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Sample n° 2696

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Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
BECQUERELITE Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6•8H2O oxides and hydroxides - major
LEPERSONNITE-(Gd) CaGd2(UO2)24(CO3)8Si4O28•60H2O carbonates - major
SKLODOWSKITE Mg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2•6H2O nesosilicates - major
CURITE Pb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2•2H2O oxides and hydroxides - minor
RUTHERFORDINE (UO2)(CO3) carbonates - minor
Description
Description: aggregates of bright yellow lepersonnite crystals, white and yellow lath-shaped sklodowskite crystals, amber-coloured becquerelite plates covering sklodowskite, red curite nodules, grey rutherfordine mass
Information: cotype of lepersonnite-(Gd) (Deliens & Piret, 1982) (holotype - n° 13781) // Deliens, M. & Piret, P., 1982. Bijvoetite et lepersonnite, carbonates hydratés d'uranyle et de terres rares de Shinkolobwe, Zaïre. Canadian Mineralogist 20, 231-238. // 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: 4 x 3 cm
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 3
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: yes
    Radioactive: yes
  • Thin section: yes
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: yes
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