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Sample n° 5355

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
BECQUERELITE Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6•8H2O oxides and hydroxides - major
SCHOEPITE (UO2)8O2(OH)12•12H2O oxides and hydroxides - major
CURITE Pb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2•2H2O oxides and hydroxides - minor
URANINITE UO2 oxides and hydroxides - minor
VANDENDRIESSCHEITE Pb1,6(UO2)10O6(OH)11•11H2O oxides and hydroxides - minor
Description
Description: sample with amber-coloured becquerelite crystals, flattened yellow schoepite crystals, orange vandendriesscheite crust, radial aggregates of orange curite crystals
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: Cambier
    Donation year: 1955
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 10 x 10 cm
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
    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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