redcanyonite

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noun

A monoclinic yellow mineral containing nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, sulphur, uranium, and manganese.

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Meanings

noun
  1. chemistryA monoclinic yellow mineral containing nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, sulphur, uranium, and manganese.

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

    2017, “Geologists Uncover Three New Uranyl Minerals”, in Science News

Origin

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

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APA

redcanyonite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redcanyonite

MLA

“redcanyonite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redcanyonite. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redcanyonite,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redcanyonite.

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