A novel arrangement of silicate tetrahedra in the uranyl silicate sheet of oursinite, (Co0.8Mg0.2)[(UO2) (SiO3OH)]2(H2O)6

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 333-336

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

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Oursinite; Uranium; Uranyl silicate

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BONDS; IONS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICATES; SILICON; TOPOLOGY; URANIUM; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

APICAL LIGANDS; BIPYRAMIDS; DIRECT METHOD; LEAST SQUARES TECHNIQUES; OURSINITE; SPACE GROUPS; URANOPHANE; URANYL IONS;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

ANION; CHEMICAL BONDING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; SILICATE MINERAL; URANIUM;

EID: 33645865744     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.1613     Document Type: Article

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