Paulscherrerite from the Number 2 Workings, Mount Painter Inlier, Northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia: "Dehydrated schoepite" is a mineral after all

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 229-240

  Brugger, Joël ^a,b   Meisser, Nicolas ^c   Etschmannnn, Barbara ^a   Ansermet, Stefan ^c   Pring, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

New mineral; Northern Flinders Ranges; Number 2 Workings; Paulscherrerite; Powder diffraction; Radium ridge; South Australia; Uranyl hydroxide "dehydrated schoepite,"

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEPOSITS; OXIDE MINERALS; POWDER METALS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; URANIUM DIOXIDE; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

DEHYDRATED SCHOEPITE; NEW MINERAL; NORTHERN FLINDERS RANGES; NUMBER 2 WORKINGS; PAULSCHERRERITE; POWDER DIFFRACTION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEHYDRATION; NEW MINERAL; PAULSCHERRERITE; PEGMATITE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AUSTRALIA; FLINDERS RANGE; MOUNT PAINTER; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

OPUNTIA;

EID: 79952131521     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3601     Document Type: Article

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