Oswaldpeetersite
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Name: Oswaldpeetersite
Location: Jomac Uranium Mine, San Juan County, Utah, U.S.A
Name Reference: The mineral name honors Maurice Oswald Peeters (b. 1945), structural crystallographer at the University of Leuven, Belgium, and researcher in the field of uranium mineralogy.
Chemical Formula: (UO2)2(CO3)(OH)2 · 4H2O
Crystal System and Class: Monoclinic - Prismatic, uranyl carbonate
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Origin (Determinator + Year): Haynes P. 1999
Renaud Vochten, Michiel Deliens, Olaf Medenbach. The Canadian Mineralogist. Vol. 39, pp. 1685-1689. 2001