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Nam salt lake (Nam Co; Nam Tso; Tengri Nor), Baingoin Co. (Bange Co.), Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet Autonomous Region, China



Detailed Mineral List:
Borax
Formula: Na2(B4O5)(OH)4 · 8H2O
Reference: Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 340.
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Reference: Minghui Li, Shichang Kang, Liping Zhu, Qinglong You, Qianggong Zhang, and Junbo Wang (2008): Quaternary International 187, 105-116.
'Chlorite Group'
Reference: Minghui Li, Shichang Kang, Liping Zhu, Qinglong You, Qianggong Zhang, and Junbo Wang (2008): Quaternary International 187, 105-116.
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Reference: Minghui Li, Shichang Kang, Liping Zhu, Qinglong You, Qianggong Zhang, and Junbo Wang (2008): Quaternary International 187, 105-116.
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Reference: Minghui Li, Shichang Kang, Liping Zhu, Junbo Wang, Qianggong Zhang, Manping Xie, and Qinglong You (2008): Quaternary Sciences 51(4), 601-609
Illite
Formula: K0.65Al2.0[ ][Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Reference: Minghui Li, Shichang Kang, Liping Zhu, Qinglong You, Qianggong Zhang, and Junbo Wang (2008): Quaternary International 187, 105-116.
Monohydrocalcite
Formula: CaCO3 · H2O
Reference: Minghui Li, Shichang Kang, Liping Zhu, Qinglong You, Qianggong Zhang, and Junbo Wang (2008): Quaternary International 187, 105-116.


7 entries listed. 6 valid minerals.

References

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 340.

Williams, W.D. (1991): Chinese and Mongolian saline lakes: a limnological overview. Hydrobiologia 210(1/2), 39-66.

Minghui Li, Shichang Kang, Liping Zhu, Junbo Wang, Qianggong Zhang, Manping Xie, and Qinglong You (2008): Late Holocene lake environment reflected by the occurrence of monohydrocalcite in Nam Co, central Tibet. Quaternary Sciences 51(4), 601-609.

Minghui Li, Shichang Kang, Liping Zhu, Qinglong You, Qianggong Zhang, and Junbo Wang (2008): Mineralogy and geochemistry of the Holocene lacustrine sediments in Nam Co, Tibet. Quaternary International 187, 105-116.

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