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Nature of Uranous Ore Formation in Hypergenesis Region

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Uranous Mineralogy of Hypergene Reduction Region

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There biogenic aspect of uranous ore formation is considered in light of geochemical barriers doctrine and modern data of geomicrobiology and environmental mineralogy connected with bioremediation and radionuclide immobilization. Localization of hypergenesis region in the Earth biosphere is key point in discussion of such U-ores genesis. The review of uranous minerals formation in sedimentary strata was performed on concept of biocos systems, formulated by V.I. Vernadsky, and based on one of main Geochemistry laws, named after him. Such unexpected conclusion on biogenic formation of phosphate component in black U-ores was received when question about phosphorus source for Ningyoite was solved. Geological observations, mineralogical data and experiments on bacterial reduction of uranium show: phosphorus source in natural solutions is decay products of organic matter of plant residues in sedimentary strata. It was shown, that only active participation of microbiota in organic matter decomposition can explain both mobility of uranium and so phosphorus entrance into solution from plant residues.

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Doynikova, O.A. (2021). Nature of Uranous Ore Formation in Hypergenesis Region. In: Uranous Mineralogy of Hypergene Reduction Region. Springer Mineralogy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67183-9_6

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