The crystal chemistry of the uranyl carbonate mineral grimselite, (K, Na)3Na[(UO2)(CO3)3](H2O), from Jáchymov, Czech Republic

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 443-453

  Plasil J ^a,b   Fejfarova K ^a   Skala R ^c   Skoda R ^b   Meisser, N ^d   Hlousek, J ^e   Cisarova I ^f   Dusek M ^a   Veselovsky F ^g   Cejka J ^h   Sejkora, J ^h   Ondrus, P ⁱ  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e U Rohác ových Kasáren 24   (Czech Republic)

^f CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^g CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^h DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

chemical composition; crystal structure; grimselite; J chymov; uranyl carbonate

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; OXIDE MINERALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SODIUM; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIFFRACTION PEAKS; GRIMSELITE; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION; STRUCTURE REFINEMENTS; UNIT CELL PARAMETERS; UNIT-CELL VOLUME;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

CARBONATE GROUP; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; SODIUM; SUBSTITUTION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CZECH REPUBLIC; JACHYMOV; KARLOVARSKY;

EID: 84863534137     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: 14718022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2012.076.3.01     Document Type: Article

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