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Sample n° 20456

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
AEGIRINE NaFe3+Si2O6 inosilicates pyroxenes major
Description
Description: banded, with bands composed of parallel elongated aegirine crystals
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Kivu
  • Locality: Rutshuru, Lueshe valley, Kilima-Kikuku road
Specification
  • Donors: Denaeyer (ULB)
    Donation year:
  • Sampling year: 1958
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size:
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 1
    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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