Cavities in clays above the salt strata (Kushkanatau salt deposit, Uzbekistan).
IMA Status:
Approved IMA 1964
Locality:
Kushkanatau salt deposit, lower Amu Darya River, Kara-Kalpakii, Uzbekistan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:
Named for Aleksandr Sergeevich Uklonskii (1882-1972), mineralogist, Tashkent University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, who studied central Asian mineral deposits.