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Sample n° 15722

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
NONTRONITE Na0,3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2•nH2O phyllosilicates smectite major
Description
Description: nontronite with slickensides
Origin
  • Country: South Africa
  • Region: Northern Cape
  • Locality: Kuruman, Whitebank
Specification
  • Donors: Gosseye
    Donation year: 1966
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity:
    Size:
  • Dimension code 1>2>3:
    Quality code 1>2>3:
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: no
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: no
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