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Original Paper

Jakub Plášil, Anthony R. Kampf, Anatoly V. Kasatkin, Joe Marty

Bluelizardite, Na₇(UO₂)(SO₄)₄Cl(H₂O)₂, a new uranyl sulfate mineral from the Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA

Journal of Geosciences, volume 59 (2014), issue 2, 145 - 158

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.159

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