Mineralogy Database

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
HYPERSTHENE	(Fe²⁺,Mg)₂Si₂O₆	inosilicates	pyroxenes	major

Description

Description: hypersthenite

Information: Hubaux, A., 1959. Les gisements de ténnantite de Yungu et de Sele (Lac Tanganika). Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 82, 269-282.

Origin

Country: Congo (RDC)
Region: Kivu
Locality: Fizi, Simba, Yungu

Specification

Donors: Schaar

Donation year: 1958
Sampling year:

Registration date:
Quantity: 1

Size:

Dimension code 1>2>3: 3

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

Paratype: no

Radioactive: no
Thin section: yes

Chemical analysis: no

X-Ray spectra: no

Sample n° 6144