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Sample n° 10303

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
GRAPHITE	C	native elements	-	major
TRIPLITE	(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(PO4)F	phosphates	-	major
MONTEBRASITE	LiAl(PO4)(OH)	phosphates	-	minor

Description

Description: mixed phosphates (6 cm)

Information: Fransolet, A.M. & Abraham, K., 1983. Une association triplite – montebrasite – griphite dans la pegmatite de Buranga, Rwanda. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 106, 299-309. // 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: 1963
• Sampling year:
  Registration date:
• Quantity: 3
  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

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