Discovery Team
Anthony R. Kampf
Travis A. Olds
Jakub Plášil
Joe Marty
Peter C. Burns

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Natromarkeyite

Verified March 2019   

Na2Ca8(UO2)4(CO3)13·27H2O

Natromarkeyite is an analogue of markeyite with two Na atoms in place of one Ca and one H2O pfu. It is also closely related structurally to pseudomarkeyite (reported by Anthony Kampf). Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, catalogue numbers 67487 (holotype) and 67488 (cotype).

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Natromarkeyite, at 0.4mm FOV. Photograph by Anthony Kampf.

cc 2019. Carbon Mineral Challenge.