A topologically novel sheet of uranyl pentagonal bipyramids in the structure of Na[(UO2)4O2(OH )5](H2O)2

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1579-1586

  Burns, Peter C ^a   Deely, Kathryn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal chemistry; Sodium uranium oxide hydrate; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; POSITIVE IONS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

SPACE GROUPS;

MINERAL EXPLORATION;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; SODIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 0037000007     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.40.6.1579     Document Type: Article

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