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Tamarugite from
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Tamarugite
Formula:NaAl(SO4)2 · 6H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Zincorietveldite2
Sandstone2
Römerite2
Zincovoltaite1
Rietveldite1
Ferrinatrite1
Copiapite1
Magnesiovoltaite1
Quartz1
Rhomboclase1
Metavoltine1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tamarugite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:898375
Long-form Identifier:1:3:898375:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Plášil, J., Kampf, A. R., Kasatkin, A. V., Marty, J., Škoda, R., Silva, S., Čejka, J. (2013) Meisserite, Na5(UO2)(SO4)3(SO3OH)(H2O), a new uranyl sulfate mineral from the Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (7) 2975-2988 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.7.07
Olds, T.A., Kampf, A.R., Perry, S.L., Olds, T.A., Kampf, A.R., Perry, S.L., Guo, X., Marty, J., Rose, T.P., Burns, P.C. (2023) Navrotskyite, K2Na10(UO2)3(SO4)9·2H2O, a new sodium and potassium uranyl-sulfate mineral from the Blue Lizard mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan County, Utah. Journal of GEOsciences, 68 (3) 249-259 doi:10.3190/jgeosci.378
 
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