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Sample n° 13532

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
BECQUERELITE Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6•8H2O oxides and hydroxides - major
WOLSENDORFITE Pb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4•12H2O oxides and hydroxides - major
BILLIETITE Ba(UO2)6O4(OH)6•8H2O oxides and hydroxides - minor
MASUYITE Pb(UO2)3O3(OH)2•3H2O oxides and hydroxides - minor
RUTHERFORDINE (UO2)(CO3) carbonates - minor
URANINITE UO2 oxides and hydroxides - minor
URANOPHANE Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2•5H2O nesosilicates - minor
Description
Description: sample with wolsendorfite as salmon-coloured and brown plates, salmon-coloured fibres and bright yellow powder, flattened amber-coloured becquerelite crystals, small amber-coloured billietite crystals, red and black masuyite crystals, grey rutherfordine aggregates, needle-shaped uranophane
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Shinkolobwe
Specification
  • Donors: Université de Liège (ULG)
    Donation year: 1978
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 6 x 2 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
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