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VANDENDRIESSCHEITE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

An orthorhombic mineral, ... radioactive ...

OBS

[The vandendriesscheite] forms small, amber-orange pseudohexagonal crystals, commonly barrel shaped; [it is found] at Katanga, Congo.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Minéral transparent à translucide, d'éclat adamantin, de couleur orange à ambrée, radioactif, associé à divers autres uranifères [...]

OBS

Trouvé en petits cristaux orangés au Katanga et au Canada. Constituant essentiel de la «gummite».

OBS

Étymologie : en l'honneur de H. Van den Driessch, minéralogiste belge.

Spanish

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