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Lop Nur Salt lake, Ruoqiang (Qakilik; Chaqiliq) Co., Bayin'gholin (Bayingolin; Bayinguoleng) Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang (Xinjiang-Uygur) Autonomous Region, China

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

Ref.:
- 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.
- Cheng-Lin Liu, Yong-Zhi Chen, Wei-Shi Chen, Peng-Cheng Jaio, Mi-Li Wang, and Shu-De 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 [Kuangwu Xuebao] 26(1), 93-98.




Group 3 - Halides
  		• Halite3.AA.20
    NaCl
  		• Sylvite3.AA.20
    KCl
    Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
  		• Magnesite5.AB.05
    MgCO
     
    3
    Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
  		• Blödite7.CC.50
    Na
     
    2
    		Mg(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Glauberite7.AD.25
    Na
     
    2
    		Ca(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
  		• Gypsum7.CD.40
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Löweite7.CC.45
    Na
     
    12
    		Mg
     
    7
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    13
  		• Polyhalite7.CC.65
    K
     
    2
    		Ca
     
    2
    		Mg(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O


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