A re-evaluation of the structure of weeksite, a uranyl silicate framework mineral

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 187-195

  Jackson, Jennifer M ^a,b   Burns, Peter C ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Open framework; Structure determination; Uranyl silicate; Weeksite

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; RADIATION; REFLECTION; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

WEEKSITE;

URANATE MINERALS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; SILICATE; URANIUM;

EID: 0035245323     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.39.1.187     Document Type: Article

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