Spriggite, Pb3[(UO2)6O8(OH 2](H2O)3, a new mineral with β-U3O8-type sheets: Description and crystal structure

American Mineralogist

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 339-347

  Brugger, Joël ^a,b   Krivovichev, Sergey V ^c   Berlepsch, Peter ^d   Meisser, Nicolas ^e   Ansermet, Stefan ^e   Armbruster, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d Universität Berlin   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ALLOYS; BARIUM METALLOGRAPHY; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CITRUS FRUITS; CLAY ALTERATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HEMATITE; HYDRATION; LEAD COMPOUNDS; TERNARY ALLOYS; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; METATORBERNITE; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; PRISMATIC CRYSTALS; SIMPLIFIED FORMULA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SUPERGENE ALTERATIONS; UNEVEN FRACTURE;

URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LEAD; NEW MINERAL; SPRIGGITE; URANIUM;

ARKAROOLA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1642382922     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2004-2-312     Document Type: Article

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