Uranosphaerite from Horní Halže near Měděnec (Krušné hory Mountains, Czech Republic): Description and vibrational characteristics

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-98

  Sejkora, Jiří ^a   Čejka, Jiří ^a   Kolitsch, Uwe ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chemical data; Hydrogen bond lengths; Infrared spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; U O (uranyl) bond lengths; Uranosphaerite; Uranyl; X ray powder data

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINERAL; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; URANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; ERZGEBIRGE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; HORNI HALZE; USTECKY;

EID: 55049108017     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2008/0116     Document Type: Article

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