Mineralogy Database

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
XENOTIME-(Y)	Y(PO₄)	phosphates	-	major

Description

Description: beige crystals (1 cm)

Information: geochronology - see Cahen, L., Delhal, J. & Deutsch, S., 1972. A comparison of the ages of granites of SW Uganda with those of the Kibaran of Central Shaba (Katanga), Republic of Zaïre, with some new isotopic and petrogenetical data. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Série In-8°, n° 73, pp. 45-67.

Origin

Country: Congo (RDC)
Region: Kivu
Locality: Mwenga, Kaseti

Specification

Donors: SGR Léopoldville

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Quantity: X

Size: 3

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

Sample n° 1906