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    Sharpite
    Shp
    Ca(UO2)3(CO3)4(H2O)3
    Ca(U6+O2)3(CO3)4(H2O)3
    Ca U6+ O C H
    Mélon M J (1938) La sharpite, nouveau carbonate d'uranyle du Congo belge. Bulletin des Séances de l'Institut Royal Colonial Belge 9, 333-336  [view file]
    Chemical formula changed from Ca(UO2)6(CO3)5(OH)2·8H2O to Ca(UO2)6(CO3)5(OH)4·6H2O:
    Čejka J, Urbanec Z (1975) Secondary uranium minerals in the collections of the national museum in Prague - III, Sharpite. Časopis Národního Muzea - odd. přírodovědný 144, 11-19  [view file]
    Chemical formula changed from Ca(UO2)6(CO3)5(OH)4·6H2O to Ca(UO2)3(CO3)4·3H2O:
    Čejka J, Mrázek Z, Urbanec Z (1984) New data on sharpite, a calcium uranyl carbonate. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1984, 109-114
    Chemical formula changed from Ca(UO2)3(CO3)4·3H2O to Ca(UO2)3(CO3)4(H2O)3:
    Pasero M (2025) The New IMA List of Minerals - A Work in Progress - Updated: November 2025. International Mineralogical Association 2025-11  [view file]
    Mélon M J (1938) La sharpite, nouveau carbonate d'uranyle du Congo belge. Bulletin des Séances de l'Institut Royal Colonial Belge 9, 333-336  [view file]
    Plášil J (2018) A unique structure of uranyl-carbonate mineral sharpite: a derivative of the rutherfordine topology. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials 233, 579-586 ; https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2018-2056  [view file]
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    Čejka J, Mrázek Z, Urbanec Z (1984) New data on sharpite, a calcium uranyl carbonate. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1984, 109-114
    Čejka J, Urbanec Z (1975) Secondary uranium minerals in the collections of the national museum in Prague - III, Sharpite. Časopis Národního Muzea - odd. přírodovědný 144, 11-19  [view file]
    Colmenero F, Plášil J, Sejkora J (2025) The crystal structures and mechanical properties of the uranyl carbonate minerals roubaultite, fontanite, sharpite, widenmannite, grimselite and čejkaite. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 7, 4197-4221 ; https://doi.org/10.1039/D0QI00933D
    Dunn P J, Chao G Y, Fleischer M, Ferraiolo J A, Langley R H, Pabst A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 70, 214-221  [view file]
    Foshag W F (1939) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 24, 657-660  [view file]
    Mélon M J (1938) La sharpite, nouveau carbonate d'uranyle du Congo belge. Bulletin des Séances de l'Institut Royal Colonial Belge 9, 333-336  [view file]
    Pasero M (2025) The New IMA List of Minerals - A Work in Progress - Updated: November 2025. International Mineralogical Association 2025-11  [view file]
    Plášil J (2018) A unique structure of uranyl-carbonate mineral sharpite: a derivative of the rutherfordine topology. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials 233, 579-586 ; https://doi.org/10.1515/zkri-2018-2056  [view file]