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Sample n° 11418

Minerals found in the sample

Mineral	Formula	Category	Subcategory	Importance
SCHUILINGITE-(Nd)	CuPbNd(CO3)3(OH)•1,5H2O	carbonates	-	major
MALACHITE	Cu2(CO3)(OH)2	carbonates	-	minor

Description

Description: blue crust and isolated crystals

Information: neotype of schuilingite-(Nd) (IMA Catalogue of Type Mineral Specimens) // Piret, P. & Deliens, M., 1982. Nouvelles données sur la schuilingite, carbonate hydraté de terres rares, de plomb et de cuivre. Bulletin de Minéralogie 105, 225-228. // original publication - Vaes, J.F., 1947. Description d'un nouveau minéral ‘la schuilingite'. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 70, 233-236.

Origin

• Country: Congo (RDC)
• Region: Katanga
• Locality: Kasompi

Specification

• Donors: Gecomin Lubumbashi
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• Sampling year:
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• Quantity: 1
  Size: 2

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

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