redcanyonite

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named after its type locality, Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, Utah, USA.

Red Canyon + -ite

Noun[edit]

redcanyonite

  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic yellow mineral containing nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, sulphur, uranium, and manganese.
    • 2017, “Geologists Uncover Three New Uranyl Minerals”, in Science News‎[1]:
      "Redcanyonite is one of the rarest uranyl minerals known because it can only grow within narrow constraints"

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