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Sample n° 13490

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
RENARDITE	Pb(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)4•7H2O	phosphates	-	major

Description

Description: sample composed of isolated yellow crystals

Information: fragment of original sample of Schoep (RMCA records) // original publication - Schoep, A., 1928. La renardite, nouveau minéral uranifère. Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 51, 247-252.

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

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