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Guano minerals from Murra-el-elevyn Cave Western Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

P. J. Bridge
P. J. Bridge*
Affiliation:
Government Chemical Laboratories, Perth, Western Australia
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Summary

Biphosphammite, ammonian KH2PO4, syngenite, aphthitalite, monetite, hannayite, whitloekite, apatite and minor gypsum, taylorite, brushite, mirabilite, guanine, and unidentified compounds form crystalline crusts on the walls and floors of a chamber of Murra-el-elevyn Cave, Cocklebiddy, Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia. The minerals are derived from the interaction of bat urine, droppings, and limestone. Analyses for CaO, MgO, Na2O, K2O, SO3, P2O5, CO2, NH3, H2O-, total N, and ignition loss are given. High K2O and low total N figures are characteristic of the analyses.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 39 , Issue 304 , December 1973 , pp. 467 - 469
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1973

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