Mineralogy Database

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
HETEROGENITE	Co³⁺O(OH)	oxides and hydroxides	-	major

Description

Description: massive impregnation of light-coloured schist

Information: Deliens, M., 1974. Les Oxydes Hydratés de Cobalt du Shaba Méridional (République du Zaïre). Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Série In-8°, n° 76, 80 pp. // Decrée, S., Pourret, O. & Baele, J.M., 2015. Rare earth element fractionation in heterogenite (CoOOH): implication for cobalt oxidized ore in the Katanga Copperbelt (Democratic Republic of Congo). Journal of Geochemical Exploration 159, 290-301.

Origin

Country: Congo (RDC)
Region: Katanga
Locality: Musonoi, Kamoto

Specification

Donors: Francotte UMHK

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Quantity: 3

Size: 2

Dimension code 1>2>3: 3

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

Paratype: no

Radioactive: no
Thin section: no

Chemical analysis: no

X-Ray spectra: no

Sample n° 10793