Tyuyamunite from
Tyuya-Muyun Cu-V-U Deposit (Radium Mine), Alai (Alay) Range, Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan

Tyuya-Muyun Cu-V-U Deposit (Radium Mine), Alai (Alay) Range, Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
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Description
Type Locality:	Tyuya-Muyun Cu-V-U Deposit (Radium Mine), Alai (Alay) Range, Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan is the type locality for Tyuyamunite
Comments:	In veinlets or disseminated in Carboniferous limestone, or fills karst caverns in the limestone.
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Nenadkevič (1912) Bulletin of the Academy of St. Petersburg (1912), [6], 6, 945; 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: 1046; American Mineralogist (1956): 41: 187.; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow; Karpenko et al (2005) New Data on Minerals Vol 40 pp37-43
Associated minerals:
Associates:	Baryte Calcite Malachite Turanite
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Tyuyamunite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Tyuya-Muyun Cu-V-U Deposit (Radium Mine), Alai (Alay) Range, Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
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