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Sample n° 2216

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Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
SALEEITE Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2•10H2O phosphates - major
SCHMITTERITE (UO2)(Te4+O3) selenites and tellurites - major
CHALCOCITE Cu2S sulfides and sulfosalts - minor
COVELLITE CuS sulfides and sulfosalts - minor
PYRITE FeS2 sulfides and sulfosalts - minor
SIEGENITE CoNi2S4 sulfides and sulfosalts - minor
Description
Description: sample with lemon-yellow schmitterite rosettes, yellow to orange saleeite plates
Information: Deliens, M. & Piret, P., 1976. La schmitterite UTeO5 de Shinkolobwe (région du Shaba, Zaïre). Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 99, 334-335.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Shinkolobwe
Specification
  • Donors: UMHK
    Donation year: 1947
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 4 x 3 cm
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 3
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: yes
  • Thin section: yes
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: yes
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