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Sample n° 13395
Minerals found in the sample
Mineral | Formula | Category | Subcategory | Importance |
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VAUQUELINITE | CuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH) | phosphates | - | major |
CHALCOMENITE | Cu(Se4+O3)2H2O | selenites and tellurites | - | minor |
DIGENITE | Cu1,8S | sulfides and sulfosalts | - | minor |
GUILLEMINITE | Ba(UO2)3(Se4+O3)2O23H2O | selenites and tellurites | - | minor |
MALACHITE | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | carbonates | - | minor |
METATORBERNITE | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)28H2O | phosphates | - | minor |
WULFENITE | PbMoO4 | molybdates and tungstates | - | minor |
Description
Description:
sample with olive-coloured vauquelinite crystals, bright yellow wulfenite crystals, little metatorbernite and chalcomenite, traces of guilleminite
Information:
Deliens, M., 1978. La chenevixite, la vauquelinite, la sterrettite et la boltwoodite, minéraux nouveaux pour les gisements de Shaba (Zaïre) et du Rwanda. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 101, 111-119.
Origin
- Country: Congo (RDC)
- Region: Katanga
- Locality: Musonoi
Specification
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Donors: du RyDonation year: 1977
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Sampling year:Registration date:
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Quantity: 1Size: 9 x 7 cm
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Dimension code 1>2>3: 2Quality code 1>2>3: 1
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Holotype: noParatype: noRadioactive: yes
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Thin section: noChemical analysis: noX-Ray spectra: yes