Clarkeite: New chemical and structural data

American Mineralogist

Volumn 82, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 607-619

  Finch, Robert J ^a,b   Ewing, Rodney C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD OXIDE; OXIDE MINERALS; POSITIVE IONS; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANIONIC SHEETS; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; GENERAL FORMULAS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; INTERLAYER CATION; NORTH CAROLINA; STRUCTURAL DATA; STRUCTURAL UNIT;

SODIUM;

CLARKEITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; METASOMATISM; URANINITE;

EID: 0030856278     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1997-5-620     Document Type: Article

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