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Sample n° 13489

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
DEWINDTITE	H2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4•12H2O	phosphates	-	major

Description

Description: sample composed of yellow powder

Information: type specimen of Schoep (RMCA records) // original publication - Schoep, A., 1922. Sur la dewindtite, nouveau minéral radioactif. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences 174, 623-625.

Origin

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

Specification

• Donors: Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
  Donation year: 1977
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: X
  Size: powder

• Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
  Quality code 1>2>3: 1
• Holotype: no
  Paratype: yes
  Radioactive: yes
• Thin section: no
  Chemical analysis: no
  X-Ray spectra: yes

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