Štěpite, U(AsO3OH)2·4H 2O, from Jáchymov, Czech Republic: the first natural arsenate of tetravalent uranium

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-152

  Plasil J ^a   Fejfarova K ^a   Hlousek J ^b   Skoda R ^c   Novak M ^c   Sejkora, J ^d   Cejka J ^d   Dusek M ^a   Veselovsky F ^e   Ondrus P ^f   Majzlan, J ^g   Mrazek Z ^h  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b not available   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^f not available   (Czech Republic)

^g FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Crystal structure; Czech Republic; J chymov; New mineral; Oxidation zone; t pite; Uranium(IV) bis(hydrogenarsenate) tetrahydrate

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULES; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CZECH REPUBLIC; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; NEW MINERAL; OXIDATION ZONES; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION; TABULAR CRYSTALS; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

ARSENATE; CHEMICAL BONDING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLEAVAGE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FRACTURE; HARDNESS; MOHS SCALE; NEW MINERAL; OXIDATION; URANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

BOHEMIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; JACHYMOV; KARLOVARSKY;

EID: 84879607841     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: 14718022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2013.077.1.12     Document Type: Article

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