray spectra: yes