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Lop Nur (Lop Nuur; Lop lake; Luobu lake; Luobubo), Ruoqiang Co. (Qakilik Co.; Chaqiliq Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China

A former salt lake, which dried up in the late 1960s.
Located in the eastern Tarim basin.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Anhydrite
Bassanite
Blödite
Carnallite
Darapskite
Epsomite
Glauberite
Gypsum
Halite
Humberstonite
Kainite
Löweite
Magnesite
Mirabilite
Niter
Picromerite
Polyhalite
Siderite
Starkeyite
Sylvite
Syngenite
Vanthoffite


22 entries listed. 22 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

China
  • Xinjiang Autonomous Region
    • Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture)

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References

Keqin Cai, Jianhua Gao, Dejun Zhao, and Youku Yu (1992): Mineralogical studies of humberstonite and darapskite in Luobubo region, China. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 12(2), 143-151.

Wang Mili, Pu Qingyu, Liu Chenglin, and Chen Yongzhi (2000): Quaternary Climate and Environment in the Lop Nur, Xinjiang. Acta Geologica Sinica 74(2), 273-278.

Xin-Lu Gu, Zheng-Hong Zhao, Qin-Hai Li, Zhi-Yong Chang, De-Bin Chen, and Yi-Xin Li (2003): Analysis of the Developing Prospect of the Unconfined Brine Kalium Mine in the North Hollow of the Lop Nur Region. Hydrogeology & Engineering Geology [Shuiwen Dizhi Gongcheng Dizhi] 30(2), 32-36.

Yanling Tang (2005): Non-metallic mineral deposits of Xinjiang, China [Zhongguo Xinjiang Fei Jinshu Kuangchuang]. Geological Publishing House (Beijing), 289 pp. (in Chinese)

Chenglin Liu, Yongzhi Chen, Weishi Chen, Pengcheng Jiao, Mili Wang, and Shude Li (2006): Studies of fluid inclusions in glauberite of Middle-Upper Pleistocene strata and their paleoclimatic significance in Lop Nur salty lake, Xinjiang, NW China. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 26(1), 93-98.

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