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Sample n° 11539

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
MALACHITE Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 carbonates - major
DOLOMITE CaMg(CO3)2 carbonates - minor
HETEROGENITE Co3+O(OH) oxides and hydroxides - minor
Description
Description: crust of dark green to beige nodules
Information: Deliens, M., Oosterbosch, R. & Verbeek, T., 1973. Les malachites cobaltifères du Shaba méridional (Zaïre). Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 96, 371-377.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Musonoi
Specification
  • Donors: Philippe
    Donation year: 1968
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 4
    Size: 2
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 1
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: no
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: yes
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