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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.1973.039.303.11</article-id>
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<article-title>Urea, a New Mineral, and Neotype Phosphammite from Western Australia</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Bridge</surname>
<given-names>P. J.</given-names>
</name>
<aff>Government Chemical Laboratories, Perth, Western Australia</aff></contrib></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>9</month>
<year>1973</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>39</volume>
<issue>303</issue>
<fpage>346</fpage>
<lpage>348</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>27</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>1972</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1973, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1973</copyright-year>
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<title>Summary</title>
<p>Urea, a new mineral identical with the artificial compound, occurs as crystals associated with phosphammite, ammonian aphthitalite, and weddellite in guano from Toppin Hill, 123&#x00B0; 56&#x2032; E., 28&#x00B0; 42&#x2032; S., Western Australia. The urea occurs as elongated tetragonal pyramids, space group <inline-formula><mml:math><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P</mml:mi><mml:mover><mml:mn>4</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x00AF;</mml:mo></mml:mover><mml:msub><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mi>m</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula>, a 5&#x00B7;646, <italic>c</italic> 4&#x00B7;701 &#x00C5;, X-ray powder data are given. Optical properties: <italic>&#x03C9;</italic> 1&#x00B7;484, &#x03B5; 1&#x00B7;603. Chemical analysis gave urea, CO(NH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub> 96&#x00B7;0, H<sub>2</sub>O<sup>&#x2212;</sup> 0&#x00B7;46, Na 0.13, K 0&#x00B7;35, Ca 0&#x00B7;07, Mg 0&#x00B7;03, S 0&#x00B7;11, P 0&#x00B7;24, NH<sub>3</sub> &#x003C; 1&#x00B7;0 %, remainder probably mainly H<sub>2</sub>O<sup>+</sup>; urea 96 %, impurities 4 %. Type material is preserved in the collection of the Government Chemical Laboratories, Perth, Western Australia.</p></abstract>
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