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Original Paper

Jakub Plášil

The crystal structure of uranyl-oxide mineral schoepite, [(UO₂)₄O (OH)₆]( H₂O)₆, revisited

Journal of Geosciences, volume 63 (2018), issue 1, 65 - 73

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.252

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