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Sample n° 16096

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
BIJVOETITE-(Y)	Y8(UO2)16O8(CO3)16(OH)8•39H2O	carbonates	-	major

Description

Description: crystals on substrate

Information: Li, Y., Burns, P.C. & Gault, R.A., 2000. A new rare-earth-element uranyl carbonate sheet in the structure of bijvoetite-(Y). Canadian Mineralogist 38, 153-162.

Origin

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

Specification

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

• 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

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