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Quartz from
Oklo Mine, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oklo Mine, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:570119
Long-form Identifier:1:3:570119:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
17.3km (10.7 miles) ⓘMoanda Mine, Moanda, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon
28.3km (17.6 miles) ⓘBangombé, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon
59.8km (37.2 miles) ⓘBoukoundou gold mine, Bakoumba, Lekoko Department, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon
References
Lena Z. Evins, Keld A. Jensen, Rodney C. Ewing, Uraninite recrystallization and Pb loss in the Oklo and Bangombé natural fission reactors, Gabon, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 69, Issue 6, 15 March 2005, Pages 1589-1606, ISSN 0016-7037, 10.1016/j.gca.2004.07.013.
Douglas G. Brookins (1982) Migration and retention of elements at the Oklo natural reactor. Environmental Geology Volume 4, Issue 3-4 , pp 201-208
Gauthier-Lafaye, F., Weber, F., Ohmoto, H. (1989) Natural fission reactors of Oklo. Economic Geology, 84 (8) 2286-2295 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.84.8.2286
Janusz Janeczek (1999) Mineralogy and geochemistry of natural fission reactors in Gabon. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, MSA, v. 38, p. 321-392
 
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