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Sample n° 2014

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
CASSITERITE	SnO2	oxides and hydroxides	-	major

Description

Description: white and brown fragments and crystals (1-3 cm), with polished section

Information: Dewaele, S., Goethals, H. & Thys, T., 2013. Mineralogical characterization of cassiterite concentrates from quartz vein and pegmatite mineralization of the Karagwe-Ankole and Kibara Belts, Central Africa. Geologica Belgica 16, 66-75.

Origin

• Country: Congo (RDC)
• Region: Maniema
• Locality: Punia, Kasese, Mubilima, Aka

Specification

• Donors: Kesteloot
  Donation year:
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: X
  Size: 2

• 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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