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Sample n° 13985

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Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
DUMONTITE Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2•5H2O phosphates - major
KAMITUGAITE PbAl(UO2)5(PO4)2(OH)9•9,5H2O phosphates - major
TRIANGULITE Al3(UO2)4(PO4)4(OH)5•5H2O phosphates - major
METATORBERNITE Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2•8H2O phosphates - minor
STUDTITE (UO2)(O2)(H2O)2•2H2O oxides and hydroxides - minor
THREADGOLDITE Al(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH)•8H2O phosphates - minor
Description
Description: sample with felty yellow acicular kamitugaite, orange dumontite crystals, golden-yellow triangulite crystals and nodules, studtite as white needles and felty aggregates, white to yellow threadgoldite blades, traces of metatorbernite
Information: holotype of kamitugaite (IMA Catalogue of Type Mineral Specimens) // Deliens, M. & Piret, P., 1984. La kamitugaïte, PbAl(UO2)5[(P,As)O4]2(OH)9.9.5H2O, nouveau minéral de Kobokobo, Kivu, Zaïre. Bulletin de Minéralogie 107, 15-19.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Kivu
  • Locality: Mwenga, Kobokobo
Specification
  • Donors: van Wambeke
    Donation year: 1983
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 8 x 4 cm
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: yes
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: yes
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: yes
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