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Sample n° 2692

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
BECQUERELITE Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6•8H2O oxides and hydroxides - major
WOLSENDORFITE Pb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4•12H2O oxides and hydroxides - major
STUDTITE (UO2)(O2)(H2O)2•2H2O oxides and hydroxides - minor
Description
Description: sample with amber-coloured becquerelite laths, wolsendorfite as red plates and orange mass, fibro-radial studtite nodules on becquerelite
Information: Protas, J., 1959. Contribution à l'étude des oxydes d'uranium hydratés. Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 82, 239-272.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Shinkolobwe
Specification
  • Donors: Nève de Mévergnies
    Donation year: 1950
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 3 x 3 cm
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 3
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: yes
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: yes
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