markeyite
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Markeyite, a uranyl carbonate mineral discovered in the Markey Mine in Utah, USA. A group led by Anthony R. Kampf, a mineralogist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, USA discovered its structure.
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- carbonate and nitrate class of minerals
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- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Mk
- chemical formula
- Ca₉(UO₂)₄(CO₃)₁₃·28H₂O
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Markeyite, a uranyl carbonate mineral discovered in the Markey Mine in Utah, USA. A group led by Anthony R. Kampf, a mineralogist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, USA discovered its structure.
Cotype material for this mineral resides in the collections of the Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County, USA, and the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia.
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