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Sample n° 9935

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
ARROJADITE (KNa)Fe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)2 phosphates - major
STRENGITE Fe3+(PO4)•2H2O phosphates - major
HOLLANDITE Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 oxides and hydroxides - minor
PHOSPHOSIDERITE Fe3+(PO4)•2H2O phosphates - minor
Description
Description: blocks of mixed phosphates (10 cm)
Information: Fransolet, A.M., 1974. Etude Minéralogique et Pétrologique des Phosphates de Pegmatites Granitiques. Thèse de Docteur en Sciences, Université de Liège, Belgique, 317 pp.
Origin
  • Country: Rwanda
  • Region: Gisenyi
  • Locality: Buranga
Specification
  • Donors: Bertossa
    Donation year:
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  • Quantity: 2
    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