Metarauchite, Ni(UO2)2(AsO4)2.8H2O, from Jáchymov, Czech Republic, and Schneeberg, Germany: a new member of the autunite group.

• Authors: PLÁŠIL Jakub; SEJKORA Jiří; ČEJKA Jiří; NOVÁK Milan; JOAN Vinals; ONDRUŠ Petr; FRANTIŠEK Veselovský; PAVEL Škácha; JAN Jehlička; VIKTOR Goliáš; HLOUŠEK Jan
• Year of publication: 2010
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: The Canadian Mineralogist
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Geology and mineralogy
• Keywords: new mineral species metarauchite uranyl infrared spectroscopy Raman spectroscopy Jáchymov Czech Republic Schneeberg Germany
• Description: A new uranyl mineral species metarauchite was found and described from Jáchymov, Czech Republic. It is a new Ni-dominant member of the autunite group. All physical and chemical data for metarauchite are given complemented with the data for metarauchite found in Schneeberg, Germany.

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