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Sample n° 2052

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
MICROCLINE	K(AlSi3O8)	tektosilicates	feldspar	major

Description

Description: graphic pegmatite

Information: geochronology - Monteyne-Poulaert, G. & Cahen, L., 1964. Ages des granites, pegmatites et filons de la chaîne kibarienne au Katanga. Rapport Annuel du Département de Géologie et Minéralogie du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Année 1963, pp. 88-91. // Cahen, L., Delhal, J. & Monteyne-Poulaert, G., 1966. Age determinations on granites, pegmatites and veins from the Kibaran belt of central and northern Katanga (Congo). Nature 210, 1347-1349

Origin

• Country: Congo (RDC)
• Region: Katanga
• Locality: Sofwe

Specification

• Donors: Grosemans
  Donation year:
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 1
  Size:

• Dimension code 1>2>3: 1
  Quality code 1>2>3: 2
• Holotype: no
  Paratype: no
  Radioactive: no
• Thin section: no
  Chemical analysis: no
  X-Ray spectra: no

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