Refinement of the crystal structure of rutherfordine

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 929-938

  Finch, Robert J ^a,c   Cooper, Mark A ^a   Hawthorne, Frank C ^a   Ewing, Rodney C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Rutherfordine; Uranium mineral; Uranyl carbonate

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; URANIUM;

EID: 0033392783     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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