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Sample n° 672

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
VARISCITE	Al(PO4)•2H2O	phosphates	-	major

Description

Description: concretionary

Information: Schoep, A., 1927. Variscite incolore de Mura-Panda. Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie 37, 89-90. [letters from A. Schoep to L. de Dorlodot, June 27 1927 and July 23 1927, RMCA archive file DG 73]

Origin

• Country: Congo (RDC)
• Region: Katanga
• Locality: Likasi, Mura Panda

Specification

• Donors: UMHK
  Donation year: 1926
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 1
  Size: 2

• Dimension code 1>2>3: 3
  Quality code 1>2>3: 1
• Holotype: no
  Paratype: no
  Radioactive: no
• Thin section: no
  Chemical analysis: no
  X-Ray spectra: yes

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