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    Parauranophane
    Urp-β
    Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2(H2O)4·H2O
    Ca(U6+O2)2(SiO3OH)2(H2O)4·H2O
    Ca U6+ O Si H
    Nováček R (1935) Study of some secondary uranium minerals. Vestniku Královské Ceské Spolecnosti Nauk 7(2), 1-16  [view file]
    Name changed from uranophane-β:
    Hatert F, Mills S J, Pasero M, Miyawaki R, Bosi F (2023) CNMNC guidelines for the nomenclature of polymorphs and polysomes. Mineralogical Magazine 87, 225-232  [view file]
    Chemical formula changed from Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O to Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2(H2O)4·H2O:
    Pasero M (2025) The New IMA List of Minerals - A Work in Progress - Updated: November 2025. International Mineralogical Association 2025-11  [view file]
    Nováček R (1935) Study of some secondary uranium minerals. Vestniku Královské Ceské Spolecnosti Nauk 7(2), 1-16  [view file]
    Colmenero F, Plášil J, Sejkora J (2019) The layered uranyl silicate mineral uranophane-β: crystal structure, mechanical properties, Raman spectrum and comparison with the α-polymorph. Dalton Transactions 48, 16722-16736 ; https://doi.org/10.1039/c9dt03256h
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    Barinova A V, Rastsvetaeva R K, Sidorenko G A, Verin I A (2003) Crystal structure of β-uranophane from the Transbaikal region and its relation to the structure of the α modification. Crystallography Reports 48, 12-15  [view file]
    Colmenero F, Plášil J, Sejkora J (2019) The layered uranyl silicate mineral uranophane-β: crystal structure, mechanical properties, Raman spectrum and comparison with the α-polymorph. Dalton Transactions 48, 16722-16736 ; https://doi.org/10.1039/c9dt03256h
    Fleet M E (1972) The crystal structure of α Ni7S6. American Mineralogist 57, 318-324  [view file]
    Foshag W F, Hunt W F (1935) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 20, 813-814  [view file]
    Frost R L, Čejka J, Weier M L, Martens W (2006) Molecular structure of the uranyl silicates - a Raman spectroscopic study. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 37, 538-551
    Hatert F, Mills S J, Pasero M, Miyawaki R, Bosi F (2023) CNMNC guidelines for the nomenclature of polymorphs and polysomes. Mineralogical Magazine 87, 225-232  [view file]
    Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 69. European Journal of Mineralogy 34, 463-468  [view file]
    Nováček R (1935) Study of some secondary uranium minerals. Vestniku Královské Ceské Spolecnosti Nauk 7(2), 1-16  [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) Structural complexity of uranophane and uranophane-β: implications for their formation and occurrence. European Journal of Mineralogy 30, 253-257  [view file]
    Steinocher V, Nováček R (1939) On β-uranotile. American Mineralogist 24, 324-338  [view file]
    Stohl F V, Smith D K (1981) The crystal chemistry of the uranyl silicate minerals. American Mineralogist 66, 610-625  [view file]
    Viswanathan K, Harneit O (1986) Refined crystal structure of beta-uranophane, Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O. American Mineralogist 71, 1489-1493  [view file]
    Vochten R, Blaton N, Peeters O, Van Springel K, Van Haverbeke L (1997) A new method of synthesis of boltwoodite and of formation of sodium boltwoodite, uranophane, sklodowskite and kasolite from boltwoodite. The Canadian Mineralogist 35, 735-741  [view file]