redcanyonite

redcanyonite

English

Etymology

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

Red Canyon + -ite

Noun

redcanyonite

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic yellow mineral containing nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, sulphur, uranium, and manganese.
   • 2017, Geologists Uncover Three New Uranyl Minerals, Science News, http://www.sci-news.com/geology/new-minerals-leesite-leoszilardite-redcanyonite-04604.html

     "Redcanyonite is one of the rarest uranyl minerals known because it can only grow within narrow constraints"

References

• Redcanyonite on https://www.mindat.org/