redcanyonite
English
editEtymology
editNamed after its type locality, Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, Utah, USA.
Red Canyon + -ite
Noun
editredcanyonite
- (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"
References
edit- Redcanyonite on https://www.mindat.org/