A new uranyl phosphate chain in the structure of parsonsite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 85, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 801-805

  Burns, Peter C ^a  

^a 236 Hesburgh Center for International Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; GAMMA RAYS; GEOMETRY; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; POSITIVE IONS; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

BOND VALENCES; DIRECT METHOD; GOODNESS OF FIT; OXYGEN ATOM; SPACE GROUPS; URANYL PHOSPHATE MINERALS; URANYL PHOSPHATES; VERTEX SHARING;

X RAY DETECTORS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PARSONSITE; URANIUM;

EID: 0033937691     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2000-5-621     Document Type: Article

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