Mineralogy Database

Search |  About the mineralogy database |  Contact

Sample n° 13226

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
DEMESMAEKERITE Pb2Cu5(UO2)2(Se4+O3)6(OH)6•2H2O selenites and tellurites - major
METAMARTHOZITE Cu2+(UO2)3(Se4+O3)2O2•6H2O selenates and tellurates - major
CUPROSKLODOWSKITE Cu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2•6H2O nesosilicates - minor
GOLD Au native elements - minor
GUILLEMINITE Ba(UO2)3(Se4+O3)2O2•3H2O selenites and tellurites - minor
KASOLITE Pb(UO2)(SiO4)•H2O nesosilicates - minor
MALACHITE Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 carbonates - minor
Description
Description: sample with bottle-green demesmaekerite crystals, yellow to olive-green metamarthozite plates, pale green cuprosklodowskite needles, yellow kasolite nodules in metamarthozite, guilleminite as yellow powder, equant pale green metatorbernite crystals
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Musonoi
Specification
  • Donors: Coussement
    Donation year: 1974
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 10 x 5 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