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Sample n° 8476

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
CASSITERITE SnO2 oxides and hydroxides - major
MICA K(Al,Fe,Mg)2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 phyllosilicates mica minor
QUARTZ SiO2 tektosilicates - minor
Description
Description: black crystal (1 cm) in micaceous quartz
Information: de Kun, N., 1959. Les gisements de cassitérite et de colombo-tantalite de Nord Lugulu, Kivu, Congo Belge. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, Mémoires, 82, 81-196.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Kivu
  • Locality: Shabunda, Niabesi
Specification
  • Donors: de Kun
    Donation year: 1960
  • 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: no
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