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Original Paper

Jakub Plášil, Jiří Čejka, Jiří Sejkora, Jan Hloušek, Radek Škoda, Milan Novák, Michal Dušek, Ivana Císařová, Ivan Němec, Jana Ederová

Línekite, K₂Ca₃[(UO₂)(CO₃)₃]₂^.8H₂O, a new uranyl carbonate mineral from Jáchymov, Czech Republic

Journal of Geosciences, volume 62 (2017), issue 3, 201 - 213

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.241

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