title: Shumwayite
text: # Shumwayite
  
  Shumwayite is a rare but relatively simple uranyl sulfate mineral with the formula $(UO_2)_2(SO_4)_2•5H_2O.$ It was discovered in the Green Lizard and Giveaway-Simplot mines of the White Canyon mining district, San Juan County, Utah, US.
  
  ## Relation to other minerals
  
  The structure of shumwayite is unique. Somewhat chemically similar natural uranyl sulfates include jáchymovite, metauranopilite and uranopilite.
  
  