A new uranyl carbonate sheet in the crystal structure of fontanite, CA[(UO2)3(CO3 )2O2](H2O)6

American Mineralogist

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 962-966

  Hughes, Karrie Ann ^a   Burns, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; OXIDE MINERALS; SULFATE MINERALS; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADJACENT CHAINS; DIRECT METHOD; HEXAGONAL BIPYRAMID; HEXAGONAL BIPYRAMIDS; LEAST SQUARES TECHNIQUES; SPACE GROUPS; URANYL IONS; URANYL PHOSPHATES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CARBONATE GROUP; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FONTANITE;

EID: 0041627469     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2003-0703     Document Type: Article

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