Phurcalite: A rare secondary calcium uranium phosphate mineral from Putholi, Chittaurgarh district, Rajasthan

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 355-357

  Singh, Yamuna ^a   Singh, K D P ^a   Bhatt, A K ^b  

^a ATOMIC MINERALS DIRECTORATE FOR EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Mineralogy; Phurcalite; Rajasthan

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PHURCALITE; SECONDARY MINERAL; URANIUM;

INDIA;

EID: 0032809803     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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