Mineralogy Database

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
GALENA	PbS	sulfides and sulfosalts	-	major

Description

Description: disseminated galena in limestone

Information: geochronology - Cahen, L., 1954. Résultats géochronologiques obtenus sur des minéraux du Congo jusqu'en mai 1954. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 77, 269-281. // Gretener, P.E.F., Farquhar, R.M. & Wilson, J.T., 1954. Ages of some African minerals. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 48, 17-32. (To 619) // Wilson, J.T., Farquhar, R.M., Gretener, P., Russell, R.D. & Shillibeer, H.A., 1954. Estimates of age for some African minerals. Nature 174, 1006-1011. (To 619)

Origin

Country: Congo (RDC)
Region: Katanga
Locality: Haute Fungwe

Specification

Donors: van Aubel (ULG)

Donation year: 1951
Sampling year:

Registration date:
Quantity: 1

Size: 2

Dimension code 1>2>3: 3

Quality code 1>2>3: 1
Holotype: no

Paratype: no

Radioactive: no
Thin section: yes

Chemical analysis: no

X-Ray spectra: no

Sample n° 3052