Discovery Team
Travis A. Olds
Jakub Plásil
Anthony R. Kampf
Fabrice Dal Bo
Peter C. Burns
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Paddlewheelite
Verified January 2018
MgCa5Cu2(UO2)4(CO3)12(H2O)33
Paddlewheelite is one of the rarest carbonate minerals found in the Svornost mine in the Czech Republic, and among the rarest of all known carbonate minerals. Paddlewheelite has a unique structure suggesting the paddle wheel of an old-fashioned steamboat. Uranyl carbonate clusters form the wheel, which is held together by axles made of copper and with a gearbox made of calcium atoms
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