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<journal-id journal-id-type="archive">gsminmag</journal-id>
<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/minmag.1971.038.296.03</article-id>
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<article-title>The Uranium-Bearing Mineral Bolivarite: New Data and a Second Occurrence</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Van Wambeke</surname>
<given-names>L.</given-names>
</name>
<aff>Euratom Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Varese, Italy</aff></contrib></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>12</month>
<year>1971</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>38</volume>
<issue>296</issue>
<fpage>418</fpage>
<lpage>423</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>16</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>1970</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1971, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1971</copyright-year>
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<title>Summary</title>
<p>A second occurrence of the mineral bolivarite has been found in the Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Republic of Congo (Kinshasa). This amorphous mineral was previously considered to be evansite. Its physical properties are: weak birefringence; biaxial to uniaxial positive; <italic>n</italic> = 1&#x00B7;50&#x2013;1&#x00B7;51; specific gravity 1&#x00B7;97&#x2013;2&#x00B7;05; hardness 3 to 3&#x00BD;.</p>
<p>Three chemical analyses have been performed on the Congolese material. The general formula of the mineral is Al<sub>2</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)(OH)<sub>3</sub>.4&#x2013;5 H<sub>2</sub>O. Both known bolivarites from Spain and Congo contain abnormal amounts of U. The bright green UV fluorescence is due to the presence of U. The DTA curve of the Congolese bolivarite is given. Its genesis is discussed. This uranium-bearing mineral may be an indicator of uranium mineralization in Spain.</p></abstract>
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