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Sample n° 8852

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
MICROCLINE	K(AlSi3O8)	tektosilicates	feldspar	major

Description

Description: massive pink microcline

Information: geochronology - Cahen, L. & Snelling, N.J., 1966. The Geochronology of Equatorial Africa. North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 195 pp. (Monteyne-Poulaert, unpublished data)

Origin

• Country: Rwanda
• Region: Gisenyi
• Locality: Buranga

Specification

• Donors: Bertossa
  Donation year:
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 4
  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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