K. Petrov et al., PREPARATION AND X-RAY-DIFFRACTION CHARACTERIZATION OF THE KAMBALDAITE-LIKE SODIUM COBALT CARBONATE HYDROXIDE HYDRATE, NA2CO8(CO3)6(OH)6.6H2O, Polyhedron, 13(24), 1994, pp. 3269-3275
A new sodium cobalt carbonate hydroxide hydrate, Na2Co8(CO3)6(OH)6.6H2
O, has been prepared at room temperature by treatment of Co(OH)NO3.H2O
with a concentrated aqueous solution of NaHCO3. X-Ray powder diffract
ometry and the results of the chemical analyses show that the compound
is isotypical to Na2Ni8 (CO3)6(OH)6.6H2O - kambaldaite, a unique mine
ral with no known synthetic or natural analogues.