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<journal-id journal-id-type="archive">gsminmag</journal-id>
<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/minmag.1972.038.300.08</article-id>
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<article-title>Biphosphammite: A Second Occurrence</article-title>
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<surname>Pryce</surname>
<given-names>M. W.</given-names>
</name><degrees>B.Sc.</degrees>
<aff>Government Chemical Laboratories, Perth, Western Australia</aff></contrib></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>12</month>
<year>1972</year>
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<volume>38</volume>
<issue>300</issue>
<fpage>965</fpage>
<lpage>967</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>14</day>
<month>1</month>
<year>1972</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1972, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1972</copyright-year>
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<title>Summary</title>
<p>Biphosphammite, NH<sub>4</sub>H<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub>, recorded once as secondary powder in 1870, occurs with bat guano in Murra-el-elevyn cave, 31&#x00B0; 20&#x2032; S., 126&#x00B0; 0&#x2032; E., Western Australia.</p>
<p>The mineral occurs as tapering tetragonal prisms with pyramidal terminations, which are colourless to light buff, very soft, water soluble, contain fine syngenite inclusions, and have D 2&#x00B7;04, <italic>&#x03C9;</italic> 1&#x00B7;525, <italic>&#x03B5;</italic> 1&#x00B7;480 Space group <inline-formula><mml:math><mml:mrow><mml:mi>I</mml:mi><mml:mover><mml:mn>4</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x00AF;</mml:mo></mml:mover><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mi>d</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula>, <italic>a</italic> 7&#x00B7;4935 &#x00C5;, <italic>c</italic> 7&#x00B7;340 &#x00C5;, six strongest powder X-ray lines 3&#x00B7;75 &#x00C5; (10) 200; 5&#x00B7;24 &#x00C5; (9) 101; 3&#x00B7;02 &#x00C5; (9) 112; 1&#x00B7;993 &#x00C5; (8) 312,213; 2&#x00B7;65 &#x00C5; (7) 220; 2&#x00B7;368 &#x00C5; (7) 310,301. Partial analysis of purest available material gave: P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> 51&#x00B7;1, K<sub>2</sub>O 14&#x00B7;2, (NH<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>O 12&#x00B7;3, SO<sub>2</sub> 5&#x00B7;59, Na<sub>2</sub>O 0&#x00B7;16, water-insolubles 0&#x00B7;81 per cent, remainder mainly CaO and H<sub>2</sub>O. Calculated mineral content is 88 % biphosphammite (62 % NH<sub>4</sub>H<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub>, 38% isomorphous KH<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub>), 11&#x00B7;5% syngenite, insolubles 0&#x00B7;81 % calc. total 100&#x00B7;3 per cent.</p>
<p>Material proposed to be neotype is preserved at the Government Chemical Laboratories, Perth, Western Australia.</p></abstract>
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