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Sample n° 13690

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Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
SODDYITE (UO2)2(SiO4)•2H2O nesosilicates - major
SWAMBOITE U6+(UO2)6(SiO3OH)6•30H2O nesosilicates - major
CURITE Pb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2•2H2O oxides and hydroxides - minor
HEMATITE Fe2O3 oxides and hydroxides - minor
Description
Description: sample with white swamboite needles, yellow soddyite crystals, curite crystals and massive curite, black metallic hematite
Information: holotype of swamboite (IMA Catalogue of Type Mineral Specimens) // Deliens, M. & Piret, P., 1981. La swamboïte, nouveau silicate d'uranium hydraté du Shaba, Zaïre. Canadian Mineralogist 19, 553-557. // Plásil, J., Petrícek, V., Locock, A.J., Skoda, R. & Burns, P.C., 2018. The (3+3) commensurately modulated structure of the uranyl silicate mineral swamboite-(Nd), Nd0.333[(UO2)(SiO3OH)](H2O)2.41. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 233, 223-231.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Swambo
Specification
  • Donors: van Dooren
    Donation year: 1979
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1
    Size: 10 x 9 cm
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: yes
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: yes
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: yes
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