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Sample n° 4553

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
APATITE	Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl)	phosphates	-	major

Description

Description: white mineral in pegmatite

Information: Brasseur, H., Herman, P. & Hubaux, A., 1962. Apatites de l'est du Congo et du Ruanda. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 85, 61-85.

Origin

• Country: Rwanda
• Region: Gisenyi
• Locality: Gatumba

Specification

• Donors: Polinard
  Donation year: 1954
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 1
  Size: 2

• Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
  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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